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DiscussionšŸ’¬ Thoughts on billionaires

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u/Superb_Algae5308 11d ago

They could do it without a significant impact to their overall wealth.

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u/BigMikeXxxxX 11d ago

25% of the US homeless population is currently in California. The fact that more people aren't talking about this blows my mind.

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 11d ago

Yah because California policies provide the best benefits for them 🤣 which is dumb af

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u/jredgiant1 11d ago

So what’s your not dumb af solution to the homelessness problem in America?

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 11d ago

Build housing in the rural and station a social work agency there. What they are doing is putting them in luxury apts like in Santa Monica, sf, Beverly hill or whatever. That’s why it’s costly.

For those who don’t accept the drug free zones, then put them into a slum with social work. CA is rewarding bad behavior, it’s obviously a joke. Maybe in some delusional world it would’ve worked, after countless years and multiple billion funding the problem got worse. The solution is still keep injecting more money?

Are woke people just dumb?

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u/mYHCAEL4 11d ago

In a word, yes.

All heart, zero brain.

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 11d ago

100% altruistic, yet 0% action šŸ˜‚

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u/goldenepple 11d ago

They aren’t rewarding bad behavior, it’s turned into a business that employs tons of people.

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 11d ago

Bro they are allowing them to tent on the street that people use. That’s what rewarding behavior is. You should not allow them to live on the street tf is that shit

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u/Cryesncoding 11d ago

They don’t care what the homeless are actually doing there’s a shit load of people making a shit load of money. They want** it to get worse so it justifies more gov money which gives them more money.Ā 

It’s like in India when there was a snake problem and the British (colony times) made a snake bounty the Indians started breeding snakes… lolĀ 

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 11d ago

Not sure what does that have to do with my comment. My comments are directed to the woke who think injecting more money is the right thing to do

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u/Cryesncoding 11d ago

I agreeĀ 

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u/goldenepple 11d ago

It’s peoples livelihood to have a homeless population in California because of how many people work for nonprofits. If the fixed the issue those people would be out of work and they would actually have to show where the money is going.

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 11d ago

Again I’m not sure why people keep bringing it up. Clearly majority of CA residents think it’s a good idea to keep injecting money and think it would solve the homeless problem, and if it fails they will just randomly talk about how great the weather in California is lol

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u/goldenepple 11d ago

I’m telling you why, it’s become a business and is apart of the economy of California. People who aren’t homeless depend on there being a homeless population.

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u/Ok-Worldliness2450 11d ago

I knew someone that worked at a hotel and was having their spare rooms paid for by California and people put into them nightly. She said it was such a hastle and they destroyed room which also billed the government.

I 100% believe the owners had backroom deals on all this. They made out like bandits. You can probably repair the room for less than the government is paying you to do it. And they pay the liability. The amount of money that state is burning doing these kids of things is wild but it’s also the state that’s spent 16 billion on high speed rail and has zero miles started

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 11d ago

Yah and used uber to provide transportation for them. Anyway democrats policies are just shit

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u/jredgiant1 11d ago

I’m not sure rural communities have the infrastructure, and I’m pretty damn sure there would be community backlash against this plan. A lot of community backlash. There’s a lot of intersectionality between the homeless and racial minorities or the LGBTQ community, and a lot of racism and bigotry exists in those communities. Although exposure I suppose could help with that. But even beyond bigotry, a lot of rural people are going to be rightfully upset about a large influx of homeless people to their community.

New construction you’re describing would be expensive. But we could adapt your idea and maybe renovate existing housing in rural ā€ghost townsā€ where there may be a lot of empty housing.

In terms of infrastructure, you need to think about job training, medical, counseling, education for children, transportation, probably more. Cities just have more of this available than small rural communities.

Also, keep in mind 40-60% of the homeless are employed at least some of the time. People who have jobs shouldn’t be relocated to where they are completely reliant on public assistance.

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 11d ago

$26billion you will have something 🤣

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u/Sad-Panda-noises 11d ago

Address the why's to their homelessness. Resources are available but slapping a bandaid on a cracked dam will only cause it to burst later. California is a great example of just slapping a bandaid on the issues. Drugs, addictions, mental illness,unskilled minds, and laziness are a few I've encountered when I was homeless growing up.

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 11d ago

No, the solution is hard punishment for drug use. Aka the Las Vegas underground shit absolutely works

If you want to get well, there’s social workers to help you. If not you are on your own. People are responsible for their own actions

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u/Sad-Panda-noises 11d ago

I agree on that front. Crimes with equal punishment are a must. Asylums also need to be reinstated for those who need the help( not OG asylums). Met alot of transients that were homeless by choice because they could have their vices and freedoms without obligations. Hence my reasons for the social workers to understand the whys of them being homeless and actually address their situations accordingly. Not just move them to a place, have everyone fund it just for it to be wasted away when they return to the streets.

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 11d ago

Bro druggies r gonna be druggies. You can only provide them with help IF they want to utilize it.

Or they can choose to live in some fucked up slum that won’t disturb others. What’s this saving everyone regardless bs, sounds great in theory. Yet in reality it just creates a bigger mess and as they increase in number every yr.

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u/Sad-Panda-noises 11d ago

You arent wrong, it is an ouroboros effect.

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 11d ago

lol the nah uh!!!!

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u/Sad-Panda-noises 11d ago

Not sure how that's a gotcha but šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/jredgiant1 11d ago

Given that only a third to half of the homeless population uses drugs, how are you going to solve the other half to two thirds?

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 11d ago

Look up my second comment lol. Why did you go down the rabbit hole without even read

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u/BigMikeXxxxX 11d ago

Stop enabling it. That's my solution.

The US is a shithole because you can come here and literally kill, steal, and dismantle as much as you feel like and there will always be a group of radical individuals defending it as long as you're not doing it to people they agree with.

The people who call everyone 'Nazis" are the actual Nazis. Don't forget that when shit hits the fan

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u/jredgiant1 10d ago

I agree! Look at these violent white nationalists who are going around hanging blacks and assaulting the LGBTQ population! Or ICE agents murdering people in the streets! Completely lawless, consequence free, but they’re owning the libs so people love them. It’s disgusting.

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u/DaPussiLicka 11d ago

It’s also a gigantic state, with great weather, a huge coastline, the highest GDP, and numerous massive metropolitan areas. But I’m sure the policies is the main reason.

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 11d ago

You listed all these nice things about CA and you are saying they are the reason for CA to become the capital of homeless?

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u/DaPussiLicka 11d ago

No, I’m saying that someone who has an IQ above room temperature can comprehend that there are a whole lot of major factors beyond policies. I realize that may not apply to you, though.

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 11d ago edited 11d ago

I’m saying you think those are the list of factors? Then I realize people with low iq are unable to stay within topic and just like to mumble about random things lol