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As of October 2018, over 500,000 US citizens were homeless (of whom around 25% had a paid job).[1]
Criminalization
Many US cities have taken steps to criminalize homelessness, and/or criminalize those who give food to the homeless.[2] Other US cities charge for the right to give food to homeless people.[3][4]
UN Concerns
A UN report into human rights singled out the U.S. saying that criminalization of homelessness in the U.S. “raises concerns of discrimination and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.”[5]
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author |
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| George Carlin | “I got an idea about homelessness. You know what they ought to do? Change the name of it. Change the name! It’s not homelessness, it’s houselessness! It’s houses these people need! A home is an abstract idea, a home is a setting, it’s a state of mind. These people need houses; physical, tangible structures. They need low-cost housing but where’re you gonna put it? Well that’s fine but where’re you gonna put it? Where’re you gonna put it? Nobody wants you to build low-cost housing near their house. People don’t want it near ‘em! We’ve got something in this country – you’ve heard of it – it’s called NIMBY, N-I-M-B-Y, “Not In My BackYard!” People don’t want anything, any kind of social help, located anywhere near ‘em! You try to open up a Halfway House, try to open up a drug rehab or an alcohol rehab center, try to do a homeless shelter somewhere, try to open up a little home for some retarded people who wanna work their way into the community, people say “NOT IN MY BACKYARD!” People don’t want anything near ‘em especially if it might help somebody else; part of that great American spirited generosity we hear about—pbbt!!! Great generous American spirit! You can ask an Indian about that; ask an Indian – if you can find one… you gotta locate an Indian first; we’ve made ‘em just a little difficult to find – or if you need current data, select a black family at random, ask them how generous America has been to them.” | George Carlin |
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References
- ↑ http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/more-than-half-a-million-people-americas-homelessness-crisis-is-rapidly-exploding-on-both-coasts
- ↑ http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2014/06/12/in-33-u-s-cities-feeding-the-homeless-has-been-criminalized/
- ↑ http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2014/02/24/south-carolina-city-implements-law-that-requires-a-120-permit-to-feed-homeless-people/
- ↑ http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2014/11/05/90-year-old-ww2-veteran-and-two-clergymen-face-60-days-in-jail-for-feeding-the-homeless-in-florida/
- ↑ http://www.nlchp.org/INT_CCPR_COC_USA_16838_E.pdf
