Trump Pushes Policies That 'Treat Homelessness and Mental Illness as a Crime

Meanwhile, National Coalition for the Homeless executive director Donald Whitehead Jr. declared that "everyone deserves a safe place to live."

Trump's policies, he said, "ignore decades of evidence-based housing and support services in practice. They represent a punitive approach that has consistently failed to resolve homelessness and instead exacerbates the challenges faced by vulnerable individuals."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-homeless

🚨 Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if Trump's policies later down the line contribute to homegrown domestic terrorism. Not that I'm calling for something like that to happen but it is a predictable consequence to authoritarianism.

This could get bad, I give it up to a year before we start seeing things getting worse.

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Bang5luts · M

But I really doubted him at first. He really is making America great again. In fact I remember when our country was great like this before. It was great.

ElwoodBlues · M

@Bang5luts Excellent use of sarcasm!!!

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@ElwoodBlues @Bang5luts Haha yes 😆

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@Bang5luts

But I really doubted him at first. He really is making America great again. In fact I remember when our country was great like this before. It was great.

So, do you want to restore slavery or just Jim Crow?

Bang5luts · M

@Diotrephes you mean us working two jobs to buy a house we never aviator own out right isnt slavery?

Bang5luts · M

@Diotrephes

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@Bang5luts

you mean us working two jobs to buy a house we never aviator own out right isnt slavery?

I bought 2 houses working one job. The second one is fully paid off, except for the annual property taxes and property insurance. I sold the first one when I moved.

Bang5luts · M

Let me ask you something @Diotrephes .. if you own the house why do you have to pay taxes on it? Or are you just renting the land from the government? If you own it what happens if you don't pay the taxes on something you already own?

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@Bang5luts

The government owns all of the land in the country and people can use and occupy it as long as they pay the specified property taxes. You can build on it as long as you follow the zoning laws and even sell the title to another person and keep the proceeds after you pay the taxes. In return the government will fight for you against enemies who want to take your property.

Bang5luts · M

@Diotrephes the government only has power because we give it and allow it to govern our land. That is why they are called public servants instead of us being called government servants