ronthecivil Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 we foresaw this happening when they closed down riverview to cut costs to fit budgets (or make bonuses/get good public opinion?). didn't matter that they'd offload the social cost to another area which taxpayers would still be responsible for - the police, the ERs and the courts. mental health care costs just don't garner too much advocacy, publicity or good public opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 If I was homeless I would commit petty crimes to I could go to jail. Free food, free shelter, TV, showers, exercise, and it would give me time to possibly develop a skill that could help me out after I get out of the joint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 If I was homeless I would commit petty crimes to I could go to jail. Free food, free shelter, TV, showers, exercise, and it would give me time to possibly develop a skill that could help me out after I get out of the joint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 And possibly get shanked because someone doesn't like they way you looked at them. It's no picnic in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterlingArcher Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 And possibly get shanked because someone doesn't like they way you looked at them. It's no picnic in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Ya but pretty sure the lawyers aren't going to simply let us gather them up and put them into Riverview like facilities even if there was a sudden wellspring of money and political will. So now what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 In any society wealthy or not there will be a portion of the population that cares more about themselves than their children such that any amount of money tossed in the parents direction will simply result in more vice for the parents with no benefit to the child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I choose to be homeless, cause I don't like to work. I know not to sleep on overpasses or the streets and so do my homeless colleagues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 In a country that has below 6% unemployment , a massive injection of wealth from our "mining boom" , i consider it a crime that 18% of our children live in poverty . The point of my original post was that there is a lot of BS rhetoric from politicians ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Maybe if parents thought about the cost of raising a child before having it, the % for child poverty wouldn't be so high. I see people all the time that can barely financially support themselves deciding to have children Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 And possibly get shanked because someone doesn't like they way you looked at them. It's no picnic in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 What a sleeper of a case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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