"show me where raising the minimum wage has taken a bite out of homelessness."

I imagine it's probably the opposite.
Raising the minimum wage was predicted to lead to some minimum wage job losses.
It would follow that people losing their minimum wage are more likely to become homeless than people losing six figures.

To the larger point: show me where anything has taken a bite out of homelessness.
Significantly reducing homelessness simply costs more money than people are willing to spend.
This is without even considering the fact that there's a lot invested in making money off the poor. Payday loans. The ambulance that bring junkies to the hospital on the taxpayer dime. Medicaid providers whose business depends on people staying poor. Lottery tickets.

Once there's a financial incentive for things to push a certain way, that's the way they tend to go. If you're poor in this country, you are pushed towards being homeless.

You make rich people more money when you're on welfare and Section 8, than if you're just getting by on your own.

Where I live, that's generally homes in the $400,000 to $800,000 range (MOL). That describes my neighborhood.
I am not aware of any government agencies buying homes in those price ranges for temporarily housing the chronically homeless.
#42 | Posted by A_Friend

Fair point.
How far away do we have to put the homeless, before they're not "neighbors."

So, the idea that homeless people are a thing to be put somewhere, by a government or a church, is not a healthy look.

It denies homeless people any sense of agency.

I'm surprised Republicans haven't been successfully lobbied by CoreCivic and GEO Group to simply criminalize being homeless.

We've got the camps already built.

But Her Emails!

"You're dealing with abusive relationships, drug/alcohol abuse, mental health issues, etc."

^
Those things are all problems, but they're not the problem of homelessness.

Republicans never address homelessness, which is not having a home, head-on.
Just like Republicans never address poverty, which is not having money, head-on.

All of Europe should prepare for a possible invasion.
Anyone in the United States military should prepare to invade Europe.

"The homeless just arent like us"

And neither are Black People and Immigrants, for that matter!
--The Same People

object to living next door to them.
#21 | Posted by eberly

So what you're saying is you won't even give them a chance to not be homeless, next to you.
How about if it wasn't the City, but a Church that placed them next to you. Still a Hard No?

"All the numbnuts who were silent during the last year of approximate 20% gains in the market"

You mean these gains? The ones where even Japan outperformed our broad indexes?

"Why it's so hard to end homelessness in America"

The top line reason is lack of commitment.
There's no national priority to end homelessness in America.
Republicans like Boaz and Eberly look at homelessness and say it's the proper outcome given the circumstances.
Homelessness is nothing more than liberal cities getting what they deserve.
And thus, it's not a problem Republicans should lead on.
Or even care about.

Take another victory lap, Republicans.

Party of Life wants all American kids to get measles.
It's high time we thin out the herd anyway.
This gets rid of weak ones.
What parent would want a weak kid? Probably some dumb woke Liberal.

It's usually better to cut toxic people out of your life entirely.

Europe is doing the right thing here.

what distinguishes me from most here is that I'm not afraid of what a president can take from me.
#54 | Posted by eberly

You're never afraid of anything. Here, I'll prove it.
Name anything political that had ever made you afraid.

Wow, punching all of us right in the mouth over Trump's antics.
#28 | Posted by eberly

^
I knew you Republicans would find a way to be a Victim of Denmark.

Personally I wonder what trump knows why this greenland thing has him so worked up??
I can read stuff but what does trump himself know?
He personally has talked with putin and Xi.
What does trump know??
#11 | Posted by BillJohnson

Trump knows Greenland is critical for national security.
Are you saying there's MORE?

It's a big nothing burger
#22 | Posted by fishpaw

So then why not just release them?
???

"Liberals have really no consistant message."

Jews Will Not Replace Us.
Blood And Soil.

^
Consistent messaging from Republicans.

"Mobs form and sound like children having tantrums because the adults want them to obey rules."

Jews Will Not Replace Us.
Blood And Soil.

"I'm sure you'll find the energy to declare the next republican worse than the previous one."

It's not us doing that.
It's Repubilcans.

Remember when I said "Eberly won't even bother denying it. Because he agrees with it."
Yeah.

you have to admit all the "Trump is Hitler", "Trump is a felon" is BS
#61 | Posted by eberly

And you say you're not defending Trump...
"Trump is a felon" is not BS.
Trump really is a felon.

Liberation Day.

The day millions of Americans are liberated from a prosperous future.

"every current republican is worse than the previous republican."

Agreed. I wasn't around for Ford or Nixon, so I can't really say.
Reagan was better than Bush was better than W was better than Trump.
Trump in his First Term was better than Trump in his Second Term.

Eberly won't even bother denying it. Because he agrees with it.
Heck, Eberly didn't vote for Trump at all, because he knows Trump is so much worse than all the Republicans before Trump.

her woman put out cigs on her kids bodies
#21 | Posted by shrimptacodan

That'll learn 'em.
You don't think that'll learn 'em?

There's no way you don't think parents should use violence to discipline their children.
Your parents hit you, and you turned out fine.

What is a fear tactic?
#36 | Posted by oneironaut

Here you go:

said the terrorists had a first amendment right to terrorize people at worship.
#43 | Posted by shrimptacodan

What is a fear tactic? Claiming Trump is the devil?
#36 | Posted by oneironaut