You haven’t provided one reason why housing the homeless is bad. The onus of proof is now on you. Tell me, what’s wrong with giving them a place to stay?
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Here’s the reason giving without stipulation is bad: when something is given without earning it, the expectation that it will always be there provides zero incentive to care for what is given and leaves the resource in disarray.
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“Without stipulation” Is your theory that these people have always been homeless and have never paid into the system via taxes? What do you mean by “earning it” exactly?
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It’s not a hard concept. You want to give people housing. I want people to pay for their housing. What exactly do you mean by giving people housing?
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Access to shelter. Like, if you're homeless, you have somewhere to stay. Simple concept that definitely exists already, we just need more of it in SF. Is your argument that these shelters shouldn't exist?
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My argument is that opening shelters without stipulation are a bad idea. If you open a shelter, drug testing and mandatory work of some sort should be required. Sheltering people without stipulation is bad policy.
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What's good about a policy that turns an addict away from shelter because they succumbed to their addiction? What good does that do for anyone?
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It’s more moral to discourage addiction than to create conditions that encourage it.
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How is one “creating conditions that encourage” addiction by sheltering the homeless, exactly?
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By sheltering them without stipulation. I provide the example of sheltering them with drug tests and some means of employment.
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What good does turning away an addict do? It just puts them back on the street, where they are more likely to succumb to their addiction even further, commit crimes, and harm themselves. Back to square one.
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