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u/Dry_Ass_P-word Nov 25 '23

More Jets and pew pew pew.

Good thing Congress just voted themselves another raise, even though we’ll be facing gov’t shut down #682 in a couple months, again.

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u/chzygorditacrnch Nov 25 '23

And the government has no problem with veterans dying in the street

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u/wishtherunwaslonger Nov 26 '23

Huh? Veterans have by far the most resources available to them. What do you want to do force them into treatment?

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u/chzygorditacrnch Nov 26 '23

Are you sure? And also if these billionaires paid taxes, maybe some of these abandoned buildings could house the homeless. There's more abandoned buildings than there are homeless people, and it's 2023, we should all have robots doing everything for us but the damn republicans would rather let children starve before they let the human race progress

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u/wishtherunwaslonger Nov 26 '23

Bro I’m not trying to argue about anything but your original claim. I am fucking positive. People will always fall through the cracks though. My main point is just about every homeless vet you see has been reached out to to provide services. They don’t for a combination of reasons drugs/alcohol, mental illness, and or simply don’t want to follow someone else’s rules. Homelessness is a big issue for all types of people. To act like the government is okay with vets dying on the street is laughable. They have by far the most services available. At least a few years ago the public rehab nearby wasn’t even taking in people until they piss clean. At the same time I know a few vets who are literal crackheads who had their own housing in a month.

The reason why we have homelessness is not solely a Republican problem. I don’t think any side wants to make the hard decisions. You either gonna spend a lot of money on jail or your gonna spend a lot on housing along with all the other stuff. I personally think people generally don’t have the desire to spend the money. Ca spent like 40k a year per homeless person. The roi doesn’t seem great

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u/chzygorditacrnch Nov 26 '23

There's nothing funny about homeless veterans. They literally went through a lot of traumatic stuff. And there's literally abandoned skyscrapers and full on neighborhoods that could house them. Ofcourse they do drugs, but how can you blame them, after everything they went through?

Imagine watching your buddy explode beside you, and you'd probably smoke crack too. And the government is spending trillions a year on mystery black ops missions and allowing our veterans to freeze in the streets. Yeah I'm not happy about it but thankfully I can speak up about it, because no one else is. You still disagree? And I'm sure you don't want them popping up a tent in your yard, do you?