should they make it illegal to be homeless ? .. and dte some of these people of the streets ? ( Archived) (73)

There are many reasons for homelessness, it is not fair to place every homeless person into the same category. In this country you have people who have lost their jobs, those who have exceptional educations are forced to take meager jobs. Some of the people who are employed can't find housing because they don't earn enough to pay the outrageous rents which usually require you to pay at least one month's rent in advance. Then you have people who have served in the armed forces, some who have been traumatised by what they've endured and what do they come back to? They return to a country that does not offer them adequate healthcare or mental health services. Some return home unable to work and very often the drinking and drug use starts while engaging in warfare, it is a means of coping. On the other hand there are people who are quite capable of working who milk the system. In this country the best thing that ever happened is to overhaul the Social Services system which was originally designed to help people who were really in need. What bugs me about the state of homelessness in our country is the fact that there are many schools, hospitals, business, etc., that have been shut down, it seems to me that some of these empty buildings could be used for housing for the numerous homeless people and their families! Also, we really do need to help people in our own country before we dish out money in foreign aid, the US is always sending aid to everyone else, who can we call to US???