Angry. That's a lousy thing to do, and can happen to anyone for any number of reasons, not just drinking and drugs, or "not wanting to work", and not just because they are "stupid people", "low IQ" or "bad decision makers". Even people who were once educated professionals, are not immune. People need to get off their high horse and recognize this. The "good/bad decision makers" thing really kills me with how self-righteous and goody-goody they are. Even the "good decision makers'" lives can get knocked out of whack at any time, but they are usually too egotistical to ever admit it. That's what it's really all about - when they talk down about someone for being a "bad decision maker", they are stroking their own ego for being "good decision makers" at the same time. That's one thing that's always bothered me about "smart people"/"achievers".
Personally I think it's backwards that we allow anyone to be homeless in what's supposed to be a civilized country. It's not like I'm saying give them a Lamborghini - just food, shelter, and the ability to live with dignity while they get their lives together.
"But how will we pay for it?" Well, personally I think no one needs to be a billionaire - being a hundred-millionaire should more than suffice, if it doesn't, you might have a money addiction, the same as any other kind of addiction. Besides I thought we weren't supposed to have kings here, and billionaires are basically kings, or at least lords. But that's just me thinking we should live in civilization instead of survival of the fittest
it's so "communist" or insane, I know.
People get so mad about "taxing the rich" and "hard work" and all that, but I think most people really don't understand
who "the rich" are, and
how rich "the rich" are. "The rich" aren't your dentist, the people in your neighborhood with white-collar jobs, or that guy down the street who drives a Corvette. The actual rich have so much money most people's minds can't even comprehend it. They're not people with good jobs, or even most small business owners - they are people who don't need to work at all and probably haven't had to for generations. I'm sorry but no one needs that much, at some point too much really is too much because it breaks the game for everyone else, and it's not because of a person inputting "hard work" and sacrificing fun or their health, it's that family's money making money all by itself due to investments and compound interest. That is not work.
Even sports have slaughter rules - it isn't to cripple the winner, so much as it is to prevent the absolute ass-kicking and humiliation of the loser. The winner is still going to win, just not in such a way that's unsportsmanlike and to such an extent that it's not a contest and there's no point playing. That's what a wealth tax is, it's like a slaughter rule for making money.
Luckily, as far as making fun of the homeless goes, the people I know don't behave this way.
That said, when I'm out and about I tend
not to engage with homeless people, because you don't know what someone's mental state is. Freezing and starving can make you act irrationally, along with mental illness or any other conditions a person might have. Plus I know that if I were homeless, I'd be
furious. I understand why they would be angry but at the same time I wouldn't want someone to take their anger out on me.
Would you or wouldn't you go into a career strictly for money/status/safety/stability/security, and
not for interest/curiosity or passion/enthusiasm at all?