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41. Remember it is the Republicans

Sat Dec 21, 2013, 11:15 PM

Dec 2013

Phil Robertson will love this idea because it is a Republican idea to combat and succeed at ending homelessness. He will be praising it all day long along with all other conservatives. However, a Democratic idea…….well you know.

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Utah Is on Track to End Homelessness by 2015 With This One Simple Idea [View all] Scuba Dec 2013 OP

What a great idea! Kaleva Dec 2013 #1

We should give the program a nice catchy name Xipe Totec Dec 2013 #89

giving homeless people homes is just fucking crazy. Warren Stupidity Dec 2013 #2

U forgot the sarcasm smiley.. By definition if someone has a home then they are not homeless. geckosfeet Dec 2013 #5

DU: where sarcasm crawled up its own bunghole and died. Warren Stupidity Dec 2013 #6

I love the smell of poor spelling and grammar in the evening... geckosfeet Dec 2013 #10

It started with Shakespeare and it's gotten worse ever since. Xipe Totec Dec 2013 #90

Do we still have Duzys? Because that's definitely one of them! Squinch Dec 2013 #81

But... But.. Bootstraps.. and Work Ethic... and Free rides... and.. SomethingFishy Dec 2013 #3

What is Phil Robertsons take on the homeless? tina tron Dec 2013 #15

Remember it is the Republicans yeoman6987 Dec 2013 #41

His son claims they took in many homeless when he was a boy marshall Dec 2013 #44

you forgot tazkcmo Dec 2013 #28

more likely to get a job if they have an address and a phone demigoddess Dec 2013 #54

...and Freedum....and... lastlib Dec 2013 #61

K&R demmiblue Dec 2013 #4

Republican State Gives Free Houses to Moochers, Cuts Homelessness by 74 Percent ProSense Dec 2013 #7

They should do this in Detroit n/t passiveporcupine Dec 2013 #36

I was just thinking that. We have 20,000 in that city alone. IdaBriggs Dec 2013 #59

The same should apply to food and healthcare... Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #8

That is my belief etherealtruth Dec 2013 #9

+100000 nt riderinthestorm Dec 2013 #16

Actually, ProSense Dec 2013 #17

Sorry Pro, but until EVERYONE has health care then it's a failed system... Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #30

Yes but there are degrees of failure and success CreekDog Dec 2013 #35

I do, because mandates are an evil I will never support. nt Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #38

So you want everyone added to Medicaid thrown off CreekDog Dec 2013 #46

I want health CARE for all, such as with a NHS type system. nt Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #60

Yes but you want ACA repealed and... CreekDog Dec 2013 #63

The ACA cannot be repealed without Congress... Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #80

Thank you for explaining that and telling your story CreekDog Dec 2013 #94

I think we need to move away from the "buying in" mindset... Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #95

I don't disagree, but the ACA was a big improvement in many ways groundloop Dec 2013 #65

And ProSense Dec 2013 #68

The Medicaid expansion would not apply to the homeless. former9thward Dec 2013 #64

Actually, ProSense Dec 2013 #67

I do know what I am talking about. former9thward Dec 2013 #69

No, you don't ProSense Dec 2013 #73

I post from official sources. former9thward Dec 2013 #74

Do you have "official sources" ProSense Dec 2013 #78

Absolutely shanti Dec 2013 #34

Yes. Completely agree. (nt) gtar100 Dec 2013 #49

Add education and justice and it just might hang together. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #83

Yes, and I am embarassed I failed to list them. nt Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #84

I'm not sure how far it will go, but it won't come to WI with this legislature. HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #11

Scotty is an evil flunky of the Koch Brothers David and Charles warrant46 Dec 2013 #23

The only way this will sink in with economic conservatives is with the value of the dollar Harmony Blue Dec 2013 #12

If you have not been homeless Diego_Native 2012 Dec 2013 #13

Access to basic human needs is a fundamental right tina tron Dec 2013 #19

It would be illegal to treat a dog the way we treat the homeless DBoon Dec 2013 #45

+1 nt Live and Learn Dec 2013 #50

FDR agreed. bvar22 Dec 2013 #82

I can so relate to everything you said, bvar22. Raksha Dec 2013 #85

Thank You for the kind words. bvar22 Dec 2013 #91

+1000 Please consider reposting as an OP LongTomH Dec 2013 #86

And without all of those things your chance of getting a job is nil. zeemike Dec 2013 #24

I was (somewhat) homeless for a month.... groundloop Dec 2013 #27

I am still fighting with that delima Left Coast2020 Dec 2013 #52

^^^^^^This^^^^^^ woo me with science Dec 2013 #32

+1 .. Welcome to DU annabanana Dec 2013 #88

This paradigm proved successful when in was introduced in Washington State Aristus Dec 2013 #14

+ 1 russspeakeasy Dec 2013 #39

I remember that.. conservative radio called the housing wino hotels, or something. It is logical and freshwest Dec 2013 #47

It actually started in 15 years before that in NYC by a non-profit Major Nikon Dec 2013 #71

But . . . giving people stuff just makes them dependent! tclambert Dec 2013 #18

this sounds like socialism, communism, fascism, and atheism NewJeffCT Dec 2013 #20

Leave it to them Mormons to break it down to a business proposition legcramp Dec 2013 #21

If only everyone would do this yeoman6987 Dec 2013 #42

If Obama was all over this and trying to promote it, we know what the result would be. madinmaryland Dec 2013 #43

...but we already have that, bvar22 Dec 2013 #92

"Do you think the Right Wing could get any MORE crazy?" Yes and Fuck Yes. madinmaryland Dec 2013 #93

? Democrats did this here in 2007. Utah is following our lead: freshwest Dec 2013 #48

I have always found Utah to be a strange state. It has some of the most developed bluestate10 Dec 2013 #22

Simple, practical economics Turbineguy Dec 2013 #25

I hope it manages to get to NM Warpy Dec 2013 #26

Well, that's just creating another class of "poor" people . . . ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #29

These apartments will be privately owned, rents collected for profit, not some Bluenorthwest Dec 2013 #62

Used to work in the administration of a city homeless shelter. Utah has the right approach. JDPriestly Dec 2013 #31

Huge K&R woo me with science Dec 2013 #33

Works for me. NaturalHigh Dec 2013 #37

K & R for common sense. mountain grammy Dec 2013 #40

That is great news and so unexpected these days. nt Live and Learn Dec 2013 #51

K&R.... daleanime Dec 2013 #53

It has been known for some time quaker bill Dec 2013 #55

It always seemed to me that, in "Red States", they jump to the opportunity King_Klonopin Dec 2013 #56

See? DeSwiss Dec 2013 #57

But these homeless people don't "deserve" something they didn't work for. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #58

Proving that all the food and shelters nilesobek Dec 2013 #66

I hope Governor Brown is reading this. Le Taz Hot Dec 2013 #70

That's for damn sure. I live in San Bernardino, where it's really bad. Raksha Dec 2013 #87

Food, Shelter and Clothing should be provided to anyone who can't get that for themselves. harun Dec 2013 #72

UTAH???? a holiday miracle, indeed. I have been advocating for the same thing in my oh-so-red niyad Dec 2013 #75

when I first saw the title, I assumed that when I read it, it would say that utah was simply sending niyad Dec 2013 #76

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #77

k&r for good government. n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #79

Phoenix Becomes First City To End Chronic Homelessness Among Veterans ProSense Dec 2013 #96