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No one is a bum because they're lazy. You're the second Mexican I've heard this ridiculous bullshit from this week, which isn't many but it's still concerning.
Man, that's such a cold and unempathetic attitude. What do you think causes homelessness? How many homeless people do you think got there because they were just lazy, useless people? As opposed to being dealt a shitty hand by life?
Once you're in that situation, it's insanely hard to get out of it. "Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps" is a satirical phrase intended to highlight the physical impossibility of such a task. If you genuinely want people to be able to improve their lives, you have to give them a helping hand to get them started.
Instead, you basically want to hand a death sentence to anyone who's unfortunate enough to hit rock bottom. That's fucked up man.