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The homelessness and poverty cases are classic punitive equilibria. When you give unhoused people housing and poor people cash, they do largely what a standard model predicts: smooth consumption, reduce emergency service use, and invest in stability.... - CoachWebb13...
I would absolutely eliminate world hunger and homelessness. When people have their basic needs met then they can focus on other areas such as education. Think of what it could be built if you weren't hungry or locking shelter?... Since money talks, I'd pay the politicians to help me form a strong enough army to stop the pirates who steal all the food and donations we are sending to the starving in other countries, after I find someone to actually do their job and establish a working system that takes the... That is a big question: eliminating world hunger is a good answer, but how give a fish and teach everyone to fish? Then what happens when we run out of fish? Same with agriculture there is only so much usable land, and any type of agriculture has side effects.... - onI’m passionate about the power of storytelling—whether through music, writing, visual art, or conversation—to inspire change and bring people together. Much of my work focuses on women’s empowerment, resilience, social justice, and finding hope in difficult circumstances.byConsurgoRise...
It’s true we have a serious crisis of mental health and addiction in this country. Unfortunately, forced treatment doesn’t really help anything because in order to treat addiction and mental health, The person has to actually want help.... - onI’m passionate about the power of storytelling—whether through music, writing, visual art, or conversation—to inspire change and bring people together. Much of my work focuses on women’s empowerment, resilience, social justice, and finding hope in difficult circumstances.byAskAves...
This is something I've given a great deal of thought to, as well. If the people didn't go to the streets, they went to prisons. It's not a minor problem, but I'm so frustrated that we have seemingly so much, "bigger fish to fry", that solving homelessness, and the mental health... - onI’m passionate about the power of storytelling—whether through music, writing, visual art, or conversation—to inspire change and bring people together. Much of my work focuses on women’s empowerment, resilience, social justice, and finding hope in difficult circumstances.by
Also, and I am old enough to remember when the inpatient institutions were abruptly closed, and people were no longer required to receive mental health treatment. This is a big driver of the homeless problem.... - onI’m passionate about the power of storytelling—whether through music, writing, visual art, or conversation—to inspire change and bring people together. Much of my work focuses on women’s empowerment, resilience, social justice, and finding hope in difficult circumstances.by
As hard as it is to believe, it isn't a housing problem. Im not saying that in general we don't have a housing problem, but that has very little to do with why people are homeless.... - onI’m passionate about the power of storytelling—whether through music, writing, visual art, or conversation—to inspire change and bring people together. Much of my work focuses on women’s empowerment, resilience, social justice, and finding hope in difficult circumstances.by12Kattbox...
There are many organizations where I live in milwaukee for instance street angels that goes around and gives homeless people food supplies and resources to call to get off the streets. That is a step in the right direction.... - onI’m passionate about the power of storytelling—whether through music, writing, visual art, or conversation—to inspire change and bring people together. Much of my work focuses on women’s empowerment, resilience, social justice, and finding hope in difficult circumstances.byAlyCat...
Sometimes it baffles me to think about how many people are hungry and/or homeless. there are so many houses and unoccupied buildings owned by banks. These people on the streets should have a roof over their heads and something to eat. It’s a basic human right and necessity....