We Americans are too wrapped up in our materialist lives to see the immediate world we live in. How else to explain how the richest nation on earth has not solved the problem of homelessness? We try to ignore the homeless as we go about our business. We forget the wise adage "There but for the grace of God go I".
Both the left and the right would object to my solution, because it involves both more government spending (alienating the right) and loss of some civil liberties (alienating the left).
I propose that we create a lot more housing for the poor, and require that the residents do some form of work. Free food, schooling and health care should also be made available. The government would provide day care for the small children, and all adults would be expected to comply with rules governing behavior and hygiene, and all recreational drugs, tobacco and alcohol would be forbidden. This means that the housing would be built in a camp-like setting.
Not all homeless would agree with these conditions, but at least we should offer them this as one option to a better life.
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