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In reply to the discussion: 10 Unbelievably Sh**ty Things America Does to Homeless People [View all]daredtowork
(3,732 posts)And in Oakland we have ZERO direct cash assistance for necessities - or alternative ways of getting necessities - for single people without children? And the only shelter assistance is for three months out of the year if you don't qualify for a disability exception?
WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE IN OAKLAND?
And they don't understand where all that crime is coming from? Why there is begging in crime?
When is the DUH moment going to happen?
People who have been driven down to the point of welfare - and I use the word DRIVEN because certain policies do drive them there - and then on from welfare to homelessness - have to get the necessities of life somehow.
So of course they are going to sit on the sidewalk and beg. And while they still have two brain cells to rub together, they won't beg in poor parts of Oakland - they will go over to richer parts of the county - like Berkeley to do it.
Is banning them from sitting down really going to help matters? Is that the humane thing to do?
Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ - someone just look up from your latte and do something about Alameda County's ridiculous, insane, Third World country style welfare policies! (Hint: Alameda County is the organizational umbrella that lumps Berkeley in with Oakland.)
The freaking irony of it all is half of Berkeley is utterly concerned with saving starving people in every corner of the globe, but they are blind to what's going on right in their own backyard.