Who Do We Call When a Homeless Person Needs help?
An elderly gentleman lies on a park bench with a head injury. You ask if he is alright; he slurs that he is fine and waves you on. It becomes clear that he is intoxicated, most likely homeless and in need of medical help.
In another city, a man asks if you can spare some money. You notice he has severe, deep sores on his arms that require medical attention.
Using cardboard as flooring, a woman sits on a city street. You can clearly see a large tumor growing on her abdomen as she struggles. She needs urgent help.
These are actual people suffering in cities across the country. Any decent person wants to call a professional to help. But who do you call?
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Ok, protect and serve police, EMTs provide transport to hospital (Medicare for all)
After the hospital, we are going to Nationalize the churchs that don't pay taxes, and force them to read and implement the relevant red words in the gospels. The church's wil overflow to the schools, nobody sleeps there either. Who's money built all those dome stadiums?
Somebody stop me before I start putting daisies in those national guard rifle barrels.
… homeless people often need help, some urgently. I think we avoid them because we know there isn't much we can do... calling for help means we have to stay, give our phone number, and be quizzed for information we don't have. Most people assume religious groups will provide help. That is true - religious people and groups do and will provide help - but they do have a price; they want the soul of the person in distress.
There are homeless esp'ly downtown. On the way over i was just discussing it w the hubby re: Austin's homeless population & why the city hasn't addressed it for so long. Heartbreaking, but the majority of these people have behavioral or addiction problems. Of course this is a socio-economic problem difficult to resolve. Nevertheless, i do feel as a civil society we should take care of those who cant take care of themselves.
