Why are poor people and homeless treated with no respect?

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• Exactly. And I kind of hate when people say, "If people work hard enough you can accomplish anything." or when people level themselves by how wealthy they are and even go as far as to live by an idea that they have more money than person X because they simply are a harder worker than person X. Sometimes people don't even take into account that we're having our cards dealt from birth because not all of us have parents who can afford the better educations.
  I didn't meant to make that so long, but I just hate that harder-worker = more money myth. Really.

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  by The Sun on November 6th, 2007

• Thankyou!! Do you work hard or do you hardly work? I belive in modration but sometimes places work there employees to death.My friend works 80 hours a week and has a family and one week she worked 100 hours but then again she is a doctor.I dont know how she does it.I give you 5 points:)

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  by HappyGoLucky on November 6th, 2007

• You are right!!it's ok I love too read and learning from others.:)

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  by HappyGoLucky on November 6th, 2007

• It's not about how hard you work; it's about how smart you work.
  Lots of folks have a wonderful work ethic, work hard (ditch diggers, dishwashers,etc.) but that cannot translate into wealth.
  
  If anyone can learn your job in a matter of minutes, it'll be low-paid no matter how hard you work or how well you work. Expecting something else is silly.

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  by Scifisuz on November 6th, 2007

• Now Scifisuz, lets say you are a homeless person. You do not have a highschool degree, and you do not have any money for a GED because the money you earn you spend to live. What job are you going to go get hired for with your resume that requires skill?

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  by The Sun on November 6th, 2007

• -I'm going to the public library to learn about the job market, to learn about how to apply for a job, interviewing skills, rent tapes, books, cd's on those topics.
  -I'm going to seek financial aid/loan to get specialized training at a trade school.
  -I'm going to learn a skill that is in high demand, where it's easy to find work even though I may not like it.
  -I'm going to save some small percentage of my salary, even if it's $10 a wk.
  -I'm going to be very stingy with whatever monies I do have. Clip coupons, never go to 7-Eleven but buy in bulk at market, etc.
  
  I think you get the idea.

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  by Scifisuz on November 6th, 2007

• Well that sounds like a smart plan. What [hypothetical] job? Just wondering.

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  by The Sun on November 6th, 2007

• The ones that need doing that no one wants. Sanitation worker, boring tedious computer jobs maybe, accounting maybe, hospital worker (the folks that do all the non-glam jobs), plumbing assistant....to name a few. There's lots of others.

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  by Scifisuz on November 6th, 2007

• Aren't those jobs that someone could learn the skill of within minutes? Besides hospital workers, depending on what job it is. Not something that needs real qualifications though.
  
  EDIT: You have to get a degree if you want to get into accounting.

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  by The Sun on November 6th, 2007

• This is not limited to America.

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  by Tussen on November 8th, 2007

• Sun - not the jobs I'm referring to...the ones that require 1 yr training in trade schools or similar...court transcriber's another one. Maybe cpa's require degrees but you can take 2-3 bookkepping and acct classes & get a decent paying jobs.

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  by Scifisuz on November 8th, 2007

• That is true, thankyou:)

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  by HappyGoLucky on November 8th, 2007

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• I give people respect because they deserve respect....it's not connected to their financial status in any way.
  
  Would you respect an ax murderer because you're an ax murderer too?

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  by Scifisuz on November 6th, 2007

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• That is only the case if you are making the assumption that people experiencing homelessness or "homeless people" are not making an effort. When in fact there is a growing population of full-time employed individuals that are homeless. So to make this unfounded claim that homeless people "lack effort" is not valid, seeing as how homelessness is a complex issue in our society today.
  
  http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/who.html
  
  http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/why.html
  
  
  
  Therefore people are treated with no respect due to the negative labels, myths and stereotypes that our society has imposed upon homeless people.

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  by academia on September 26th, 2011

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• Thankyou for answering, 5 points for you have a Greatday:)

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  by HappyGoLucky on November 7th, 2007

• You're most welcome and thanks to you too HGL. Have a nice day, as well :)

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  by Twisted Thoughts is not MIA anymore. on November 7th, 2007

• You're not twisted (-; +6

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  by Yeux on November 8th, 2007

• Hahahaha!! I was hoping no one would see this. It will ruin my 'image' ;P

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  by Twisted Thoughts is not MIA anymore. on November 8th, 2007

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• I agree with Mother Earth. So many of us hate what we fear, and we fear the unknown.

