On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 17:11:59 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 14:18:35 -0700 (PDT), jbeattie
wrote:

That is one of my commute routes, which is now a toxic waste dump...

When the authorities are done cleaning up the Portland homeless camps,
could you send them my direction and ask them to clean up ours?
https://www.google.com/search?q=santa+cruz+homeless+camp&tbm=isch
If not, would you mind if we ship our homeless to Portland now that
you have some empty space for them?

Well, where to you expect the homeless to go? Unless you are advocating
euthanasia, they will continue to exist. I suspect most of us would be
satisfied if they just went somewhere else. Then they won't be such an
inconsiderate inconvenience to us.

According to the VA, about 130,000-200,000 US veterans are homeless on
any given day and about 400,000 will experience homelessness at some
point in any given year. About 40% of homeless men are veterans
(compared to about 34% of the male population being veterans) and
overall veterans make up 20-25% of the homeless population. Nearly half
of homeless vets are Vietnam era veterans. 3/4 of homeless vets have
mental and/or chemical health problems.

That's America- serve your country, put your life on the life for
freedom and then get kicked to the curb. If you become a person who
needs help from the government, some helpful politician like Jason Lewis
will be pleased to point out that you are a "parasite." Not a human
being any more, just a parasite.