National Conservatives: Ok I concede that housing is not a right. Next question?
WhY sHoUlD I use MY TaX DoLlArS tO pAy FoR pEoPlE wHo ArE TOO LAZY tO wOrK
This is also their argument against universal healthcare which I find astonishing.
Ironically my argument for both housing and healthcare is 'why spend more of my taxes denying (healthcare or homes) when they could more cheaply provide"
Policing the homeless is expensive. Government protections required for American health cartels cost a fortune. It’s amazing that the less human option is also the less economically sensible. What an amazing scam.
The larger argument is providing homes for unhoused criminals. It’s much more difficult for people to get steady work in the US with a criminal record, resulting in frequent unemployment and homelessness. Normalize the concept of rehabilitation. Consider your own past before defining someone else by theirs.
And vastly cheaper than housing them in prison.
If anything, prison is kind of confirmation that there is a universal right to shelter and food. To put people in a prison which was not sheltered and to not feed them proper meals would be cruel and unusual punishment, but to homeless people its fine?
How is anyone meant to rehabilitate and integrate back into society when they are struggling to find their next meal and are not sure where they will sleep that night? Not to mention the hurdles they have to jump just to get assistance.
I can’t believe I’ve never thought of it this way, nor has anyone ever said this in my presence. Literally the best argument for universal housing ever. Thank you.