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  by pam i am on November 6th, 2007

• There, but for the grace of g-d go I....?

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  by Scifisuz on November 6th, 2007

• amen

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  by mother earth on November 6th, 2007

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• nice.

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  by JustCurious on November 6th, 2007

• Nice? Lol, not sure what that was supposed to mean to this answer... I mean I normally put that after someone cracks a good joke.

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  by The Sun on November 6th, 2007

• nice answer.

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  by JustCurious on November 6th, 2007

• Oh ok. Thank you! I usually think of it in the kind of dry humored, "Nice." you would say as a single response to something funny.

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  by The Sun on November 6th, 2007

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• very inpiring story! It very poignantly depicted how anyone in contemporary society can become homeless and we should not think we are exempt from this possibility and hence not think negatively about homeless people! Good lick with your journey and treasure those dear friends of yours that were there for you in your time of need! God Bless :)

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  by academia on September 26th, 2011

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• handouts... you must mean stock dividends and derivatives.... pre-dated stock strikes... insider calls... rent income... government kickbacks... bonuses... golden parachutes.. so put the rich government bosses that killed all private sectors with corrupt big bro tech in a soup kitchen for a day and tell me how lazy and undeserving the hungry are.
  
  the "humane"/"people" who need help back on their feet are the ones who are taking all the handouts?
  
  I agree..........

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  by oht on January 2nd, 2011

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• They do have control over their lives. Everyone does. That's what separates us from caged animals.

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  by DJ_Kremlin on November 8th, 2007

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• Thankyou for answering! Sometimes in peoples lives dont relize what they have until it is gone it can happen to anyone at any time even the wealthy.You can lose it all due to fire,divorse,lockout,mother nature,jobloss,layoff,eviction,bankrupcy,disability,any thing can happen to any one at any time and it isn't wise to think hire or lower of people they need help and should be pushed into cleaning up and have goals and they will get back to positive changes.

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  by HappyGoLucky on November 6th, 2007

• I have to ask, do you really believe that most homeless people choose to live that way? A very small number do by choice. Just in case you're interested, here are some statistics about homelessness in the United States.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States#Statistics_and_demographics

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  by The Sun on November 6th, 2007

• I know that many homeless people do not choose it (Most of those are the ones that keep clean, go to missions, shelters, etc. get training, therapy, look for work, try to be of service to others, etc.)
  
  I know that many DO choose it. I also know that those who DO CHOOSE have looked at the pros and cons - getting a job, paying rent, etc., vs sitting around and begging crumbs off folks. Some really prefer the homeless option. I didn't believe it for a long time and you may say that means they are mentally ill or misguided. Maybe so.

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  by Scifisuz on November 6th, 2007

• And do you understand that this 'some' is by far the minority?

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  by The Sun on November 6th, 2007

• Thankyou for answering that was a very intersting! :)

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  by HappyGoLucky on November 6th, 2007

• I do know what you are talking about there are some that ask for money and if you give them money every single car $1.00 they are makeing more than the work people.There is this one lady that has been on the street holding a sighn and people allways give her cash and some yell get a job and she yells back at them and I have seen her in severl stores and at the rainforest cafe and that place is expensive and she was with 4 other people and I saw her drinking starbucks in the store and walmart etc.She has doen this a long time.

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  by HappyGoLucky on November 6th, 2007

• Bah, I've seen the really deceitful type to HappyGoLucky, so annoying. A lot of them are not even homeless though, but people who get a ride from their living space into the inner-city where they hold up signs and get paid. Typical scam artists. I saw one once with jeans and a pedicure holding up a sign about being homeless. Damn scammers. Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if many those people also go to such lows to support of drug habit also. Its amazing how strong the fix it and what it will drive people to do for only a fix.

