[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Well then the only solution is to shoot them. Clearly you won't want taxpayer dollars helping them, you don't want them in your neighborhood, no one else wants them in their neighborhood, and jails = taxpayer dollars so that's out too. All those undesirables. The infirm, the addicted, the drunk, the unwashed, the insane, the old folks living off social security and medicare, anyone on food stamps, and hey - get rid of the senior discounts while we're at it. We need to stop mollycoddling each other. You work for what you have, or you have nothing and can just die. But not in the graveyard, that's for people who can afford to PAY for the hole in the ground.

There ya go. Problem solved. Just shoot everyone who doesn't measure up to your expectations. I'm sure you'll end up with only the finest, highest-quality servers at McDonald's in no time.

Really now. I believe nearly everyone is sufficiently altruistic to want to assist the truly needy who for whatever reason have fallen on hard times and are unable to support themselves temporarily or for the remainder of their lives. IMHO this group comprises a relatively small fraction of the current homeless population.

The vast majority of the homeless in today's America are people who choose of their own free will to live parasitic lifestyles leeching off the resources of responsible citizens through multiple means. Frankly, I have no sympathy for them.