NY Buys One-Way Tickets for Homeless

[meesterperfect]

NY Buys One-Way Tickets for Homeless..
Wow.
http://news.aol.com/article/new-york-buys-one-way-tickets-for/593442

 

[Friday on my mind]

Its voluntary so I see no problem with it.It will/ is saving NYC money.

 

[Miner69r]

Its voluntary so I see no problem with it.It will/ is saving NYC money.

Not only that but getting rid of Illegals like the family in the picture.:nanner:

 

[Friday on my mind]

Not only that but getting rid of Illegals like the family in the picture.:nanner:

Ahh no she is going to Puerto Rico,that means she is a US citizen.

 

[Alyssa Rose]

If I pretend to be homeless will they pay for my ticket to the bahamas?

 

[D-rock]

It's not too surprising. Isn't things like that just one of the normal methods that most places use to take care of their homeless problem? In one way or another it usually comes down to either pretending they doesn't exist or outlawing them or doing something else to just ship them out and relocate them so richer people don't have to see them. At best all that is ever done is to make it somebody else's problem, and at worse they do nothing. How many times have you heard a place that comes out and says we are going to give all these people homes and jobs they can reasonably live off of so they don't have to be homeless anymore, and actually do it?

 

[J. Friday]

Cities have been doing this for years. Salt Lake City sent their homeless to Las Vegas, as a result Vegas has a larger homeless population. Cities in the South (in the U.S.) that receive significant income from tourism used to send their homeless to other parts of the South. That's why Mississippi has such high animosity toward Atlanta, GA, because the gov't of Atlanta sent many of their homeless to MS and it increased Mississippi's welfare population significantly.

The whole thing doesn't help the homeless at all. The city gov't basically contacts relatives of these homeless people, gets them to accept to house their homeless relatives, buys a ticket to whatever place these people are going, and then say, "Sayonara" to all the homeless. Sometimes these homeless people get off the plane and never show up at their relative's house. They continue to be homeless in a new city. And many times even if they do end up living with relatives it is for a short while. Sooner or later these relatives who took in these people get tired of them being lazy, drug addicted, alcoholic, and shiftless, and not getting a job and just sitting around at their house so they kick them out and they become homeless all over again. Only a tiny percent end up making something of themselves in the end.

The whole point is to make the city that is kicking out the homeless look better and save money. I heard Mayor Bloomberg is a real putz anyway. But, then again, that's not such a bad idea. I should make friends with someone in Hawaii, Costa Rica, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, Australia, or some other great exotic place, then go to NYC and panhandle around all the rich snobs, making them uncomfortable, and then get sent to my exotic getaway all expenses paid by the NYC gov't. What do you think? Wouldn't that be cool?:rofl:

 

[Friday on my mind]

It's not too surprising. Isn't things like that just one of the normal methods that most places use to take care of their homeless problem? In one way or another it usually comes down to either pretending they doesn't exist or outlawing them or doing something else to just ship them out and relocate them so richer people don't have to see them. At best all that is ever done is to make it somebody else's problem, and at worse they do nothing. How many times have you heard a place that comes out and says we are going to give all these people homes and jobs they can reasonably live off of so they don't have to be homeless anymore, and actually do it?

Cities have been doing this for years. Salt Lake City sent their homeless to Las Vegas, as a result Vegas has a larger homeless population. Cities in the South (in the U.S.) that receive significant income from tourism used to send their homeless to other parts of the South. That's why Mississippi has such high animosity toward Atlanta, GA, because the gov't of Atlanta sent many of their homeless to MS and it increased Mississippi's welfare population significantly.

The whole thing doesn't help the homeless at all. The city gov't basically contacts relatives of these homeless people, gets them to accept to house their homeless relatives, buys a ticket to whatever place these people are going, and then say, "Sayonara" to all the homeless. Sometimes these homeless people get off the plane and never show up at their relative's house. They continue to be homeless in a new city. And many times even if they do end up living with relatives it is for a short while. Sooner or later these relatives who took in these people get tired of them being lazy, drug addicted, alcoholic, and shiftless, and not getting a job and just sitting around at their house so they kick them out and they become homeless all over again. Only a tiny percent end up making something of themselves in the end.

The whole point is to make the city that is kicking out the homeless look better and save money. I heard Mayor Bloomberg is a real putz anyway. But, then again, that's not such a bad idea. I should make friends with someone in Hawaii, Costa Rica, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, Australia, or some other great exotic place, then go to NYC and panhandle around all the rich snobs, making them uncomfortable, and then get sent to my exotic getaway all expenses paid by the NYC gov't. What do you think? Wouldn't that be cool?:rofl:

Good post from both of you.Yes while I said since it was voluntary it was OK it still is a poor solution to the problem.

