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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not only should buses be free, but so should the subway. Gas should be free too, and the government should give away cars too. Restaurants should be free and so should stores.

There's probably a mean old rich guy somewhere who can pay for all the stuff we don't want to have to pay for, right?

If you want to ride the bus, stop being such a fcking pathetic mooch and pay to ride the fkcking bus. 
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Yes!  This is what the woman who has  lived at the bus stop for 30 years says all the time.  Yes 30 years.  She thinks the rich in ward 3 should buy her a free home because she's a "precious life".  And "cuz she ain't got one"  and "that's  what BLM  is about".  You would lose your mind talking to her.  It's the white man's fault.  No personal responsibility.  Everything is free, just take and do as you please.[/quote]

Why do you keep going on about this one woman you know. Yeah, she sounds like she's entitled and probably mentally ill, but I'm not sure why you think writing about her endlessly is making some kind of profound point?[/quote]

She applies to all of these different threads.  New posters on different threads comment on how badly they need homes. It doesn't seem like they realize what happens after they move in next door.  I'm just trying to give examples of why an apartment is a bad idea for everyone except the landlord.  The new posters in different threads seem to have no insight to these issues.

The fare evasion isn't just a mental illness issue, but lawlessness.  Some know they can get away with this crap in DC.  I don't think SF CHI or NY have transit losses due to fare evasion anywhere near what DC has.   [/quote]
You do understand that people in permanent supportive housing programs get wraparound services too, right? The chronically homeless person given an apartment is not just left to their own devices. They’re assigned a social worker and given mental health services as needed.[/quote]

This absolutely isn't true in DC. They are given apartments and left to their own devices, for the most part. Sure, they have a roof over their heads, and that's important. But a lot of them need so much more than that. Giving an unhoused mentally ill person housing does not magically cure their mental illness, as some DC Council members seem to fervently believe. It just makes them a housed mentally ill person.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-housed-the-homeless-in-upscale-apartments-it-hasnt-gone-as-planned/2019/04/16/60c8ab9c-5648-11e9-8ef3-fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html

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