NYC spends more than $1 million a day to put the homeless up in hotels.

Seriously, how much has Christain churches done to help the poor and homeless?

Well, you are a right wing bigot rojo. No news there.

How would you propose to solve the problem of homelessness? Start a running website and then passive aggressively trash the largest city in the U.S. for trying to do something about it, Mr. keyboard warrior?

obviousposterisobvious wrote:

Maybe they should just building some low cost housing/apartments for these people to live in. If all they need is a bed, running water, and electricity, 300 million should be more than enough to construct several buildings. Then just pay staff with the money saved from not paying for hotel rooms. I can't imagine the upkeep for 10? buildings would be even close to a million per day.

Where do you build those low cost housings? Every home owner hates to see one of those built in their neighborhood, because they are afraid their property values will go down. (A typical NIMBY problem.) It takes some draconian measure to force some neighborhoods to accept those low cost housings. Is anyone willing to do that?

As someone mentioned moving those people to another location with lower cost of living could be way easier.

Urdumb wrote:

DeBlasio isn’t the lefts Trump.

God. I hate so much that you wrote that.

Trump is an unamerican, moronic, criminal, fraud. He’s also a compulsive liar.

His only power is convincing retards he is the opposite.

Get yo shovel ready whiteboy u goin br breakin ground on the wall son.

LEDI wrote:

Well, you are a right wing bigot rojo. No news there.

How would you propose to solve the problem of homelessness? Start a running website and then passive aggressively trash the largest city in the U.S. for trying to do something about it, Mr. keyboard warrior?

give them plane tickets to San Fran so Nancy Pelosi can step in their sidewalk shite.

sub sub elite local hobby jogger wrote:

Homelessness is increasing in most major American cities because rent and housing prices are increasing much faster than many people can afford.

If I were poor I wouldn't try to live in the most expensive city in the world. What are they all doing there?

ObviousProblem wrote:

Every home owner hates to see one of those built in their neighborhood, because they are afraid their property values will go down. (A typical NIMBY problem.)

Well that and no one wants to live near a bunch of mentally ill people.

Ciro wrote:

Here's a idea wrote:

I have no problem helping the needy. But to do it through the government is not a good idea(better ideas to help the poor: 1. Do it yourself 2. Give to churches and charities that help out your local community. 3. Voluntary for churches and charities). All the bureaucrats do is stuff their pockets and implement policies that won't do nothing productive.

What about the subsidies for farmers?

Get rid of those too, and corporate welfare as well.

Rojo, I have seen posts and threads deleted on LR for political opinions. Probably not ones you disagree with, but none the less. Why do you feel this one is appropriate?

It is clear that your "I'm just asking a question" is total bunk. As others have stated, you are making a statement and are not really interested in other points of view or even facts as others have posted. So it is clear that politics are OK, but only if you agree with them. Sounds like Trump and the Free Press.

I expect this post will be deleted too.

Mayor De Blasio advocates and supports policies and programs that discriminate against me and others because of our sex and races, yet he claims these very policies and programs are anti-racist. When he won the Democrat Party primary for mayor in 2013, the runner-up was Bill Thompson, a black man. Only one black man has ever been mayor of New York City. De Blasio could have stepped aside and let this man contend for the mayoral general election as an under-represented minority, but he did not. De Blasio exempts himself from the policies he forces Asians, other males and other whites to sacrifice to on the altar of "Affirmative Action."

Umm. How much? wrote:

Seriously, how much has Christain churches done to help the poor and homeless?

A security guard just mentioned to me this week how he worked a shift at a Catholic Church here in Manhattan that has been serving meals to the homeless daily since the 1930s or 1940s. There are probably many other examples of something similar here in NYC alone.

zxcvzxcv wrote:

$5,000 per homeless person per year.

Plus the $40k a year I get panhandling, $10k selling looseys, and ?? dealing whatever drugs I can.

NYC guy wrote:

Umm. How much? wrote:

Seriously, how much has Christain churches done to help the poor and homeless?

A security guard just mentioned to me this week how he worked a shift at a Catholic Church here in Manhattan that has been serving meals to the homeless daily since the 1930s or 1940s. There are probably many other examples of something similar here in NYC alone.

And dont forget the generous spread put out by the Jewish Temples and the Muslim Mosques.

SJWHippie wrote:

NYC guy wrote:

A security guard just mentioned to me this week how he worked a shift at a Catholic Church here in Manhattan that has been serving meals to the homeless daily since the 1930s or 1940s. There are probably many other examples of something similar here in NYC alone.

And dont forget the generous spread put out by the Jewish Temples and the Muslim Mosques.

Our church is part of about 12 churches in town that team up with providing meals at a local homeless resource center. We each take turns making meals (we individuals buy the ingredients and make the casseroles/etc.)

The local grocery stores donate leftover produce which each church asks for volunteers to help unload and cook. Done money comes from grants as well. Or local resource center says with the shutdown, they are about 15% in the hole and are asking for extra donations from local churches.

So in summary, screw all of the heartless morons on this website that have no idea of how the homeless population survives and functions and who have probably never done anything about it except post hate on a message board. (hint: many die early, many are children, and you may even know someone who is homeless and you had no idea)

I'm fine with questioning government spending. It sounds like you were totally ignorant of government spending in NYC on homelessness and it shocked you, and you haven't had time to process it yet.

Shelter is one of the basic human needs. So, it's pretty low on my list to criticize how a government provides a basic need to its people. Could it be done more efficiently? Sure. But is it on par with the million of other things government wastes money on? Probably not.

To give you some perspective on how little NYC is spending on this, Jeff Bezos (and his soon-to-be ex-wife) could fund this program for 390 years. It's nothing.

If you're comfortable with a country that has super-rich people, that literally care more about their bowel movements than $384M, then you can't be too upset when a government spends $384M on providing a basic necessity to our most needy, IMO.

Go volunteer for 4 hours at a soup kitchen and talk to the people you serve. You're so out of touch, it's embarrassing to nearly everyone that reads this forum.

Bump... Praying for the homeless tonight and this week with the extreme cold and hoping rojo rethinks this tongue in cheek post.