Shelters Not the Solution to Area’s Homeless Problem
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As regards the issue of homelessness and poverty; people need to understand that this has been going on for thousands of years and the basic underlying issues have not changed. Homelessness and poverty are merely symptoms of a preexisting underlying pathology. Until the underlying issues are addressed we will never resolve this multi faceted problem. Homeless shelters, while they are necessary to some extent, are only a “band-aide” on a festering wound. The approach used in California has shown us that the often quoted line from The Field of Dreams is absolutely true. “Build it and they will come.” The primary basic problems are: lack of a saleable education, substance abuse, mental illness/deficiency and social dependency. Attack these problems and you will gradually resolve the symptoms. Many tens of thousands of well meaning people work diligently on these matters every day, but make too little headway in resolving them, because in many cases, they fail to understand basic human nature. Given the choice of pulling the wagon or riding in the wagon, most people will choose to ride, particularly if the are ill equipped to “walk”. Social dependency is the major factor most overlooked and yet may be the most devastating. Generations of this dependency has ingrained it as right rather than a privilege and extracting people from its grip is difficult at best. But that doesn’t mean that we need to stop trying. Well intentioned people with open minds can help us improve this problem. Let’s keep trying.
Amen.
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