The city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida is preparing to pass legislation that would prohibit the homeless from having their possessions on public property, for aesthetic reasons. It is backed by business groups (surprise, surprise) who probably should worry a lot more about their sales and a lot less about a fucking stray backpack.
The state of Louisiana is on the verge of passing legislation that would make panhandling a misdemeanor punishable by a $200 fine and up to six months in jail. How exactly a homeless person holding a hat out for some spare change is supposed to come up with $200 probably wasn't considered.
You know what? Good jobs. A living wage. These are the solutions to the above. Taking away what few possessions they have or turning them into criminals is not going to help anyone in poverty--it is just pushing their suffering out of sight.
Which, pathetically, is probably the point.
Peace,
emaycee
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