Were not the Republicans complaining about the number of homeless for YEARS at this point? There is no fucking plan.
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Their complaint is that homeless are allowed to exist and may even have services available. Live humans living on the street are a reminder that their taxes go to support them and that fills them with rage
Then why create MORE of them? I know WHY they don't like it.
Imagine pissing off a group of people so large that they exist in every major city and who have nothing to lose and nothing to fear. Plus some are crazy, hungry and desperate. Would you walk around their camp?
Yeah, but they don't/can't vote while homeless, so it's a win for him.
Yes they can.
They "technically" can, but the system is designed so no ID, no permanent address, no voting, they will find a way to make it nearly impossible and most homeless people don't have the means to find the poll stations etc and navigate the system that was designed to defeat them.
I mean. At least in my city there's signs that get posted all over the neighborhoods for polling places.. I mean.. it would be hard to ignore it..
But I do get your point.
Sure. Vote.... That's the problem, the voting thing. Not the fact that there are crazy homeless camping in every city who know exactly who to blame for their despair.
Sorry if I wasn't clear. I was trying to answer the question about why Trump might do this - what's in it for this regime.
I mean, the people who will be turfed out onto the streets overwhelmingly vote democrat. By making them homeless, he's depriving them of their vote. Disenfranchisement is part of his plan.
And a further thought: making more people homeless and desperate creates chaos and makes his call for stronger law enforcement will resonate with more people.
His cruelty knows no bounds. And his fascist regime will do anything to rig the vote to retain power.
Uhh, that's an evil angle I hadn't thought about. One would think that an American would not go there on purpose. Greed yes, but not planned on purpose. If that's really the case, wow! Just wow.
The republicans have been rigging the vote for years - how many states have a dem governor but have a republican house? Every one of those is gerrymandered. Who's going over the voting rolls just before each election and disqualifying thousands under 'suspicion' that they're dead or moved away? Who is simultaneously requiring photo id but simultaneously shutting dmv offices in areas that are predominantly black? There's layers and layers of this.
Note: the dems have gerrymandered areas themselves. Gerrymandering is a problem of the first-past-the-post voting system. However it's IMHO not as bad or blatant as the republican recent attempts - some were thrown out as being obviously racist.
Trump hates veterans, pretty sure he always has.
But even if they weren't veterans... they're still people. That should be reason enough to take care of them when they can't take care of themselves.
he said he hates many times.
besides POC, trump hates POOR people almost as much he dislike black people.
Give them all guns and bullets instead.
I'll gladly donate to this cause as long as they understand who hurt them
An astounding amount of cushy government jobs and social programs went to veterans .
Some cushy sure, but I worked at the VA as a contractor. Most had served their time and were using the skills taught.
Doesn't take long to get Veteran status. Combat Vets are a different animal, though.
"suckers nad losers, whats in it for them"-TRUMP.
how does this even work with HOPWA set-asides in the structure of state and county law?