Re: Trump's latest lunacy

On 26/03/2025 2:24 am, Don Y wrote:

On 3/25/2025 7:48 AM, bitrex wrote:

So just build houses for the homeless and then they won't be homeless anymore,

 No.  There will *still* be homeless people, regardless of the level of
support that you provide.
 Unless you resort to "institutionalizing" people "for their own good".
 Housing needs to be *affordable* and sited in locations that folks
will be comfortable living (and MAKING a living).  No one wants to
"invest" in places where the only folks who will want to habitate
can't afford to provide sufficient profit for the investor -- esp
if there are other places where they can make a bigger, quicker buck!
 A lot of "charity" produces little "result".  We've canvased lots
of them with an eye towards our estate planning.  If you hold
their feet to the fire and ask for documented results of their
past efforts, most will timidly admit that they haven't met
their own stated goals!
 ["How many of these battered women have you managed to give new
lives through your efforts?"  "None, really.  They all end up
back in the same sorts of situations that led them to coming here".

The psychological problems that lead some women to latch onto men who go in for coercive control aren't easy to treat, but it's still worth offering refuges for women (and their kids) who have got stuck with particularly revolting partners.
It's the same kind of problem as alcohol and drug dependence and problem gambling. The fact that he problems are hard to deal with is not a reason to ignore them.

"Then, why would I want to gift you anything if your 'results' are
only temporary?  What is the 'lifetime maintenance cost' for these
people that you CLAIM to be serving?  Aren't you obviously doing
something WRONG??"]

Whatever they are doing is less wrong than trying to ignore the problem.
It's not as effective as we would like it to be, but it seems to be better than nothing.
--
Bill Sloman, Sydney