tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post4181599243904012087..comments2023-10-30T06:13:34.382-04:00Comments on Supervisor Feiner: GUEST COMMENTARY: KARL BERTRAND--COALITION FOR HOMELESS TO PROTEST ON OCT 25 FROM 12-2 MAIN STREET FOUNTAINSPaul Feinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17087805120754057844noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-20415947023045605092007-10-24T13:05:00.000-04:002007-10-24T13:05:00.000-04:00What makes a person Homeless,I don't know but my p...What makes a person Homeless,I don't know but my parents made sure that we had a roof over our head and some food on the table.<BR/>The problem is the welfare system.<BR/>If these homeless people were forced to work rather than receive welfare they would be in a better position.<BR/>Let's face it they get everything for free ,but I have to work for it.<BR/>The welfare system should be revamped because it will knock the living daylight out of every tax payer.<BR/>We have made things easy for individuals who refuse to work.<BR/>How much more must we pay in taxes and medical insurance while the ones who receive welfare pay nothing,<BR/>Have you ever noticed how many generations in one family can go back to see how long they accepted welfare.<BR/>It has turned into an epedemic.<BR/>And yet you will find that some of the people work off the books .<BR/>I do think the system should be fully studied and changes made before we all go into banruptcy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-87464624076522036892007-10-24T00:06:00.000-04:002007-10-24T00:06:00.000-04:00My heaven, this is a heavy post. The Judeo-Christ...My heaven, this is a heavy post. The Judeo-Christian heritage shared by many of us, says that leaving people to sleep and freeze to death in the streets is a definite no-no. On the other hand we all want people to be responsible and accountable for themselves, not expecting hand outs for irresponsible life choices. Some of these folks seem incapable of this responsible behavior.<BR/><BR/> As I understand it, NY State psychiatric and even private psychiatric facilities, are not in the business of keeping people in their institutions on a long term basis, so it's a matter of stabilizing the mentally ill sick, and turning them back out. If they don't have family or friends to provide support and keep them on their meds, they spiral back down. Even families who want to help find themselves sometimes stressed beyond their ability to cope with the sick person.<BR/><BR/> I sure have no answers. What do other towns, cities, or even other countries do with this residual problem? What do they do with the sickest and weakest so that they have care - and so that no neighborhood or even commercial area, is unfairly designated as a catch basin for the mentally ill or addicted homeless?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-25432285147393578402007-10-23T16:20:00.000-04:002007-10-23T16:20:00.000-04:00WHARN's heart is clearly in the right place - all ...WHARN's heart is clearly in the right place - all of us feel, and fear, the plight of our homeless. This begs the question though. How many of the poor souls we see wandering are in need of custodial care - for physical and/or psychiatric impairments? <BR/>Until we look at WHY people are homeless and WHY the existing facilities are inadequate to meet their needs, we have no chance of solving the problem.<BR/>Simply throwing scarce resources at the issue has always failed. And those who want to keep the cost of government (and our taxes) down need to think through what is really being requested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com