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we have countless empty homes, we have far more empty homes than homeless people, and simply being housed away from the windchill is enough to save a life in the bitter cold of the east. 

People die in front of empty homes they aren’t allowed to enter simply because no one owns them yet. 

People are dying because the rich would rather homes stay empty and dilapidate than have said homes save the lives of the poor.

Instead of utilizing the abundant homes and housing infrastructure we already possess, folks are forced to waste their money doing shit like this:

temporarily housing 70 homeless folks in a hotel, out of chicago’s 5000+ homeless population, who many were, no doubt, still stuck in the bitter cold. 

because despite being more expensive and less efficient, housing people for a night in one of the worst polar vortexes we’ve seen in years is more legal than paying for heating in more long-term solutions.

It would literally be cheaper to set up another homeless shelter with heating than continue to do something like this, but folks feel like their arms are turned, and this is the best they can do instead of battle with our legal infrastructure.

When people die in these metro areas, they’re dying in areas that hold more than enough homes and heating.

Capitalism kills folks for being poor, don’t forget that. This is a lethal system.

How many winters must me sit through and watch innocent people die because they couldn’t afford housing? 

All the while we fight over building a wall whose cost could easily house the freezing homeless folks out east.

Why do we need “border security” when our government openly and willingly kills folks within the borders? Are they trying to trap us in here?

not to say we shouldn’t have fun or that the individual is responsible for this, but look at the ridiculous shit we choose to spend on money over innocent lives.

we spend on this over the homeless because our sociopolitical infrastructure makes it very difficult for the average individual to help their fellow person.

and need i fucking remind all of you

we are wasting money by letting these folks die in the street, so not only is it the human thing to protect these lives, it’s the cheaper option.

That last point is important. The Republican plan isn’t just “screw the poor and marginalized;” it’s “spend millions to hurt people even though it would be cheaper to help them.”