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[–]FullBloodedWhiteMale[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The white guy begger is most likley a human scumbag either drugged up or drunk or just lazy. He needs to be processed:

Offer the vagrants three choices: Stop being homeless OR accept room and board in return for sobriety and WORK (via job shops) OR get arrested and be put to work. The couple of percent who truly are too ill to work, we will take care of (after we've concluded they have no assets or income). The job shops partition out work the illegals are doing now: picking crops, processing chicken, sorting recyclables, cleaning buses, repairing hiking trails, picking up trash, etc. The employers pay back the government to offset the cost of the room and board or incarceration. There are no other solutions. Get tough or accept vagrancy.This is bullet proof. Win Win Win Win Win. If you have a better solution, provide it.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Lots of assumptions there.

What makes work meaningful to you? Will they be getting the same out of it?

Getting tough may be PART of an answer. One answer will never suffice. There needs to be MANY alternatives and options for the MANY types of people that are "problematic". By exploring more options you can also find out what works, what doesn't and direct resources appropriately.

[–]FullBloodedWhiteMale[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"What makes work meaningful to you? Will they be getting the same out of it?" IN context with my post? Earning money to provide a home. Yes, they will get the same thing out of it that the other 99.999% of us do. That is, it they're working and earning then they can afford a place to live.

"One answer will never suffice." We don't know if this is true but I'm providing a framework that will work. My categories are broad but every vagrant fits into one. And, each one of my three categories can have more specific branches. Work? Yes, OK, trimming trees or sorting recyclables. Can't be productive? No. OK, why? Mentally ill? Physically handicapped? Etc.