 

[meesterperfect]

Yeah, wasn't that Hitlers first solution.
(bad joke but I think it has merit here).
Its like, just get the fuck out. Hit the bricks.Go away, Be gone!
yes friday, it is a poor solution.

 

[Friday on my mind]

Yeah, wasn't that Hitlers first solution.
(bad joke but I think it has merit here).
Its like, just get the fuck out. Hit the bricks.Go away, Be gone!
yes friday, it is a poor solution.

But Mr P the other solution would be tax working people more and help those homeless people more.You gonna be cool with that?

Or cut somehwere else ,like the defense budget?

 

[saulscrotum]

I live in the Midwest and I've heard of charities buying bus tickets for homeless people to send them south for the winter, so they don't free death in the sub zero degree days.

 

[meesterperfect]

But Mr P the other solution would be tax working people more and help those homeless people more.You gonna be cool with that?

Or cut somehwere else ,like the defense budget?

Good question.
I wouldn't mind seeing money spent on food for them.
Soup Kitchens as theyre called.
At least basic nutrition.
If there are kids involved........foster homes until the parent/s can take care of them, if ever.

I'm not against welfare, just long term and life long recipients who abuse it.
I 've seen my county in NJ turn into a welfare state, and they just keep having more and more while the ones paying for it have less and less (kids that is).
So thats why I feel as I do.
But truely homeless should or could be given at least basic nutrition.
Maybe if the tax burden wasn't so heavy people could do more charity, canned food (with can openers of course) and blankets and clothing.

 

[24788]

Obama should really be helping the people at home more instead of opening our borders and having even more problems.

 

[darkwarrior3007]

Not only that but getting rid of Illegals like the family in the picture.:nanner:

Um dude, Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens and just because someone is Hispanic in the United States does not make them illegal.

Anyway, this reminds of that South Park episode about the homeless.

 

[calpoon]

Obama should really be helping the people at home more instead of opening our borders and having even more problems.

This thread has nothing to do with any Obama policies or the border.

Obama should really be helping retards like you that have no reading comprehension skills.

 

[Marlo Manson]

I think somehow some way all these people that are given tickets to their desired destinations should be escorted off the planes, buses, trains & into drug, alcoholic or whatever rehabilitation facilities each homeless person needs to recover that way instead of just dumping them in another city, to continue their nothing of a life, they actually have a real chance of becoming responsible, respectable, & productive citizens once again. :dunno::2 cents:

 

[camplo72]

Obama should be help ugly ppl to,some have minds if nothing else to offer

 

[calpoon]

I think somehow some way all these people that are given tickets to their desired destinations should be escorted off the planes, buses, trains & into drug, alcoholic or whatever rehabilitation facilities each homeless person needs to recover that way instead of just dumping them in another city, to continue their nothing of a life, they actually have a real chance of becoming responsible, respectable, & productive citizens once again. :dunno::2 cents:

Not all homeless people are lazy drug addicts. Probably the majority of them are people that have mental disorders that keep them from being able to function in society. Might I add that not all of them are strictly biological either, some of them are war vets that got thrown out in the cold by Ronnie Reagan, God Bless him.

Nowadays many of them are people that were layed off from their jobs and couldn't afford their rising mortgage rates, or uninsured people that received huge credit crunches from medical debts.

There's also a small number of people, believe it or not, that do it by choice because they like the freedom of having control over their own lives and time and not having to work for someone else or pay just to live.

No offense man, but you seem like you have a chip on your shoulder. You think it's easy living on the streets? From what I've heard you say about yourself on here, I'd think you'd know better than that.

 

[Supafly]

I am not comletely into the exact details of this plan, so I have some thoughts about it:

- In the article it says, 'familys can reject the offer' - do they get pressurized if they do so? Or cut out of help? I suspect that.

- Is there any system behind the shipping of homeless? It would be best if any city sent in numbers about their inhabitant / homeless ratio. Then the people can be spread accordingly.

 

[Friday on my mind]

I am not comletely into the exact details of this plan, so I have some thoughts about it:

- In the article it says, 'familys can reject the offer' - do they get pressurized if they do so? Or cut out of help? I suspect that.

- Is there any system behind the shipping of homeless? It would be best if any city sent in numbers about their inhabitant / homeless ratio. Then the people can be spread accordingly.

Supa I live in suburbs of NYC in NJ.I had seen this story on local news before.I have not heard and am pretty sure they don't pressure anyone to take advantage of this option,if they were doing that it would be news here you can be sure.In fact in the link it said its required you have a relative willing to take you in destination you want to go to.

I think people take advantage of this because even though the shelters cost the city fair amount they are not pleasant places to be.As it said about the family in the link going back to PR,he didn't think the city would be the way it was.Probably came to NYC expecting to find work and do better for his family and found times were tough and found no work and was on the street and ended up in homeless shelter.