Homeless man says this liberal city practically pays him to be homeless
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- čas přidán 10. 02. 2022
- ‘San Fransicko’ author Michael Shellenberger discusses the homeless crisis in California and how to solve it. #FoxNews
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When I worked for Little Caesars, we had a lot of homeless people come in when they tried the failed needle exchange program. My store manager saw an older man outside with a sign saying he was homeless and was asking for money. She felt bad for him and wanted to help. She went to him and offered him a job at minimum wage ($8.75 or $8.50 at that time). To her surprise, the man just smiled and laughed at her. He said "I'd be lucky to get $200 a week working there. Why would I do that when I can make $400 in an evening? She realized that he was making more in just a few days standing outside for 4 hours than she was making in 2 weeks working full time 12-hour shifts 5 times a week. Her charitable nature took a hit that day.
Thats because theres more idiots that like to contribute to the problem by giving money. Real homeless people dont beg for money.
very sad, we give people incentives not to do things they should be doing for themselves, illegal aliens were given thousands by state of NY to come in, I'm in TX and they pour across our state border by the hundreds daily
How is the needle exchange program failed is it all the people that didn't get infectious diseases because of it
Funny... you can't even fins this interview anywhere else on CZcams!
Yeah and almost all that persons after "work" go directly to a crack, phentanyl or heroin dealer.
He gets paid more than a family on unemployment benefits. Let that sink in.
Unemployment is 1600 or more. month
@@johnmonk66 yeah homeless don't get unemployment that's for people that recently had jobs they get general relief in food stamps which is about $400 or $500 a month in California alone supports entire bill so I don't know what you're bitching about
Dont forget he can also walk into a store in that city and steal anything under like 99 dollars and get away with no tickets.
@@JohnDoe-xq8sk 999.00
@@JohnDoe-xq8sk Its like $950! Per store!
Any former drug addict, including myself, will tell you that accountability and responsibility are absolutely necessary for recovery! What we see happening in California is nothing but enabling addict behavior
Ill second that
You're missing the most important part of which without it, neither accountability nor responsibility matters; universal healthcare, healthcare as human right.
Being homeless must be horrible. I dont blame them for wanting to be high all day.
Roger that!
That guy is always going to be homeless with them bitchin face tats
I'm kind of tired of doing things the right way when all I see is people around me cheating at life left and right.
Grab the Book and you won't feel this way. Right way is only way
I 100% agree
Agreed
It's great that you feel that way. All these setup and simplistic analysis by Fox News are designed for exactly just that! To shift the blame from the rich to the poor. From the powerful to the powerless.
@@kazearaki853 no, they’re blaming rich liberal democrats, not the poor, look at liberal cities, they’re garbage and they’re all run by rich, liberal, elitists
When covid hit and I lost my job we applied for food stamps because my wife makes $5.00/hr as a server at a restaurant. We were relying on her tips to keep us afloat.
They gave us, a family of 3 $181.00 a month in assistance for 3 months. That was the only time we've ever asked the government for help. They're giving this man more per month then they gave a family of 3 that paid taxes and contributed to the same pot that we've took from.
You should get way more. Expand SNAP
But it is California. They do things different. It's why they have the highest state tax in the country and they are considering doubling it to pay for universal health care.
Fentynol is good for kids shut up you enemies of the state
@@club4ghz If you’re going to post your comment multiple times, at least spell fentanyl correctly.
In california you would have gotten closer to 600 dollars per month for your family
Because of people like this I refuse to help the homeless because homelessness has been turned into a money-making scheme.
Vote out the leaders in those cities!! They are contributing to the problem!
For the corrupted politicians, and scratch each others back types of people, that create homelessness to begin with. That type? Are the complaining about homelessness in front of their properties in downtown Pensacola FL, in the area where I am. They are so blind about ownselves, getting rich while also creating homelessness. Why I see it elsewhere.
Only in California. It puts real homeless people in a terrible light.
I'll feed anyone not give them any$
Just as has serving one's country in politics.
The dems will deny it….”who’s gonna believe the word of a homeless man.” They think it’s the perfect cover.
You're right that they're constantly saying things that no person capable of shame would ever say. Many of them clearly think that being a Dem means nothing you ever say can be false, no matter how outlandish and patently untrue or immoral it is. Any person like that is incredibly dangerous, quite truly a sociopath.
They dont care rhey think there untouchables there the paresites that push hate
I’ve seen homeless people with more money in their pockets than me.
You actually spend more money on food being homeless than you would if you were not homeless. When you're homeless, you don't have access to a fridge or to cooking. So you are forced to buy premade things who are ungodly expensive. My food budget while homeless and living in my car was $200 per month. Since not being homeless, my food budget is more like $120-$150 because I can buy in bulk and keep things refrigerated or frozen. Being homeless is more expensive than people think.
