DISQUS

adam.riggins: The homeless “problem” in Atlanta

  • ifoundme · 1 year ago
    an outreach program is great but there should be an initiatve from these homeless people to tend after themselves and get their acts done. sometimes it boils to just being lazy. i don't mean to be harsh about this but america is a rich country. everything is readily available. the opportunities are unbelievably great. :(
  • ifoundme · 1 year ago
    an outreach program is great but there should be an initiatve from these homeless people to tend after themselves and get their acts done. sometimes it boils to just being lazy. i don't mean to be harsh about this but america is a rich country. everything is readily available. the opportunities are unbelievably great. :(
  • Adam · 1 year ago
    I agree, if there was a program, it could be one that teaches to take initiative and maybe look for a job, manage finances, etc.
  • Adam · 1 year ago
    I agree, if there was a program, it could be one that teaches to take initiative and maybe look for a job, manage finances, etc.
  • Mackalicious · 1 year ago
    At one point in time I felt sorry for the homeless. I know this is going to sound mean but I believe that being homeless is a choice. It is the final outcome in a life of bad decision making. The thing that changed my mind was when I heard someone say, "Imagine you are living on the streets in the blink of an eye, you immediately turn to family/friends for help. If you have alienated yourself and burned EVERY SINGLE bridge to get where you are now, you deserve to be there because you did it to yourself."
  • Mackalicious · 1 year ago
    At one point in time I felt sorry for the homeless. I know this is going to sound mean but I believe that being homeless is a choice. It is the final outcome in a life of bad decision making. The thing that changed my mind was when I heard someone say, "Imagine you are living on the streets in the blink of an eye, you immediately turn to family/friends for help. If you have alienated yourself and burned EVERY SINGLE bridge to get where you are now, you deserve to be there because you did it to yourself."
  • Mackalicious · 1 year ago
    Additionally, there is a place downtown called the Temple Zaban something or another run by the Atlanta Jewish Community. My company provided dinner for the people who live there for free and have resources such as internet and resume building to get people jobs and set up with apartment rental once they're employed. The Temple Zaban has a strict policy as to what you can and can't do while living there, mandatory AA, drug screening, scheduled meals and curfews. Unfortunately they have nearly 2 of every 5 people drop out of their program and go back to the streets.
  • Mackalicious · 1 year ago
    Additionally, there is a place downtown called the Temple Zaban something or another run by the Atlanta Jewish Community. My company provided dinner for the people who live there for free and have resources such as internet and resume building to get people jobs and set up with apartment rental once they're employed. The Temple Zaban has a strict policy as to what you can and can't do while living there, mandatory AA, drug screening, scheduled meals and curfews. Unfortunately they have nearly 2 of every 5 people drop out of their program and go back to the streets.
  • Adam · 1 year ago
    That is the kind of thing I'm talking about. Imagine if they could get more funding from the government, it might go up to 1 out of 5 that drop out, or maybe even none.
  • Adam · 1 year ago
    That is the kind of thing I'm talking about. Imagine if they could get more funding from the government, it might go up to 1 out of 5 that drop out, or maybe even none.
  • Amanda · 1 year ago
    Being homeless is a choice?
    Sure it is. So was going to Iraq and Afginistan. Bad decision making.
    Being lied into Iraq was something many homeless bought into along with other lies of
    this administration.

    God loves the homeless too. I am fortunate. I am not homeless. We should help
    those who are. It is being recorded somwhere bigger than here on Earth.
  • Amanda · 1 year ago
    Being homeless is a choice?
    Sure it is. So was going to Iraq and Afginistan. Bad decision making.
    Being lied into Iraq was something many homeless bought into along with other lies of
    this administration.

    God loves the homeless too. I am fortunate. I am not homeless. We should help
    those who are. It is being recorded somwhere bigger than here on Earth.