RE: Walmart throws a bone
February 23, 2015 at 4:43 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2015 at 4:45 pm by Jenny A.)
(February 23, 2015 at 4:22 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(February 23, 2015 at 3:59 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Explain to me how not paying someone who refuses to work is "criminalizing" poverty.
Oh boy, not talking about advocating free rides. I am saying between putting people in desperate situations to the point where they commit crimes it more cost effective to give them housing and food than to put them in prison after they get desperate.I defy you to show me where I am advocating no one work. Utah is doing that FYI.
Poverty and homelessness in this country is treated like a crime rather than a condition. We house the most prisoners in the world and theymajority of them are in there for non violent crimes.
See bolded parts above. It may be cheaper to house people how will not work. But it's not criminalizing it to not house such people. And not payingpeople who refuse to work is not putting them in desperate situations. If the really refuse to work, they put themselves in a desperate situation.
If they really can't work, or there really are no jobs, then I agree with you that it's better to house and feed them. But if they just flat out refuse to work, they can starve. I'm not against welfare. But I am against paying those who refuse to work (at least with tax dollars, private charity is fine).
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
