Admit it, you people are rich sociopaths and NIMBYs who hate poor people. The real cause of homelessness is suburban sprawl and terrible car-centric zoning laws. Your obsession with "personal responsibility" is a cheap trick to blame victims. Also, it's hilarious how you hate government "welfare" but are ok with the much bigger waste of money that is massive incarceration and institutionalisation.
@loveherenow Says:
While there is truth to this, and it brings attention to an important facet of the issue, it also does a great disservice to those who simply fell on hard times due to legitimate things out of their control happening - reasons other than such as drug addiction, mental illness, poor values, and poor choices. There are likely many who fall in that other general category who are negatively stigmatized. It often then becomes a pit from which few are able to return, no matter how conscientious, hard working, and upstanding they may be. I know this from direct experience. There were programs then for those addicted to drugs and alcohol, for those with mental problems, etc., (and I hope they were helpful to them), but there was nothing available to legitimately help those who had simply fallen on hard times. Furthermore, the welfare system is not designed to help folks get out of such predicaments, but to break up families, and to keep them perpetually dependent on the government. And again, if you started out becoming homeless for simply falling on hard times, the general conditions of being homeless are often so harsh that it dramatically increases the chance you may develop mental problems, etc. Refusing to acknowledge these things only adds to the problem, and as of yet I've barely ever heard anyone do so.
@mythicfolfi4652 Says:
If you’re sickened or made uncomfortable by homeless people, that’s good! That’s your empathy for another person! We can solve this issue guys, we need to be compassionate
@JoeLiberalism Says:
Addiction is a choice NOT a disease
@JoeLiberalism Says:
Accountability is a rare attribute today
@Faustobellissimo Says:
Wait, wasn't it conservatives who thought that addiction is a choice, not a disease?
What's happening to PragerU?
Is this an ideological shift?
@TheTruth-yq2jb Says:
So what is a solution? There must be a few.
@merlinwizard1000 Says:
71st, 1 November 2024
@GlenCychosz Says:
Mental institutions would help.
Closing most of them in the late 60s and 70s was a big mistake.
Reform would have been better.
New facilities would be a good thing to do.
Outpatient care doesn't work on a lot of people.
@HeroInTheSun Says:
Just behave.
@prezidenttrump5171 Says:
The brutal truth is homelessness is a choice.
@blackquiver Says:
It's not all that. .
@LowellBoggs Says:
I am one of those people that think that the government should not be making private drug use illegal. But public intoxication is whole different matter. Arresting those who are publicly intoxicated would seem to be a good way to get the addicts into jail or a rehabilitation program - without violating personal rights. Society has a right to defend itself from addicts. People have responsibilities as well as rights.
@pavelow235 Says:
Well we certainly shouldn't put Black Men in prison for distributing drugs to children #sarcasm
@stevecook413 Says:
Wanting to do drugs is a mental problem to being with. But to tell ANYONE that they need to help is also mental illness
@noremac4807 Says:
Very interesting and informative, but I must say I don’t think this is the same for homeless in South Africa
@johnstover4584 Says:
Make drugs and living cheaper and people wont be homeless.
@SHARKVADERS Says:
...PRAGERU!!!!!
@TheJpmuzz Says:
I just cannot excuse drug use and the aftermath of that choice.
@kennethwallace998 Says:
Some people don't have an addiction to alcohol or a drug until after they've become homeless
@motor2of7 Says:
Anyone who doesn’t believe or see the connection between homelessness and drug abuse and/or mental illness is in denial. There’s an equally strong connection to crime.
@crabin1938 Says:
Stop allowing “doctors” to medicate children for feeling sad!!!
@figdickmun Says:
It's common sense. I've been pointing this out for years. In Seattle they brought in some experts to find out the major causes of homelessness. It was a bogus exercise because the came back with redults anout wages, lack of jobs or job loss. I just had to shake my head. While these things do contribute to homelessness the vast number of homeless are drug/alcohol addicted and/or mentally ill (your video says 8 out of ten). You'll never fix the problem if you fake a study that ignores the real causes.
@davidcompton9528 Says:
Addiction is a choice. Unless you're forced into it from the sex slave trade. Don't do drugs you know are addicting and you won't get addicted to them how hard is that. Addiction is a choice.
@imout671 Says:
Dispatch dealers asap and it would solve a lot of problems
@imout671 Says:
For Pete's sake all of us vets aren't homeless. We're doing fine, lol.
@Jango69d.u Says:
Stop providing narcan. Problems solved in a month.
@ConservativeBrotherDaily Says:
‘’A friend in need is a friend indeed’’ was one of the most destructive sayings that pretty much was code for codifying and justifying enabling drug addiction throughout 80s until now, not getting them recovered, but downplaying and/or covering up for their addiction & just stating to keep throwing money at it for the people suppose to be fixing the problem to instead live off of it.
