Anonymous
02/27/2023 17:58
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What are you doing to try to solve the problem other than complaining and clutching pearls?
Do you donate to homeless charities or churches? Are you politically involved in trying to find policy solutions? Can you give us some examples of your active engagement?
Nope, not with the open door policy here at the borders
You mean the Trump policy continued by Biden? That policy?
That's a flat out lie. He didn't continue it yet in fact everyone is waiting on an answer but the WH is mum.
Anonymous
02/27/2023 17:58
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not just in streets. In grocery stores, on every corner, walking into streets, banging on windows while waiting on left hand turns. You can’t go from here to there anymore without being harrassed. I’ve been in this area about 35 years and have never seen it this bad.
Maybe we need better social safety nets.
This is so facile. We spend TRILLIONS on social services in this country. Including monthly SSI payments to addicts who can be declared disabled. People are not begging on the street in an extremely tight labor market because there isn't enough social spending. Our lax attitudes toward substance use and border enforcement make cheap highs readily available and there is no social/legal consequence for living on the street. In fact, it is encouraged by activists who supply every need and your faux compassion. And then there are the scammers.
No we don’t. We spend about $1.3 trillion. Not trillions, plural. And most of that is Medicaid. Only a little more than $500 billion is spent on actual social welfare.
If you can’t get your facts straight, maybe don’t participate in the conversation. Thanks.
A whopping $3,900 per person.
Are you sure - I don't think I am taking any of that? What is your denominator?
Anonymous
02/27/2023 17:57
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not just in streets. In grocery stores, on every corner, walking into streets, banging on windows while waiting on left hand turns. You can’t go from here to there anymore without being harrassed. I’ve been in this area about 35 years and have never seen it this bad.
Maybe we need better social safety nets.
This is so facile. We spend TRILLIONS on social services in this country. Including monthly SSI payments to addicts who can be declared disabled. People are not begging on the street in an extremely tight labor market because there isn't enough social spending. Our lax attitudes toward substance use and border enforcement make cheap highs readily available and there is no social/legal consequence for living on the street. In fact, it is encouraged by activists who supply every need and your faux compassion. And then there are the scammers.
No we don’t. We spend about $1.3 trillion. Not trillions, plural. And most of that is Medicaid. Only a little more than $500 billion is spent on actual social welfare.
If you can’t get your facts straight, maybe don’t participate in the conversation. Thanks.
A whopping $3,900 per person.
Anonymous
02/27/2023 17:54
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
I think Biden’s plan to pay Ukrainian pensions is going to solve the problem.
Anonymous
02/27/2023 09:07
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not just in streets. In grocery stores, on every corner, walking into streets, banging on windows while waiting on left hand turns. You can’t go from here to there anymore without being harrassed. I’ve been in this area about 35 years and have never seen it this bad.
Maybe we need better social safety nets.
This is so facile. We spend TRILLIONS on social services in this country. Including monthly SSI payments to addicts who can be declared disabled. People are not begging on the street in an extremely tight labor market because there isn't enough social spending. Our lax attitudes toward substance use and border enforcement make cheap highs readily available and there is no social/legal consequence for living on the street. In fact, it is encouraged by activists who supply every need and your faux compassion. And then there are the scammers.
There are more than enough social services and charities in the DMV to ensure nobody is going hungry. They aren't begging because they are hungry. They are begging either for drug or booze money or to generally scam people.
Anonymous
02/27/2023 08:08
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not just in streets. In grocery stores, on every corner, walking into streets, banging on windows while waiting on left hand turns. You can’t go from here to there anymore without being harrassed. I’ve been in this area about 35 years and have never seen it this bad.
Maybe we need better social safety nets.
This is so facile. We spend TRILLIONS on social services in this country. Including monthly SSI payments to addicts who can be declared disabled. People are not begging on the street in an extremely tight labor market because there isn't enough social spending. Our lax attitudes toward substance use and border enforcement make cheap highs readily available and there is no social/legal consequence for living on the street. In fact, it is encouraged by activists who supply every need and your faux compassion. And then there are the scammers.
No we don’t. We spend about $1.3 trillion. Not trillions, plural. And most of that is Medicaid. Only a little more than $500 billion is spent on actual social welfare.
If you can’t get your facts straight, maybe don’t participate in the conversation. Thanks.
Anonymous
02/27/2023 08:04
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not just in streets. In grocery stores, on every corner, walking into streets, banging on windows while waiting on left hand turns. You can’t go from here to there anymore without being harrassed. I’ve been in this area about 35 years and have never seen it this bad.
Maybe we need better social safety nets.
How many of these people are illegally here?
The ones I see all look like they were born here, most are caucasian. Many claim to be veterans.
Ahhh, no. They are black 95% of the time.
In my neighborhood, they are all professional gypsy families. They have housing and get dropped off.
