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No, i consider them disfortunate. I wish there was a way that we could take the homeless people and reintegrate them into the the working force and give them places to live.
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Some are lazy and some are just drunkards or druggies but may are just stuck in a rut that they really cant get out of. No money to get some decent clothes to get a job to get money...
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Mentally maybe. The apparently think there's no hope left for them.
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No. The majority of homeless are mentally ill. In the 80's when mentally ill care was deregulated many people who were institutionalized were then released, landing on the street without a safety net. This is a complicated unfortunate situation with no easy answers. I'm not sure if institutionalization is the answer. It is nearly impossible to improve your situation when you do not have stable housing, food, bathrooms, etc. Therefore I think we have to as a society provide shelter before we can work with people to become self sufficient.
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no most homeless people are in fact working.
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There's different kinds of them but for the most part they are stupid and irresponsible, but not particularly lazy.
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no,a lot of them are war veterans.
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No, for the most part they are people with problems like mental illness, physical problems, bad timing, catastrophes, and economic hard times. A few may be avoiding work but they are in the minority.
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No not in all cases. But most could do better for themselves if they tried.
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I wasn't lazy when I was a squatter. I was going threw a lot and the easiest yet hardest thing to do was leave everything with a backpack and be homeless. But now everything is changed and I am clean and with a home, in continuing college, and with a great job.
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No....I imagine it's incredibly difficult to pick yourself up after bringing yourself into that position, plus suffering from mental illness and often alcoholism.
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Not necessarily. I'm sure some of them are, but...everyone has a different story...
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I don't think they're lazy. Surviving harsh weathers, scrounging all day for food or fighting mental illnesses or addictions must be some damn hard work. If they don't do it, they'll most likely die. I think it's probably pretty complicated, too. There are various reasons for being homeless, and even if statistics suggest common reasons, some people might do it on purpose. Some fall into the cracks of society, others plunge there willingly. And being ''lazy'' is relative. I'm the laziest bitch ever, but I must have missed like a week's worth of work days in the past four years. I don't even take my optional vacation or sick days. And lazy people who just don't want to work, actually work extremely hard at faking mental illnesses or passing fraud on the government. Which brings me back to homeless folk, there could be a lot of reasons why they're in such a situation, but I don't think sloth is really one of them. First off, you need to be comfortable to be lazy. Kind of hard to enjoy doing nothing and kick back when you're freezing to death and your stomach is eating itself.
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I consider homeless people lazy. I think that if they are mentally ill that is a totally different matter and that they should seek medicinal help. However, for the average homeless person, who has not commited any felonies, getting a job should not be that hard. If they go to a shelter they will be able to find clothes to look presentable to jobs, and then interview a job. I'm 18 years old and have been supported by an upper class family my whole life. However, I moved out and getting a job and finding an apartment was very easy. Suck it up and work.
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No, not all of them. Many of them are mentally ill or have just really had a rough time in life. I don't think you can lump all homeless people into one category. Life is a crap shoot..some people don't have it nearly as rough...some people bounce back. And true there are some people who are lazy as well...who just don't try.
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Some may be lazy but it`s all circumstance. There was a homeless guy in France who apparently used to be a university professor. He lost it when his wife died and couldn't cope anymore and eventually ended up in the street. I was homeless once too, but only by unforeseen and unfortunate circumstances.
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Some are but many are just victims of circumstance?
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I consider then as people needing help.
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No I DON'T.
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No, definetly not there are many reasons people are homeless. People don't always qualify for government assistance and the waiting list for people struggling with mental illness is torture. Sure there are people with addictions that are homeless but they don't always choose their addiction.
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No, its unfortunate. Before I assuem their lazy I try to figure out how they got to that stage. I'm also a bit hsocked at how unaware people are of their situation. Its hard to move out of that atage (being homeless I mean). Most people wont hire them because they think the person may nto be reliable, and others who are homless have mental illnesses which makes them undesirable when it comes to offering job positions. I knew a guy who use to hire homeless people, like anythign dealing with people, its hard to find the ones willing to work and the ones who may truly be lazy but you've got to have alot of patience becuase they may not be as happy-go-lucky as their non-homless coutnerparts. I fel like before people judge they should try living on the streets a few days. See how a homeless person is treated (usually second clas citizens and ignored like a stray animal). I've often seen stray animals get treated better than a homeless person. Or atleast volunteer their time at a shelter and tlak to a few, those who think they are lazy will be surprised after hearing a few stories.
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some, but most have mental issues.
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Some might be, some probably need help. Some are mentally disoriented and need guidance. There was a program on TV where they interviewed some homeless people and a couple of them said that they were unwanted by their family so they had no choice but to live they way they are.