@eddeddesc3717 Says:
:,) Beautiful
@thebruceisloose7595 Says:
This is a true and utter fact I was homeless in and out of jail for 16 years soon as I started putting the drugs down and getting my life together everything fell into place now I have a son a wife in the house I live in
@sunshinegrl6073 Says:
Wow! I cry in happiness for the mom who got her son back!! My sister had been on the streets in San Diego for about 10 years now. For her, even though she had some minor mental health issues, it was the drugs. And now that she's been on the street long, she's got even more mental health issues including PTSD from being beaten up very badly to the point of being unconscious, being stabbed/attempted murder on her, and watching her friends get stabbed to death in the same incident. But she keeps going back to that because of the drugs. 😢
@Bluemoon98-2 Says:
OMG o am sooooo happy for him and his family ..this made my day . I remember watching it and it was heartbreaking.
🙏
@TheRadioAteMyTV Says:
Using the numbers in this video, it shows 25 percent of people are really suffering by being way down on their luck. I know of that type and see them all the time. They are not crazy, they are not on any drugs at all, they are just older and can't find jobs. The job market has always hated old people and no matter how much some people are looking for work, if you are forty or heaven forbid over 50 you might well land up like the folk I am speaking of.
@ji8044 Says:
90% of Republicans forget what Jesus said when it comes to the homeless:
“Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons. For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink. I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’
“Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’
“And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’
“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.” Matthew 25:41-46
@lindaleeratti5391 Says:
I. am GOING HOMELESS POSSIBILITY. BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT PASSED A LAW TO TEST THE STRUCTURE OF ALL CONDOMINIUMS AND MANY MANY HAD SOME RUSTED INNERWALL STRUCTURAL AGGING !
SO AFTER THE REDOING THE BACK ROOMS OR
SCREENED IN PORCHES
THE MONTLY. PRICE OF THE. H. O. A. , s
WENT FROM.
550$ A MONTH. ,,,,
TO 1600$ A MONTH !
THESE HUGE NEW MONTHLY FEES ,
PUT ALL THE WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS , LIVING ON
SOCIAL SECURITY ! OF
AS LOW AS 900$ A MONTH
ARE NOW BEING FORCLOSED AND LOOSING
THEIR HOME TO AUCTION !
THIS IS THE POLICIES THAT THE DEMOCRATS MARXIST PLANS !!!
AS THEY GIVE THE 20 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS
MONTHLY THOUSANDS AND HUGE FOOD SNAP BENIFITS !
AND 35,000$ FOR NEW HOMES , WITH NO MORGAGES !!
BECAUSE THESE ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE THE
DEMOCRATS ARMY THAT WILL BE USED TO A SAVAGE MURDER OF AMERICAN CITIZENS FOR T
THE GREEN NEW DEAL INCLUDES ;
THE DEPOPULATION OF OUR PLANET !
THE INVENTED VIRUSES AND CREATED DEADLY DISEASES WILL ELIMINATE
MANY WHO ARE AMERICANS AND BELIEVE IN OUR CONSTITUTIONAL INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM !
THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT KEEPS THEIR ALLIES OUT OF A TAKE OVER VICIOUS WARS !!!
THIS ELECTION IN AMERICA COULD BE THE END OF THE CONTINENTAL INDIVIDUAL LAWS TO KEEP OUR FREEDOM AND BILL OF RIGHTS !!!!
@keyes858 Says:
Homeless people should be provided with housing regardless of whether or not they are addicted to drugs. It's sad that this is a controversial opinion.
@Matticus289 Says:
Sorry, I still don't think it's correct or fair to call addiction a disease. That's insulting to people who get ALS, cancer, dementia, etc (actual diseases) through absolutely no fault or choice of their own. You didn't wake up one day with an addiction to a substance you'd never used before. YOU had to chose to use a substance knowing full well what it could do
@user-dg7sy8cz3b Says:
This is wholly misleading. A false dichotomy.
Most homeless were led to addiction after they lost their jobs. The pharmaceuticals prescribed like opioids and benzodiazepines, and SSRI’s have a huge impact that isn’t recognized or spoken of. Drugs for pain, depression, anxiety, insomnia, all are a HUGE contributing factor especially when insurance coverage is gone. The medical intentionally addicted are forced to turn to street drugs.
And they lost their jobs because of policy’s instituted by corporate and government.
Either way, this is a form of victim blaming.
@GodBlessedAmerica Says:
The homeless in Pelosi’s district, say they’ll “never get off the streets because they make better money.”
Taxpayers money.
@GodBlessedAmerica Says:
Be strong enough to stand alone, be yourself enough to stand apart, but be wise enough to stand together when the time comes. United We Stand 🙏🏼🦅🇺🇸
@GodBlessedAmerica Says:
Our gov can’t fix homelessness, but if we pay more taxes, they’ll reduce the earth’s temperature. Let that sink in.
@DryBonesPNW Says:
Solve the drug problem, solve homelessness.
@iamwhodis Says:
Noone wants to admit most homeless have addictions. They say they are victims of circumstance, because they want to make the homeless victims, instead of putting the blame on the homeless themselves, for making the wrong decisions. Yes there is mental health problems within that community but there is help our there if they will take it. Its the same with any group that struggles or falls behind. They blame some opressor or blame anyone except for that group for following the wrong culture
@johncloptop1585 Says:
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@HoangKimPham-f9x Says:
Addiction is not a disease, believe Addiction is a disease is a Disease!
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