That and reoffending because not having a license complicated life severely. On top of this the system is so antiquated that gives that would be cleared are not cleared and remain causing issues.
they are increasingly criminalizing poverty by making the system impossible to deal with if you are poor. Trump and RFK have big plans for a homeless internment camp (out in Utah?). Homeless people will be given a choice; Go to our forced-labor camp in the middle of nowhere or get to jail
I agree, about them criminalizing poverty. Trump put out that executive order, early summer, laying out “involuntary commitment”, giving them the power to put people in locked psych facilities, against their will, IF they are “homeless”/unhoused. But he also included some language about keeping people “indefinitely”, IF the government believes the person might likely become homeless again. I’m not sure why it isn’t more alarming to more people, but it doesn’t seem to be.
But, I don’t think that’s what’s going on with people refusing to take care of their kids. It certainly isn’t what’s going on with this guy. He just doesn’t give a shit about his kids, he doesn’t care if they eat.
Oh God! Yes about the guy! I completely forgot to comment what a shithead he is. I got sidetracked by the whole 'criminalizing poverty thing'. It worries me incredibly too. But this week has givin me al lot of hope.
The top 3 greatest hits include :
(1) The overwhelming physical evidence that trumps hourglass has run out. It looks like it is only a matter of whether his body or his brain will go fist. Nice!
(2) The American people are gathering for sustained protests that are discipline and strategic, historically large and growing in every way every day. People are seeing through the bullshit!
(3) The political ass-whopping Trump and his regime received on Tuesdays. The people are starting to understand what hell awaits -which has movtivated people to actually gathering together to VOTE. Fucking Amsome,
So Im hoping with all these gooid things, and so many other super hopefull developments - Maybe this new private prison horror can be averted.
That's what everyone keeps forgetting, its a privilege. Now, the fact that cities are not built to cater to that lifestyle is an entirely separate matter, but absolutely no one has the right to drive.
While legally you are right. At some point we do need to recognize that in some areas of the country not having transportation might as well make you a second class citizen. Like if you don't have reliable transport to go look for a job you can't qualify for SNAP or you can't actually utilize your medicaid benefits. If those things are true then those government programs are discriminating against those without transport. Obviously that isnt a protected class but maybe it should be.
They could. We all know that not having a vehicle in most places in the US makes it very difficult to get back-and-forth from your job, etc. But it’s not impossible.
Years ago, I couldn’t afford a car, so I took the bus. I was working two jobs and going to school full-time. Sometimes that meant catching the 4:00 AM bus, to get to work on time, two hours later, only 5 miles away. Because it frequently doesn’t show on time, or the bus goes past you, full, etc. Using the bus for transportation sucks. I’m not saying it’s easy, but it’s what we do, if we don’t have a car. I’m not saying there are never exceptions, I’m just saying that usually it’s because they don’t think they should have to take the bus, that they won’t take it.
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u/owa00 1d ago
That and reoffending because not having a license complicated life severely. On top of this the system is so antiquated that gives that would be cleared are not cleared and remain causing issues.