elon KNOWS everything you've talked about in your article. he's not stupid. but the problem is he DOES NOT CARE. or let me put it another way - he DOES care, but he's not interested in helping those who need help. he's only interested in helping the uber rich, and feeding red meat propaganda to the ignorant who allow people like elon to distract them from who is really causing their problems.
elon KNOWS everything you've talked about in your article. he's not stupid. but the problem is he DOES NOT CARE. or let me put it another way - he DOES care, but he's not interested in helping those who need help. he's only interested in helping the uber rich, and feeding red meat propaganda to the ignorant who allow people like elon to distract them from who is really causing their problems.
Doug, having worked in the field of homelessness for thirty years, I think I can assure you that Elon does not know anything about the facts of homeless. Most people, including the authors of this article, obviously believe that people who are unhoused have PTSD, chemical dependency,etc. The issue of affordable housing was listed last. I can’t respond adequately without a lengthy report of my own. But here’s a snippet.
In 1996 President Clinton signed legislation to convert federal TANF (previously AFDC) assistance to very poor families from an entitlement to state block grants. Many states have not increased that assistance since 1996. By 2023 TANF cash assistance (the only source of assistance for paying rent) in 17 states brought family income to 10-19% of the Federal Poverty Standard. TANF grants in the most “generous” states (CA, WY, UT, ND, CT, VT, NH, RI) only raised family incomes to 40-60% of the Federal Poverty Standard. And how much to you think rent increased during that quarter century? And, BIG SURPRISE, the number of homeless families exploded after 1996. Do we think there was an explosion in mental/chemical/domestic violence/PTSD among families at that exact point in time?
Ms. Wherley, I was an ADC social worker years ago. It was and is appalling how the overwhelming majority of Americans know nothing about poverty in this country. Unfortunately it is quite easy for misanthropes to get their messages of hatred for the poor before the general public. Musk reminds me of Marie Antoinette: "Let them eat cake!"
marge, sorry, i think elon knows quite a bit more than you give him credit for. he simply doesn't care what the facts are. he's selling an agenda.
re: clinton - he's the one that opened the door to the democratic party feeding at the same corporate trough as that other party. which is why the working class gobbles up the lies and disinformation peddled by that other party. because no one is looking after the working class anymore.
I agree with your second paragraph. But I’ve provided training to hundreds of people, across the US who have extensive experience with homelessness and found that many (maybe most) still carry stereotypical assumptions similar to Elon. I wasn’t suggesting Elon is stupid but I guarantee that just like most people he doesn’t have real knowledge about homelessness.
elon is simply milking the stereotypes he knows many people have regarding the homeless. maybe he knows, maybe he doesn't. the point is he simply doesn't care, regardless of what he knows. he's just feeding whatever propaganda he knows his supporters will happily consume.
elon KNOWS everything you've talked about in your article. he's not stupid. but the problem is he DOES NOT CARE. or let me put it another way - he DOES care, but he's not interested in helping those who need help. he's only interested in helping the uber rich, and feeding red meat propaganda to the ignorant who allow people like elon to distract them from who is really causing their problems.
Doug, having worked in the field of homelessness for thirty years, I think I can assure you that Elon does not know anything about the facts of homeless. Most people, including the authors of this article, obviously believe that people who are unhoused have PTSD, chemical dependency,etc. The issue of affordable housing was listed last. I can’t respond adequately without a lengthy report of my own. But here’s a snippet.
In 1996 President Clinton signed legislation to convert federal TANF (previously AFDC) assistance to very poor families from an entitlement to state block grants. Many states have not increased that assistance since 1996. By 2023 TANF cash assistance (the only source of assistance for paying rent) in 17 states brought family income to 10-19% of the Federal Poverty Standard. TANF grants in the most “generous” states (CA, WY, UT, ND, CT, VT, NH, RI) only raised family incomes to 40-60% of the Federal Poverty Standard. And how much to you think rent increased during that quarter century? And, BIG SURPRISE, the number of homeless families exploded after 1996. Do we think there was an explosion in mental/chemical/domestic violence/PTSD among families at that exact point in time?
Ms. Wherley, I was an ADC social worker years ago. It was and is appalling how the overwhelming majority of Americans know nothing about poverty in this country. Unfortunately it is quite easy for misanthropes to get their messages of hatred for the poor before the general public. Musk reminds me of Marie Antoinette: "Let them eat cake!"
Regan’s Welfare Queen meme still lives on…and on…and on.
marge, sorry, i think elon knows quite a bit more than you give him credit for. he simply doesn't care what the facts are. he's selling an agenda.
re: clinton - he's the one that opened the door to the democratic party feeding at the same corporate trough as that other party. which is why the working class gobbles up the lies and disinformation peddled by that other party. because no one is looking after the working class anymore.
I agree with your second paragraph. But I’ve provided training to hundreds of people, across the US who have extensive experience with homelessness and found that many (maybe most) still carry stereotypical assumptions similar to Elon. I wasn’t suggesting Elon is stupid but I guarantee that just like most people he doesn’t have real knowledge about homelessness.
elon is simply milking the stereotypes he knows many people have regarding the homeless. maybe he knows, maybe he doesn't. the point is he simply doesn't care, regardless of what he knows. he's just feeding whatever propaganda he knows his supporters will happily consume.