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JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
7. Yes.
Sat Jun 22, 2013, 02:01 AM
Jun 2013

Yesterday my husband and I bought a pair of shoes at a shop near my house. Walking home we passed by a store that closed some time ago. The windows were covered with graffiti and in an enclosed, cement area by the back entrance that you could only see if you were right above it, was a homeless man trying to sleep there in the broad daylight and glaring sun. He blinked as we passed. He wasn't asleep at all but was just trying to sleep.

In a country in which some people can afford two mansions, we shouldn't have a grown man sleeping on the cement at the backdoor of an empty store.

A small guaranteed income or at least guaranteed housing would help so much and really not cost as much as people might think.

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Yes and sometimes zappaman Jun 2013 #1
My little brother (IBEW#666) holds that sign up all the time Recursion Jun 2013 #2
Okay that got you flagged. Rex Jun 2013 #4
Yes absolutely I support that. Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #3
yes handmade34 Jun 2013 #5
Yes, and IIRC, PRES. NIXON was the first to recommend it. Nay Jun 2013 #6
Yes. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #7
how would it work ? JI7 Jun 2013 #8
Yes I think that is a great idea... ljm2002 Jun 2013 #9
A bit of detail would be nice... Pelican Jun 2013 #10
Maybe some combination of moondust Jun 2013 #11
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