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Originally Posted by Licious
I consider Economic Violence to be the single most critical issue of our time. I feel that other ills spring forth in some way from this vile root. Power as economic force, implemented by dominating and keeping less advantaged persons powerless seems to be the name of the game.
Miss Tick, I appreciate the posts you have made regarding economic injustice.
Thanks so much!
I quote a portion of one of your posts...
Instead, it keeps getting worse for the homeless. North Carolina made it a crime to feed them. Columbia, South Carolina approved a plan to remove them. Tampa, Florida passed a law that makes it a crime for them to sleep in public.
How about all three?
Where I live, it is illegal to feed homeless without a permit, illegal for people to sleep in any public space, day or night. Even a harmless afternoon nap on the library lawn is illegal, and you will be ticketed. Any type of camping or sleeping day or night night in bushes/vacant lots is illegal of course.
Police patrol every night trying to find the poor sleeping in vehicles on the street, car, van, anythings... as it is illegal to sleep in a vehicle on city and county streets, day or night.
My city was caught putting homeless on buses and sending them to Los Angeles skid row, but stopped doing it.
Three years ago, my city had proposed a system for rounding up homeless and restricting them to a "zone". The first attempt failed. The zone was one small portion of town, near the industrial section, where most of the homeless shelters and several rehab centers are located.
Homeless people would have actually been ID'd and confined to a 7 block ghetto of sorts. (Anyone smell Nazi Germany here, or is that just me?) The first attempt failed. As I heard it... city counsel reviewed it and found the California State Constitution might be at odds, so got dropped. Rumor has it they may be working on a second version of this "law".
Oh, did I mention? In my City, two of the council members are heavily invested in local rehab centers and receive funds for consulting and admin fees, directly related to the number of clients in their facilities.
That takes me back to the first line of my post.
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Thank you Licious. I appreciate you saying that.
Here is an article addressing exactly what you said in your post:
http://www.alternet.org/economy/5-sc...ess?paging=off
It really isn't necessary though because you covered the issue thoroughly and admirably with your own words.
It's a scary new world and I shudder to think what the future holds for those of us who find ourselves economically challenged. The Masters of the Universe show no signs of stopping their plundering and in an oligarchy where the rich own pretty much everything and everyone, including the supreme court, it is near impossible to get any laws passed that would slow these cowboys down. We live in interesting times.