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hunter

(38,264 posts)
52. How could we abuse our minimum wage workers if we didn't treat the homeless worse?
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 11:05 AM
Sep 2014

Sharing a shitty apartment owned by a shitty slumlord in a dangerous neighborhood, eating shitty overpriced processed food, that's got to be better than sleeping rough and eating out of dumpsters, otherwise why would anyone work?

bitter, bitter,

I actually believe non-abusive government jobs paying comfortable living wages, along with a generous welfare system, ought to compete directly with the crappiest employers.

Nobody should be forced to tolerate an abusive employer for fear of rough living on the streets.

Addicts and unemployable mentally ill people ought to be provided safe humane shelter, a place they can call their own, with plenty of opportunities for improving their personal situations and at the very least establishing themselves in such a way they are not a danger to themselves or others.

would it be more humane to just make being homeless illegal? Adam051188 Sep 2014 #1
Why not mandate home ownership? leftstreet Sep 2014 #2
good idea. Adam051188 Sep 2014 #5
Don't give the Republicans any ideas 4b5f940728b232b034e4 Sep 2014 #17
You are right yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #38
It's all about and always about marym625 Sep 2014 #39
IIRC, it was a democrat that mandated insurance. CrispyQ Sep 2014 #49
The Portland OR city council is considering a program to purchase micro-houses for the homeless. Maedhros Sep 2014 #60
Thank you for the reminder Kalidurga Sep 2014 #3
"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor . . . Journeyman Sep 2014 #7
Thank you. SamKnause Sep 2014 #20
Homeless torture infrastructure.... "Coin-op benches with retractable homeless spikes" NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #4
absolutely perverse and disgraceful shaayecanaan Sep 2014 #43
We are an unbelievably mean society. CrispyQ Sep 2014 #50
is this real? questionseverything Sep 2014 #55
China and London are among the places we find these, but NYC has had them for 100+ yrs. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #56
inhumane and just sad questionseverything Sep 2014 #57
Alright DU, I'm calling you out.... daleanime Sep 2014 #6
It's cruel IMHO. Cleita Sep 2014 #8
Are you doing that? Bette Noir Sep 2014 #32
No. I'm occupying the spare trailer on someone else's property myself. Cleita Sep 2014 #35
I've had similar experience indivisibleman Sep 2014 #44
There is an older defunct motel here in Fairbanks that did just that. raven mad Sep 2014 #51
I agree indivisibleman Sep 2014 #63
We live very "close to the edge" ourselves. raven mad Sep 2014 #65
True indivisibleman Sep 2014 #66
This is a problem that has to be taken care of by a community. Cleita Sep 2014 #53
agreed Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #9
Thanks for posting. nt ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #10
K&R (a million times if I could) nt LiberalElite Sep 2014 #11
I wish I could vote this up twice daredtowork Sep 2014 #12
Ps. Another Sidewalk story from "radical" Berkeley daredtowork Sep 2014 #15
What's Oakland's welfare policy? SnakeEyes Sep 2014 #54
their policy is to starve the vermin out daredtowork Sep 2014 #59
Thanks for that 50 Minutes clip! ReRe Sep 2014 #18
Yes I'd never seen that before either daredtowork Sep 2014 #23
Here's a five bucks $$$$$... ReRe Sep 2014 #24
When I see it costs a trillion dollars to maintain a danged airplane daredtowork Sep 2014 #29
And yet some people don't understand the utter terror that possibly becoming homeless holds. n/t ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #13
There isn't a Hell hot enough for those who would bleed it out of the homeless... Aristus Sep 2014 #14
Kicked and Rec'd. Thanks for posting. nt Denver Progressive Sep 2014 #16
There Was Some Compassion During The Depression grilled onions Sep 2014 #19
Reagan made "us" mean-spirited. maddiemom Sep 2014 #46
Or I should say, made it OK to be mean-spirited. maddiemom Sep 2014 #47
That is the function of right-wing demagogues like Reagan, Limbaugh and O'Reilly. Maedhros Sep 2014 #61
K&R SamKnause Sep 2014 #21
K&R ReRe Sep 2014 #22
But that's SOCIALISM!!111 We can't have THAT. For some reason. arcane1 Sep 2014 #31
Don't believe everything they tell you. ReRe Sep 2014 #33
Long ago, I read that the #of SRO hotel rooms that had been taken off the market Bette Noir Sep 2014 #34
That's right... ReRe Sep 2014 #36
K&R nt Live and Learn Sep 2014 #25
I've been in some of those situations tazkcmo Sep 2014 #26
Our inhumanity is out in full force. eom sheshe2 Sep 2014 #27
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #28
if your homeless in america, its considered your fault AZ Progressive Sep 2014 #30
In the 90's I was traveling down Highway 101 along the southern Oregon coast. Maedhros Sep 2014 #62
I suppose that stiff fines are next world wide wally Sep 2014 #37
Yup, and many end up in prison, which costs us way more than housing the homeless would. nt SunSeeker Sep 2014 #40
America is a colder place when it comes to the homeless. Rex Sep 2014 #41
Timely article...thanks hibbing Sep 2014 #42
Disgusting. blackspade Sep 2014 #45
K&R N_E_1 for Tennis Sep 2014 #48
How could we abuse our minimum wage workers if we didn't treat the homeless worse? hunter Sep 2014 #52
K & R Lifelong Protester Sep 2014 #58
DU software gags on asterisks in links KamaAina Sep 2014 #64
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