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Originally Posted by dimondpark
Sad but true. We say we can't afford to help them, meanwhile the federal govt happily spends $2 billion a day on the military. That's what I call a moral failure.
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You can't just throw money at the homeless. My mom is a social worker and has a soft spot for the homeless population and she's directed them to programs and services to help them get established and they're not interested. She'd buy them Burger King and they just wanted money or alcohol. Many are profoundly mentally ill that they probably should be in long term facilities but money is not the issue but the stigma of institutionalizing people. Which is why so many psych centers were shut down years ago.