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For the most part no. I think that the lazieness is inversely proportional to the age. Meaning, the young and able 'gutter punks' are the ones who tend to be lazy.
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no becuz all them ride cross town on thier bikes or walk to fynd cans n shyt
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no, not necessarily...I assume some are lazy...but I know people who are not homeless who are lazy as well....I think a lot of homeless people work very hard just to survive...
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No I don't. I think that they have had some bad stuff happen in their lives, and they ended up this way. Most of us are 2 paychecks away from being homeless.
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No. A lot of them are mentally ill. It takes a lot of work staying off the grid.
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Yes. They normally are. I tried to have one guy who said "will work for food" come dig a hole and he wouldn't budge. What a conartist!!!
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No i don't consider them to be lazy. I consider many of them to be unfortunate.
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As many of them are lazy as those who have homes are lazy. Most of the ones I deal with regularly on the streets are either alcoholics or psychiatric patients.
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Au contrare. They gotta move when the man says so.
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No, I would not consider homeless people as lazy. If I do so it would tantamount to making a sweeping statement without understanding the real situation and this is not being fair to them. However we can't deny the reality that there are people in that unfortunate state. What do we have? What have driven them to this state of seemingly "no return"? I would be great if we could undertake a survey to ascertain the real situation but this may not be easy.
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No just a little out there.
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I think most homeless people work as hard (if not harder) than your average American. They've got a tough life.
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im a homeless and i will never consider myself as a lazy person.. sometimes is that you just dont have to generalized people..it is not a mistake of some people unfortunate enough compared to other people..
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No. They fall into two groups. Those who are mentally ill and those who have fallen on hard times. With the downward turn of the economy- there will be a lot more homeless now more then ever.
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no not when people are losing thier homes all over the country due to the economy. no i dont
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No, although I believe there are those in that situation because they ARE lazy. Mostly it's either bad planning, bad choices or just plain bad luck. Things can change literally overnight. One day you're riding high ad the next you have nothing.
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Tricky one. It depends on why they are homeless. If their house was foreclosed then No i don't consider them lazy. But if your talking about bums on the side of the road asking for money then Yes Absolutely. It takes no high school GED to fill out an application at a small store or fast food place. I would rather see a bum slowly work his way up from nothing then sit on the curb all day.
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the ones I know are just lazy freeloaders who will do anything for a cigarette or another drink
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Not at all. Despite what we all had drilled into our heads in the Reagan years, the closing of all those huge, overcrowded mental hospitals meant that a lot of people with serious mental illness suddenly had no where to sleep anymore. The hospitals are still standing there, empty and rotting, and the people who used to live in them are sleeping under bridges and in old subway tunnels. That is, if they haven't died of exposure in the ensueing years. The premise behind those closings was that mental hospitals were cruel, and that medication could take care of all their problems now. The trouble is, those medications usually have side effects. Many people with mental illness would rather have the illness than the side effects and there is usually no one around to make sure they take those meds. The medication doesn't help in the bottle. Somehow, I think throwing someone who is not able to take care of themselves out on the streets to beg and freeze is a little more cruel than keeping them warm and fed in a hospital.
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No. Just unlucky. Probably made bad decisions. And many where born poor, really poor that they call the streets home. These are the ones who need mercy especially the children, they can grew up becoming criminals. Very few were able to get out from the rut. They need help.
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No. I think a lot of them have just been really unlucky. Some of them are mentally disabled. I really feel sorry for them.
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No. There are people with mental disorders who, because of their mental condition, have no choice in the matter. There are others who prefer a life of no responsibility. There used to be a tramp called 'Matty' who lived in the woods. He would do gardening an odd jobs for people but prefered to live outside. The story was that he had been jilted by the girl he loved and never recovered from it. I used to take him Easter eggs and leave them by the hut he lived in in the woods. He wore a top hat and tails.
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On the contrary. They are people who worked too hard and felt through the cracks. This should never happen!
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No :)
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NO!Not at all...
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I try not to prejudge anyone. Many homeless people are the victims of various misfortunes that put them on the streets!
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Some are some are not
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NO. Some have made bad decisions in life some other just got the worst of luck. But not all are lazy
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No, I do not consider homeless people as lazy.
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I think that there are different kinds of homeless people like mentioned in one of the answers, and not all are lazy, some are maybe, but you can't put all homeless people into one category.
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the vast majority of homeless people are not lazy. alot have mental problems and now a growing number have lost their incomes and homes due the the economy.
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No. EIther depressed or down on their luck.
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It could happen to any one of us. Being lazy is the last thing that would occur to me.
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