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An Idea To Help The Homeless Since Gov Has Always Forgotten Them

Why Is This Idea Important?: We Need To Solve problem of Homeless and this is a good idea to begin with.

This is simply an idea in its infancy stage but maybe others could add to it and come up with some solutions for our Homeless in USA. I live in Los Angeles and the homeless in downtown LA is in a horrid state. So here's what I thought might get some ideas rolling. What if, on each block where homeless dwell, each restaurant, clothing store, even Hotels, contribute to these homeless souls by feeding them, clothing them and housing them. Now this would be JUST for the homeless in that vicinity and these owners of each business, chronicle and keep track what they gave and the Government gives these businesses BIG TAX breaks for their tangible support of those they help. I realize there is a litany of potholes in this idea BUT the basic premise is WE TAKE CARE OF OUR HOMELESS IN EXCHANGE FOR BIG TAX BREAKS from a government that does nothing. Your thoughts are welcomed. Thanks

Submitted by pinknose34 4 years ago

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  1. ivan_yurkenov

    Good idea, pinknose, let's ENCOURAGE homelessness by being good enablers.

    Or, perhaps we could outlaw the ACLU, who turned these people out on the streets some 30 years ago by suing to release them from mental health facilities where they were NOT HOMELESS!

    Just a thought.

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  2. pinknose34 Idea Submitter

    well Ivan lol thanks for your generous feedback=NOT. Heck I was simply suggesting some relief for these people with tax incentives for those that help coming from gov. NEXT time you comment, try to add in a positive manner because people like you are part of the problem.

    4 years ago
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  3. William J. Kelleher, Ph.D.

    I half agree with the enabler idea. Very bad idea to leave social work up to private business. The homeless will get unequal and unprofessional treatment, and maybe abuse.

    But the rightist revision of history has to be corrected. In CA it was Ronny Reagan whose Republican “cost saving” policies turned the mentally ill out on to the streets.

    This is a complex problem. Studies in LA, where I live, show the homeless to be about 1/3 mentally ill, 1/3 drug addicts, and 1/3 down on their luck and poor managers of their lives. Each group deserves a different policy. Only the addicts are homeless by choice. They choose to put their money in their arms. Gov can offer them rehab, but they have to want it. The mentally ill need institutionalization, or out patient treatment. The mis-managers of their lives need a work/study program.

    4 years ago
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  4. mdhtx123

    Ok you would just need to work out a small program and get businesses to donate its services. But there is no need for a tax brake, they should help their community if they have a chance to. A lot of people (my self included), think homeless are homeless for a reason. So they do need our sympathy. One thing to think about while thinking of homeless, Natural Selection.

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  5. ivan_yurkenov

    Okay, I stand corrected; the ACLU did NOT engage in a campaign in the 60s and 70s to sue state after state, on behalf of involuntarily incarcerated mental patients and seek their freedom. Boy, do I feel so misinformed -- NOT!!

    Thank you, doctor, for your revised version of not-so-distant history. Same ol' same ol'; when liberal policy blows up in your face, blame the conservative.

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  6. tolynette

    Alaska has charities and a few state programs that do a fairly good job. The addicted homeless are the biggest challenge. Many a program have tried, but their efforts have been a revolving door. For them, jail tends to be a better friend, giving them time to dry out. Unfortunate as that is.

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  7. trinitylafey

    I think it's a great idea. I've been down and out before, lived in a couple hotels (without gov. help that is), and had to ask others for what I couldn't then provide myself.

    It happens, granted to some people more than others, but I can verify first hand that such a life is not even close to a free ride, and that no one in their right mind would willingly choose such a life for themselves. The homeless I've known have been some of the hardest working and least gratified people I've ever known. It's just bad luck, or non-criminal mental illness, or both.

    As a people, it would behoove us to practice compassion.

    4 years ago
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