Quote Originally Posted by Tendrin View Post
Really, most of these arguments boil down to an excuse to wash your hands of someone or something as an 'intractable problem' so one doesn't need to do anything about it. We want excuses to not dwell on the scope of the problem.
Took the words right out pf my mouth! Like it was already pointed out a lot of homeless people are actually families that hit hard times due to unforeseeable situations, or situations that was hard to get out of. These aren't drug addicts, or veterans and hobos with mental illness. The latter is a prevailing stereotype that tries to marginalize the problem to just being about crazy people and addicts "who wants to be homeless".