I’ve run in to a few gypsies over the years. I still don’t understand their deal. They are European gypsies presumably? Seems like a great piece of investigative journalism waiting to be written. That and how the Patel clan monopolized the US motel industry.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/monkey-man-in-dc-he-begged-on-the-streets-in-florida-he-lived-like-a-king/2019/08/24/fc3954bc-c503-11e9-b5e4-54aa56d5b7ce_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/05/09/panhandlers-tap-deep-pockets-of-resentment/0a05ec0c-51ee-4361-9709-18fe96b3d441/
https://abc13.com/panhandling-homeless-fake-los-angeles/3245971/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/montgomery-county-police-warn-of-buskers-who-arent-really-playing-violin/2900676/
https://www.georgefox.edu/journalonline/spring14/alumni/panhandling.html
Anonymous
02/27/2023 07:53
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not just in streets. In grocery stores, on every corner, walking into streets, banging on windows while waiting on left hand turns. You can’t go from here to there anymore without being harrassed. I’ve been in this area about 35 years and have never seen it this bad.
Maybe we need better social safety nets.
How many of these people are illegally here?
The ones I see all look like they were born here, most are caucasian. Many claim to be veterans.
Ahhh, no. They are black 95% of the time.
In my neighborhood, they are all professional gypsy families. They have housing and get dropped off.
I’ve run in to a few gypsies over the years. I still don’t understand their deal. They are European gypsies presumably? Seems like a great piece of investigative journalism waiting to be written. That and how the Patel clan monopolized the US motel industry.
I don’t know if the organized panhandlers, nuisance fake violin players, woman with a baby, etc. are European gypsies BUT - there are clans of Gypsies/Irish Travelers based in the Carolinas and Tennessee. Look up My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding, it all takes place in the South for the most part. Just a quick trip up 95 to get here for most of them. The people who cruise parking lots looking to “get scratches out of your bumper” are also associated with these people as are many unlicensed, fly by night driveway repaving contractors.
Anonymous
02/27/2023 07:11
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not just in streets. In grocery stores, on every corner, walking into streets, banging on windows while waiting on left hand turns. You can’t go from here to there anymore without being harrassed. I’ve been in this area about 35 years and have never seen it this bad.
Maybe we need better social safety nets.
This is so facile. We spend TRILLIONS on social services in this country. Including monthly SSI payments to addicts who can be declared disabled. People are not begging on the street in an extremely tight labor market because there isn't enough social spending. Our lax attitudes toward substance use and border enforcement make cheap highs readily available and there is no social/legal consequence for living on the street. In fact, it is encouraged by activists who supply every need and your faux compassion. And then there are the scammers.
Anonymous
02/27/2023 02:21
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not just in streets. In grocery stores, on every corner, walking into streets, banging on windows while waiting on left hand turns. You can’t go from here to there anymore without being harrassed. I’ve been in this area about 35 years and have never seen it this bad.
Maybe we need better social safety nets.
How many of these people are illegally here?
The ones I see all look like they were born here, most are caucasian. Many claim to be veterans.
Ahhh, no. They are black 95% of the time.
In my neighborhood, they are all professional gypsy families. They have housing and get dropped off.
I’ve run in to a few gypsies over the years. I still don’t understand their deal. They are European gypsies presumably? Seems like a great piece of investigative journalism waiting to be written. That and how the Patel clan monopolized the US motel industry.
I am fascinated by the Patel motel story. Have to read up on it!
Anonymous
02/27/2023 01:20
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
Anonymous wrote:So is there a way to behave so that they leave me alone? I can’t squirt them with water or god forbid throw things at them, but is there a legal way to make them keep away from me? I haven’t had my car window banged on (yet) or my hand grabbed (yet) but how do I scare them off without getting in trouble myself?
You keep walking and ignore them. You know, like an adult.
Anonymous
02/27/2023 01:18
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Biden economy and every important issue is in the crapper.
Dumb comment. It happened under Trump, too. Rolling my eyes at you.
No it didn't. Rolling my eyes that you have never heard of Title 42.
Yes, it did. Rolling my eyes at you regurgitating Right Wing propaganda.
Anonymous
02/27/2023 01:18
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Biden economy and every important issue is in the crapper.
You are correct. He doesn't even acknowledge any of our current problems thus issues are compounding rapidly.
Wrong. Boring, and wrong.
Anonymous
02/27/2023 01:16
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What are you doing to try to solve the problem other than complaining and clutching pearls?
Do you donate to homeless charities or churches? Are you politically involved in trying to find policy solutions? Can you give us some examples of your active engagement?
Nope, not with the open door policy here at the borders
You mean the Trump policy continued by Biden? That policy?
Anonymous
02/27/2023 01:15
Subject: The street beggars are out of control
Anonymous wrote:Biden economy and every important issue is in the crapper.
Yawn. Parler is that way. Bye.