There is no safety net. Not from the Republicans. Not from the Democrats. Not from the system we were told would catch us when we fell. Today, too many are falling through the cracks—and never getting back up.
It’s a brutal truth: people are being made homeless, and people are dying because of it. And worse, it's not just the economy or bad luck. It's a mindset—this relentless, misguided belief in “tough love.”
In my experience, more people are forced into homelessness by tough love than by any economic downturn. Families cut off their own, systems discharge people with nowhere to go, and communities applaud the removal of “problem people” as if that makes the problem disappear. But it doesn’t. It grows.
Once on the streets, survival is short. The average life expectancy of someone who is chronically homeless? Just three to five years. That’s the price of our indifference.
And it’s not just the wealthy enforcing this philosophy. The middle class, too—those who see themselves as moral, practical, responsible—have adopted tough love as their mantra. “They need to hit rock bottom.” “They have to want it.” These phrases sound like wisdom, but they kill.
Homelessness is not a character flaw. It is not a punishment. It is a crisis. One that demands compassion, not cruelty. Support, not shame. Real help, not ultimatums.
We must change course. We must stop favoring policies and attitudes that discard human beings like broken tools. There are more humane, effective, and ethical ways to help.
Too many are dying. And we can’t claim ignorance anymore.
by Dan and Bonkers
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