02-16-2011, 06:33 AM
The sad reality is that there is an epidemic of homelessness in the United States. This is largely due to the rise in unemployment, the lack of available work, the rise in evictions and forclosures and the fact that Federal, State and Municipal programs have been cut.
And private charities cannot cope with this. Furthermore private funds have been hit hard by the economy as well.
While I think it is not appropriate to have Student Unions become makeshift shelters, I cannot blame the homeless people for going there. If you are cold and hungry and have no where else to go than you will do whatever you need to to get warm.
Maybe a better idea than letting homeless camp out would be to find abandoned properties and convert them into shelters. Of course that would take money which the local governments do not have.
And private charities cannot cope with this. Furthermore private funds have been hit hard by the economy as well.
While I think it is not appropriate to have Student Unions become makeshift shelters, I cannot blame the homeless people for going there. If you are cold and hungry and have no where else to go than you will do whatever you need to to get warm.
Maybe a better idea than letting homeless camp out would be to find abandoned properties and convert them into shelters. Of course that would take money which the local governments do not have.
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe