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Free stuff for the homeless doesn't work out the way Oakland's 'tiny houses' advocates thought it wo
« on: March 22, 2022, 02:25:30 pm »
March 22, 2022
Free stuff for the homeless doesn't work out the way Oakland's 'tiny houses' advocates thought it would
By Monica Showalter

Seems the idea of "free homes" for the homeless, touted as a panacea to end the problem, isn't quite working out the way its advocates said it would.

In Oakland, at a concentrated community of "tiny homes," given out by the city to the homeless, the result was this, according to The Oaklandside:

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    A fire Monday morning incinerated three tiny-home shelters at a city-run transitional-housing site at E. 12th Street and 2nd Avenue, across from Lake Merritt.

    Nobody was injured, according to authorities, but five people who were living in the scorched shelters were displaced. A fourth tiny-home was damaged as well.

    Oakland Fire Department Chief of Staff Michael J. Hunt said the cause of the fire, which began around 10 a.m., is under investigation. Twenty firefighters responded to the incident and got the fire under control by 10:30 a.m. Thick smoke from the blaze could be seen from downtown Oakland and neighborhoods around the lake.

And it looked like this:


https://twitter.com/OaklandFireLive/status/1505961905235451906

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Re: Free stuff for the homeless doesn't work out the way Oakland's 'tiny houses' advocates thought i
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2022, 02:29:24 pm »
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I hope the meth lab didn’t withstand too much in damages

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Re: Free stuff for the homeless doesn't work out the way Oakland's 'tiny houses' advocates thought i
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2022, 03:00:01 pm »
Homelessness is the RESULT of the personal problems and struggles many of these individuals have.

Giving them homes is a start, not a solution, to getting their lives back on track, if they are willing to accept the help.
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Re: Free stuff for the homeless doesn't work out the way Oakland's 'tiny houses' advocates thought i
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2022, 12:39:00 pm »
Nothing ever works out the way progressives “thought” they would
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Re: Free stuff for the homeless doesn't work out the way Oakland's 'tiny houses' advocates thought i
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2022, 01:07:49 pm »
Quote from: LMAO on March 23, 2022, 12:39:00 pm
Nothing ever works out the way progressives “thought” they would


Of course, because what matters to a progressive is their own feelings - they need to feel like they tried to make things better, like they cared - even if the results are, shall we say, less than spectacular.

In a way, though, they have succeeded; not because their programs or policies produce external good results, but because they end up feeling smug and self-satisfied, which was all they were really after in the first place.
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Re: Free stuff for the homeless doesn't work out the way Oakland's 'tiny houses' advocates thought i
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2022, 06:42:34 pm »
Quote from: Kamaji on March 23, 2022, 01:07:49 pm

Of course, because what matters to a progressive is their own feelings - they need to feel like they tried to make things better, like they cared - even if the results are, shall we say, less than spectacular.

In a way, though, they have succeeded; not because their programs or policies produce external good results, but because they end up feeling smug and self-satisfied, which was all they were really after in the first place.
Well, as long as they do what they do with YOUR money, that is.
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Re: Free stuff for the homeless doesn't work out the way Oakland's 'tiny houses' advocates thought i
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2022, 09:15:47 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on March 23, 2022, 06:42:34 pm
Well, as long as they do what they do with YOUR money, that is.

And get a substantial kickback under the table from it...
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Re: Free stuff for the homeless doesn't work out the way Oakland's 'tiny houses' advocates thought i
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2022, 11:30:44 pm »
It must have sounded good on paper, and it's not like they are screwing with consequential people such as themselves...or anything.
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Re: Free stuff for the homeless doesn't work out the way Oakland's 'tiny houses' advocates thought i
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2022, 10:58:01 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on March 23, 2022, 06:42:34 pm
Well, as long as they do what they do with YOUR money, that is.

Virtue-signaling by liberals is always done with someone else's money.  After all, they're too busy being "virtuous" to actually pay for it!
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