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  by The Sun on November 6th, 2007

• I also find it kind of odd when people complain about the taxes that go to feeding and clothing the poor when our dear president has us billions in debt from a war, and welfare checks only barely pay for basic necessities. Not much of tax dollars go to welfare money at all. I honestly can't find it, but I swear I read somewhere a while back that it was a really small amount of the taxpayers money. Really small. And the idea of welfare mothers is a popular myth that mothers on welfare have an incentive to have more children. The extra cash is hardly enough to raise a kid, and there won't be any leftover (unless they're abusive). And working families have had larger money incentives than welfare ones have for producing children. A pretty sad rumor too.

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  by The Sun on November 6th, 2007

• True. Bureaucracy eats up most of the funds collected. Total waste. Very annoying. Similar to charitable donations where only a small percentage actually end up with the charity.
  
  I don't understand the motivation behind poor people who choose to have large families. I understand that much is cultural and religious but I wouldn't want to bring more lives into the world if I couldn't feed, clothe, house and educate them.

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  by Scifisuz on November 6th, 2007

• Yeah, I don't get that either. I wouldn't have kids if I weren't financially able. But the families have at least gotten smaller than they used to be, so perhaps people are wising up. I don't really understand why anyone has a lot of kids really either than for religous reasons. I mean really, don't they give birth control away for free now? My Grandparents on both sides had 8 and 9 kids because the Catholic church used to oppose birth control for whatever reason. They didn't start using birth control until (on one side) she nearly died giving birth and (on the other) her husband died. Pity. That was a total tangent that had nothing to do with anything... oh yeah, the point is that neither of my parents enjoyed their upbringings, and more children =/= more love in the house. At all. Stop at two people.

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  by The Sun on November 6th, 2007

• I don't care how many kids some people want as long as they can take care of them and don't expect the govt to support them. Yet another way to endanger your financial status that you can control and take personal responsibility for.

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  by Scifisuz on November 6th, 2007

• I kind of see that, but even if you have a good enough job that you do not need child support, like my grandpa on the one side who worked behind the scenes in the film industry and made good enough money, if you have nine kids and spread yourself to thin all of the children pay. It should be a parents duty to unconditionally love their children and show them that their needs for attention and quality are indeed important ones which can help them feel that their needs are important for the rest of their lives. I don't see how one could give enough individualized love to nine or ten children. I believe that greater parents produce one or two children and invest all of their wisdom in them than parents who produce ten and just get them clothed, fed, and into a good school. I dunno, maybe I'm just to picky. But parents should be required as much emotional responsibility than financial I say.

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  by The Sun on November 6th, 2007

• I see where you're going...but I know I wouldn't want anyone telling ME how many children to have - how many I can love, etc.
  
  I tend to think that people should have to take a class or get a license to have children at all....they need a license to fish, get married, etc....yet bringing a life into the world doesn't rate somehow.

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  by Scifisuz on November 6th, 2007

• If only that could ever work. It'd be horrible though because couples who had sex and found themselves pregnant without a license would have to be physically forced into abortion. It would just be bad. I don't think there should be any regulations on how many children a person can have, but I'm just saying, in my mind it is not a good idea. I mean, welfare mothers who are able to provide at least clothes and food for their kids could just as well say, "I don't want you telling me how to take care of my kids!" And when my mom talks about her childhood, I think it just aint a good thing. And I mean, Grandma was pregnant- what- almost 3/4 of the time for 11 years. I'm glad the Church always changes their standards for what is "sinful" when something becomes an inconvenience.

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  by The Sun on November 6th, 2007

• I aggree total with everything and how you guys view these subjects:)

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  by HappyGoLucky on November 6th, 2007

• Thank you happy!

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  by The Sun on November 6th, 2007

• Yourwelcome:)

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  by HappyGoLucky on November 7th, 2007

• Thx Happy...

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  by Scifisuz on November 7th, 2007

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• Why am I getting slammed on the rating. What is so incorrect in my assessment of the situation???

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  by DJ_Kremlin on November 8th, 2007

• performance reviews were just too rewarding... i felt alienated... I just had to punish myself. all those ugly painted faces at work made me feel sexy then.. 7 men to 1 women in that town.. the shapely female exec assist was an infinite reward?.. so bosses put me in a room full of hardrives humming away night and day.. I guess the magnetics and microwaves would make me feel better... so much for the company food and soda... all those people with sunglasses starring at me... never had time to schedule an appointment with the bar tender to get some zooloft...

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  by oht on January 2nd, 2011