But also we were surprised that among the 86% who agreed that the government should help the homeless, we found that a couple people believed that we should help out only because it made our country look bad.
Monday, September 9, 2013
Should the Government Help the Homeless?
There are about 2.5 to 3.5 million people whom are homeless each year. About 166,000 people are homeless for a certain period of time every year. My group and I were talking about it and it made us question "Will we be homeless?". Twenty percent of homeless adults have full-time or part-time jobs. If a person has a job, shouldn't they be able to keep a roof over their heads at least? So what caused the homelessness? We found out that the stability of jobs were one of the main causes, lack of health insurance for emergency or chronic illnesses, family separations, death of family member and government assistance. We were curious when it came to "What did the government do for the homeless?". We came across the website Debate.org where the question was: "Should the Government Help the Homeless?" Surprisingly there were 14% who disagreed to the Government helping the homeless. Their reasons for being so is because: 1. The government shouldn't support their drinking habits (they're automatically assuming that all homeless people are drug addicts, alcoholics, and gamblers). 2. Homeless people are lazy and choose NOT to have a job. 3. They qualify for food stamps and medicaid they just need a 9.00 a month PO Box to get the benefits. 4. If the government took away their 'support' the homelessness would suddenly be 'capable'. 5. The government should promote general welfare, not provide it.
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