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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would really prefer the people who attack me to own homes, or at least be renters. I would feel much less outrage.[/quote]

Your facetiousness isn't bringing victims back to life. People point is that instead of advocating that the mentally ill be given tents, advocate for treatment and safe facilities.[/quote]

Yeah, people who are a danger to themselves and others need help. No one is arguing with you there.

People who you just don't like to see on the streets should get housing, not crappy shelters and restrictions that prevent them from getting work.  Or a tent if they need it to survive in the meantime.[/quote]

Many of them have Ben offered housing and refused it because they don't want to give up using drugs. [/quote]

Why require them to give up using drugs first?  It's not an easy thing.  We don't require homeowners to give up drugs before getting a mortgage interest deduction.[/quote]

Well, actually, drugs are illegal (with the recent exception of marijuana within tight parameters). So in order to function freely in society, "we" do require homeowners to "give up" drugs or better yet, never use them. But if you're talking about testing this by ordering mandatory drug testing for everyone filing a tax return and claiming a mortgage interest deduction, then I guess you're correct? This logic is so bonkers its hard to limit myself to just one of its flaws.[/quote]
I guess mandatory drug testing for mortgage interest deduction could be the equivalent as mandatory drug testing for cash welfare recipients?

But comparing to shelters not allowing drug users to use drugs on premises or to receive services while high on drugs is total apples and oranges, particularly since shelters have a duty of care to their other non-drug using residents. As well as general legal liabilities, etc. [/quote]

The government doesn't start with owning all of our money and then just giving us back a portion.  If our elected representatives create a tax deduction, we are not accepting welfare from the government, we are merely keeping our own money.  People who are asking for money that OTHER PEOPLE EARNED should be willing to accept some restrictions on their lifestyle, and that includes not injecting that hard-earned money into their veins or smoking it into their lungs.[/quote]

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