Re:The Homeless Crisis Is Getting Worse in America’s Richest...
by CryptoPunk on Thursday November 29, 2018 @07:26PM
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The solution is to end social welfare programs, institute anti-vagrancy laws that force the drug addicts to work for a living, and end illegal immigration to create jobs for unskilled legal residents.
There will still be aid to the poor, but it will be in the form of charity, which is more sensitive to those abusing the aid.
Ending all unconditional government safety nets will undoubtedly cause more suffering for the poor in the short run. But in the long run, it means fewer single women having childen that they need government aid to support (welfare is a major contributor to increasing rates of single parenthood), and who are far more likely to end up in poverty as adults.
It also means fewer people who are able-bodied becoming a drain on society from a life of irresponsibility (partying with their friends while living on welfare). Forcing a structure and discipline on these people's lives is in the interest of society, because it means they become contributors to the economy instead of a drain.
The long term effect of a more efficient economy is a substantially higher standard of living for all classes, including the poor.
There are countries in the world that have much lower levels of homelessness and drug-abuse, and much higher rates of economic growth, than the US. You're pretending there is no alternative to the current path except genocide (which you accuse me of supporting), and that's very disingenuous.
There will still be aid to the poor, but it will be in the form of charity, which is more sensitive to those abusing the aid.
Ending all unconditional government safety nets will undoubtedly cause more suffering for the poor in the short run. But in the long run, it means fewer single women having childen that they need government aid to support (welfare is a major contributor to increasing rates of single parenthood), and who are far more likely to end up in poverty as adults.
It also means fewer people who are able-bodied becoming a drain on society from a life of irresponsibility (partying with their friends while living on welfare). Forcing a structure and discipline on these people's lives is in the interest of society, because it means they become contributors to the economy instead of a drain.
The long term effect of a more efficient economy is a substantially higher standard of living for all classes, including the poor.
There are countries in the world that have much lower levels of homelessness and drug-abuse, and much higher rates of economic growth, than the US. You're pretending there is no alternative to the current path except genocide (which you accuse me of supporting), and that's very disingenuous.