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48. Part of the problem is getting people to listen and look.

Reply to 840high (Reply #43)

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 02:37 AM

Feb 2013

So many of the well off really believe people are poor and downtrodden because it's their own fault.

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I passed a homeless couple on my way to the dentist. [View all] Cleita Feb 2013 OP

No need to be sorry; this is an excellent rant. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #1

We almost always Helen Reddy Feb 2013 #2

The problem is we need a better solution than alms. Cleita Feb 2013 #3

Pilot program locally, Home Again nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #8

Do you have any information to link to? Cleita Feb 2013 #12

Yup nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #14

Yes, giving people a place to live is a permanent solution or start to one. Cleita Feb 2013 #17

Might I suggest contacting them nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #18

Yes, I will. I can't contribute but I can attend meetings of Cleita Feb 2013 #20

For the moment we need to become gnats. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #23

the cost of food and gas are driving this poverty Fight2Win Feb 2013 #56

Yes, that is a big problem. My "up by the bootstraps" conservative Cleita Feb 2013 #57

Too many American's don't see the privilege they have in their own lives CrispyQ Feb 2013 #4

How much did you spend at the dentist on your grill? NT obliviously Feb 2013 #5

Could you be a little clearer? Cleita Feb 2013 #6

... SammyWinstonJack Feb 2013 #15

I have taken photos. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #7

Tuna obliviously Feb 2013 #9

I'm beyond waiting for the long term. I've been waiting since 1980. Cleita Feb 2013 #10

I think that you're wrong about churches' aid and prejudiced against them. Beacool Feb 2013 #11

This is exactly what I'm bitching about. Not that your church reaches out or that any other Cleita Feb 2013 #13

I agree with most of your post, just not your characterization of the aid provided by churches. Beacool Feb 2013 #21

Okay, you lost me. Cleita Feb 2013 #25

I'm not talking about families or the elderly, that is not what we see around here. Beacool Feb 2013 #33

Well, we are seeing families and elderly. Our local newspaper said that Cleita Feb 2013 #35

It's heartbreaking. Beacool Feb 2013 #38

Sad to say that some churches do get pushy when it comes to religion. Lady Freedom Returns Feb 2013 #24

That why I specified that mainstream churches don't push religion to the homeless. Beacool Feb 2013 #37

And in the meantime we are passing permanent tax cuts for the rich Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #16

I know what you are saying. They are blind to the suffering of others Cleita Feb 2013 #19

Something. It's not just her though. I have seen similar sentiments HERE (nt) Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #41

So have I. eom Cleita Feb 2013 #47

I just took someone to the local food bank, where everything is offered in the way of help. freshwest Feb 2013 #22

We have nothing that organized in my area and we should because Cleita Feb 2013 #27

Well then - make it your 840high Feb 2013 #43

Part of the problem is getting people to listen and look. Cleita Feb 2013 #48

Shame. I've encountered 840high Feb 2013 #55

The 211 is to go with the new communication programs. Lady Freedom Returns Feb 2013 #32

The working homeless at least get a paycheck to pay for transportation Cleita Feb 2013 #36

When I was in Sweden in 2011, I attended a service at the Anglican Church in Stockholm Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #26

Yep, and that's the way it should be here. Cleita Feb 2013 #29

My understanding is that Sweden doesn't have really poor people. Beacool Feb 2013 #40

It has poor people, but they're not homeless or going without food Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #52

Thanks for the clarification. Beacool Feb 2013 #53

Actually when I grew up in the forties and fifties, that was the same situation Cleita Feb 2013 #54

You are why I love being a Democrat RiverLover Feb 2013 #28

Thank you RiverLover and welcome to DU! Cleita Feb 2013 #30

To be correct, though--we're not in a depression. Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #31

Yes, I'm sure it's a recession for anyone that still has some kind of income Cleita Feb 2013 #34

beaten looking... I know what you mean , these are not grifters if you take the time lunasun Feb 2013 #39

One of the saddest things I saw was where a shelter had to turn women away. Lady Freedom Returns Feb 2013 #46

So many children now lunasun Feb 2013 #50

This is what people don't get. Cleita Feb 2013 #51

What's the joke? Beacool Feb 2013 #42

+100 840high Feb 2013 #44

There have been so many times I have given my last dollar in my pocket to help DainBramaged Feb 2013 #45

You still have to take care of yourself. Cleita Feb 2013 #49