Ten years ago i wouldnt have given it a 2nd thought.

[Tiger's Fan]

Originally Posted by bowener

The overwhelming majority of homeless are severely mentally troubled. Most are supposed to be on meds for things such as schizophrenia, problem is since the USA doesn't have cheap or free drugs, they cant afford them, so they stop taking them, then they are crazy and cant get a job.... b/c they are crazy. They once were in "nut houses" but that method of 'treatment' was mostly destroyed in the 80's, so they just wander the street since their family abandoned them, and they arent sane enough to get a job. A lot of Vietnam vets end up this way due to their PTSD as well.

Almost none of the homeless you see choose to live that life by virtue of laziness. That makes little sense and has little evidence to justify it. I am pretty sure it takes a hell of a lot more to be homeless than it does to get up every week day at 6am and go to work from 9 to 5. They are most likely drunks or addicts due to self medication, or they use it as a way to get out of (temporarily) the shit existence they are in. Wouldn't you drink your mind into oblivion if you were mentally troubled and unable to get/keep a job or have a dry place to sleep at night? Probably easier to pass out and piss yourself than think about everything.

It's funny, I never see people with these sentiments opening their homes up to the homeless. But the stream of excuses is endless.