Trump’s Bold Move on Homelessness: Compassion or Controversy?
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Donald Trump is taking on the homeless crisis and he’s getting flack for it. He signed an executive order that basically telling cities and local governments, you’ve got to get homeless people off the streets. he wants, he’s gonna actually, federal funds are gonna be used to ensure that these homeless people are transferred to rehab centers, treatment centers.
And again, you know, we’re hearing the blowback right now. no, he’s going to be opening up the asylums again. No, he’s trying to solve a problem. This is an act of compassion. It’s not being nasty. It’s not an attack on the homeless. I’m sure, you know, a lot of the nonprofits out there that again, you know, that they would hate to see the homeless crisis be rectified because they wouldn’t be getting their dollars anymore.
The reality is, and I’m sure this has happened to most of you out there, where you’ve gone, you see somebody that’s in trouble, you see someone on the street and you go to give them money and they lash out or they act in an angry manner and it can be frightening. We’ve got a lot of people on the streets here in this country that need help. We decided, again,
you know, like most things. You had some situations here and this happens all the time. You had some bad apples when it came to asylums and the way people were treated and those stories got into the press. And again, they decided that’s it. We’re going to close these all down and let everybody go rather than actually solve the problem and fix the problem. They said, you know what, we’re just going to we’re just going let everybody go. We’re to put the problem back out there on the streets. I’m sorry that that’s
stupid, it’s not compassionate. These people need help and it can be done the right way. Allowing people with serious mental health issues just to live on the streets. How is that good for society? How is that good for the person with the mental health issues? I think this is a step in the right direction and again the blowback on something like this trying to solve a problem. You go into some cities
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I mean, it’s brutal. Okay, it’s brutal. mean, you have people, again, I live in a city where we don’t have that much of a homeless problem, but it’s there. know, walking up to cars in a threatening, man, I’m like, you’re gonna leave this person on the street, you’re gonna get them the help that they need. Watchdog on wallstreet.com.
