A battle won between 1960 and 1974 half the poor entered the middle class. What happened? We stopped fighting and then started killing all programs of education and health for all people. Take the taxes and invest in fighting poverty the smart way. There is no set number of poor people that we have to […]
Read More War on povertyDiscussing the savings of housing the homeless in Los Angeles people vs the public assistance cost at meet Each Need With Dignity. He isn’t giving out numbers but I think it is less than $17,000 to house a person,$30,000 for them to live on the streets and $60,000 to imprison a person. I feel weird […]
Read More Supervisor Zeb on Homelessness at @mendpovertyThe cost to house someone is $12,000 a year with no strings attached . What is the cost of putting that same person in prison ? It will cost $16,000 to leave them on the street where they will need public help like 911, emergency rooms and police I tervention. This is the plan in […]
Read More Housing is the cure for homelessnessSome people are worth the effort to change the world
Read More My Addiction to KidsStepping over people who have no money as I am about to spent my money…well, let’s agree it is an awkward moment. And property value must plunge when folks loiter and sleep by your store. Clearly the idea of spikes is tempting. No icky public officials to sit with, no 10 year plan to watch […]
Read More Anti Homeless spikes?Every show about workers may need a reality check. Today in the office: + discussions about who took dance as a child and practicing dance moves in the bathroom mirror +people who use the elevator railing as a ballet bar. + can someone take Marco to the Big and Tall shop for shirts +the dude […]
Read More Office RealismRemember how I disclosed my application for Disability when I applied and all the calls and faxes and emails and letters I’ve written since I received the card 60 days after I met with a worker?!? I went to you so why are you acting like you caught me? I’ve been asking you to terminate […]
Read More Dear DPSS & SNAPThe Copy Machine is My Boyfriend · Has to have explicit instructions given every single time I want him to do something · Doesn’t share original information, just copies the words of others · Won’t tell me when he is sick or broken so I have to discover this by accident and then I have […]
Read More At AtlasCamp a speaker compared an App to his Girlfriend. Kinda Sexist. Here is my response
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