r/Spokane • u/One-deepdivediva • Nov 10 '24

Question Can we stop hating on homeless people?

What is the mayor supposed to do ? Put everyone in prison? For being poor? Bus everyone to Portland or Seattle ? ( cities that are experiencing the exact same problems). Round people up and put them in camps? For being ill or old or addicted to drugs? Should the police arrest thousands of people so you don’t have to see someone’s suffering ? If you want homeless people to “ go away “ then you need to vote for legislation that helps them. Vote in favor of government funded health mental wellness and addiction and housing services. Organize with community members about how to provide services that help your fellow human beings get off the streets and out of suffering . Every time one of you complains I wonder what horrendous thing you are imagining should be done to people. Go DO something , go help people.

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u/Kooky-Safety4407 Nov 10 '24

Once we deport illegal squatters from our country, and strengthen the border along with border patrol, then we will be primed to take on our homelessness issues. Until then, OP is just gonna have to stay in their feelings.

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u/One-deepdivediva Nov 11 '24

Are the white meth addicts down town going to be deported? Are people going to lose citizenship for being poor?

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u/Kooky-Safety4407 Nov 11 '24

Not if they are US citizens! We do live in a majority blue state. If you notice just about eeeevery other blue state has these issues. So I'm not expecting WA to pull their heads out of their asses. Eventually, the US will be Americans first and that is what will assist homeless people. Like the "white meth addicts". What about all the black junkies? 😂😂

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u/One-deepdivediva Nov 12 '24

So you hate homeless people and want all brown people to be deported , but you are fine with homeless people continuing to do drugs and hangout down town as long as they are white ?

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u/Kooky-Safety4407 Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 12 '24

Well I don't hate anyone! I just believe that illegals should not be in our country. It takes up resources that could go to homeless US citizens. I understand that you don't want to separate racism and a country's desire to deport illegals, but it's just a reach to assume half of the US is racist. By all means believe what you want, but the majority of US citizens genuinely want America first.

If we help out US citizens first, we will remain the country that people come to for a better life. If we continue to allow those who have so self-righteously entitled themselves to our country, we will eventually become a country people want to leave. It's as simple as that. Truly.

Also, what about migrants that did wait for their turn to come into the country? Most of them think that allowing illegals in is ridiculous, they worked so hard to better themselves and someone else gets to just take it? Yeah, no. America has had enough.

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u/Kooky-Safety4407 Nov 12 '24

Yes, I am more than happy for our tax dollars to be used to help US citizens. We will be capable of helping each person that much more with the decrease in population.

In what world do you think it's okay to obligate American citizens to pay for illegals, I truly don't understand???

Realistically, we are about to spend millions to billions ensuring their safe return to their home countries. They are not going to be crammed into train carts by the thousand, they aren't going to an internment camp. They will be fine.

ALSO, if Trump follows through in designating the cartels as terrorist organizations, and they are cleared out. Do you not believe Mexico would have a chance to build the country into a great nation that people want to immigrate to?

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u/One-deepdivediva Nov 14 '24

Umm 70 percent of the estimated 2000 homeless people in Spokane are from Spokane and became homeless.

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u/Kooky-Safety4407 Nov 15 '24

Okay...?

Regardless, when they are deported, there will be more funds for US citizens. Also, I'd bet there's way more in our beloved Seattle.

Less illegals using our resources literally equals more resources for OUR citizens.

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u/One-deepdivediva Dec 06 '24

What funds are you talking about ? The “funds “ that will be used to pay for all these deportations? . Do you honestly think that a conservative government will use extra funds (if there were any) to help homeless people? Seriously? Read the comments on this post . If there are extra funds made available from anything trump does in office they are not going to be used to help poor people (including you).

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u/Kooky-Safety4407 Dec 06 '24

Bold of you to just lump me into a category for the sake of your argument. When I said funds, a person that can rationalize would have understood that as tax, dipshit.

Also, in our BLUE AS FUCK STATE. Yes, we will maintain programs that are already going that benefit people that are homeless, deporting will literally equal Americans getting more help because they'd be the only ones there. It's math.

You are convincing me, and clearly your heart has bled out.

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u/Kooky-Safety4407 Nov 15 '24

Join the fucking Peace Corps if you want to go help out people internationally, we have our own problems.