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Re:San Francisco library turning off WiFi at night to keep h... by AnotherGoodName on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:59PM (#36332558)
They'll complain about lack of workers while doing this too.

Put people into a hopeless unemployable situation and don't allow them a way out and meanwhile complain that no one wants to work.

We could fix the one of the biggest economic issues right now by enacting a program to get people back on their feet but apparently the real solution is for them to die.

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Re:San Francisco library turning off WiFi at night to keep h... by ng12 on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @05:04PM (#36332634)
A very large chunk of homeless people are either:

1. Employed but unable to afford the COL of the area.

2. Too mentally unwell to hold down a job, possibly due to a history of hard drug addiction.

I agree that some homeless people can be meaningfully helped through drug addiction treatment and/or employment programs, but it won't solve the whole problem.

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