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Homelessness numbers and their impact.

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    #92
    [Deleted User]
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    Graces7 wrote: »
    Does not refer to or apply to a modern welfare state. Period,

    We who need a decent home in an area we feel safe in are not beggars.


    How about doing what most of us do and earning the money to buy it for yourself, so?


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    #93
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    Graces7 wrote: »
    the_syco wrote: »
    Graces7 wrote: »
    Not worth responding to frankly.

    Charming! ;)

    So you think that people should be allowed to say no to homes offered to them, whilst the taxpayer pays their HAP bill?


    Of course ; why should they give up the right of some choice over something as vital as where they live? Why turn a disaster into something even worse?

    Why continually re " the taxpayer"? Why take it so personally? Does not change how much tax you pay if someone cannot cope with a house for some valid reason.

    Anyways that is the system. and councils are in charge thankfully.



    You completely miss the point, probably because you don't contribute to the tax take yourself.

    We the taxpayers (because that is where the state gets the money) waste huge amounts housing people who have decided to abdicate their own personal responsibility to house themselves and the children they decide to have without a thought as to how they will support them.

    If the tax money wasn't spent here it could go towards something more worthwhile. Third level sector needs much more funding, we could make public transport free to all, improve staffing in hospitals. The list is endless.

    Its shocking the entitlement of people like you tbh. You should be ashamed of yourself.

    Note that there is in every society a cohort of people who need to be looked after, housed, fed etc, ie. the sick and the disabled. And this is not directed at such people. Also includes people who might be down on their luck for whatever reason for a period of time.

    It does not include people who decide to swan into this country with both hands outstretched and no intention of working for a living.

    Welfare is supposed to be a hand up NOT a hand out.


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    #94
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Mod Note

    on that note I think the monthly cycle of stats and homelessness/social housing bashing has run its course. Thread closed.


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