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They’re people just like us
I can understand the problem with people camped out on sidewalks and the mess it makes at times. But, honestly, why isn’t the government doing something to help these people?
They all have different reasons for their homelessness, and the funds that are available to help these people are minimal compared to the appropriations given to government officials on a yearly basis for programs that are much less important, and problematic to society as a whole, but mostly for these people who need our help.
They are people just like us, and a lot of them are in that situation because they have no one who cares enough to help them out of a situation — whether self-induced or otherwise — get out from the bottom where we all have been sometime in our lives. But not all of us have supportive families or friends to help.
Making it harder on them is not the answer; it only makes things worse, for them and society as a whole. Who is making these laws? I do not recall having a vote. Help the people here in our own country first.
God have mercy on us all.
Quinn Learn
Spokane Valley