What a good job Nancy Pelosi has been doing.
It's more the local politicians, (Mayor, District attorney, police chief )that are responsible. Pelosi is wrecking the whole country, not just SF.
The pelosi piles cover the sidewalks.
Yeah!…… but she knows her ice cream!! ……so there’s that……..
If she wants to help so much then she can donate some of her millions earned from insider trading and money laundering
COME ON!!!!
WE ALL KNOW SHES DOING IT FOR THE KIDS!!!!
HER KIDS NAMED PFIZER, DISNEY, FACEBOOK, APPLE, AMAZON, MICROSOFT.....
This women is the fakest human being in history! I cannot believe people think she is genuine.
I was homeless for 5 yrs due to my alcoholism(been sober 6 yrs now).
This guy is the typical person out there. Even if u give them a home, pay their bills, it wont work...they like this way of life. Only 2 people i knew from the streets have gotten right in the 6 yrs i have gotten sober. Nothing and no one could get me to go back to streets, it is horrible. Unfortunately most dont think this way.
You are absolutely correct my dear most of them like it this way and it will never change them.
how'd you do it? where'd you live when you were getting clean?
Congrats on your sobriety. I'm just a stranger from the internet but, I've battled some of my own too and am happy I got out of that. so from one to another, for whatever it's worth, I'm proud of you. 😊
Not a good life for retirement.
USA needs to stop handouts. When you cut someones dependency you will see them have no choice but to prosper. That or they will let natural selection take course.
Why aren’t these people getting arrested when they are admitting on camera that they’re selling drugs to kids? Does the police have to catch them in the act?
I can say I blew up twin towers doesn’t mean it’s true. Without evidence of person in the act he can’t go to jail sadly
@@dannynash1433 I was thinking about and comparing it to some rappers who admit to killing people or selling drugs in their lyrics and the cops go after them, but you’re right about evidence. They could easily find evidence, except it’s not high priority to them
@Jackie Robinson Yea maybe in custody but, again unless you find evidence for a crime you cannot serve time. Is this really that hard for yall to figure out? What part of evidence don't you understand here?
Giving money to ANY homeless person is always wrong. It never benefots them they spend it on drugs. A girl asked my bf for money said she was hungry he offered to buy her bk and she denied saying she just wanted cigs . Many many more stories like that
so homeless should get nothing because god forbid they self medicate
@@ratchaSOS They can self medicate all they want. However, I will not personally hand over cash to enable it. I always offer food or toiletries instead.
It's best to offer food excetera but to blanketly say everybody on the street is going to spend it on drugs is not fair. People end up on the street for many reasons.
It's better when people donate $$ for Pelosi to spend on $8/pint Ice Cream, fr. $12,000 fridge n freezer. Wh/ she can then show off to poor hungry people---to "MOTIVATE" them to 'do bettter', of course!
You are 🗑️
I love how all the hard working citizens are working their asses off to pay for people to live for free. What a great country this has become.
KEEP VOTING DEMOCRAT
It almost like they are monikering you.
$770 washing dishes for two weeks, very busy place… wow
You ain't seen nuttin, yet.
People who are struggling to get their life together should still be taken care of. We’re a society of people we are one species meant to be there for each other.
Awe.... that's why my husband and I are having to work longer hours. We are paying for lazy drug addicts.
It would be more expensive to house them in jails and prisons tho. What’s the right solution?
@@jeffarnold3800 eradication of the ones who refuse to do anything.
That’s called being part of a society.
Honestly, you got me there. I don't know other than when you make things harder on people it forces them to make different choices. Making it easy allows them to continue down a road that's not healthy for them or for those they may take down with them. Our society has become weak and less disciplined. This brings out laziness and corruption. Compare it to parenting. Disciplined children have a higher rate of being successful. Spoiled children want handouts and feel they are privileged and do not have to try.
@@kimberlydodder8198 I do see what you’re saying and you’re not wrong. But it also goes both ways. You can also try to force your kids into following in your footsteps or to take up your interests and they’ll often reject it. Forcing people to change their lives I think can create bitterness and resentment in much the same way that offering people resources can enable them. I still think our best bet is to offer people homes and resources and hope that this creates a desire to integrate into society, give back, perhaps become employed or volunteer, and so on. I say this mainly because it’s actually cheaper than imprisoning them. Although in places like SF it’s gonna be closer due to a completely unaffordable housing situation.
There is many people like him who would rather be lazy and get high all day instead of dealing with the stress of doing something with your life.
That’s their prerogative... not everyone has the same mindset. Some folks are just lazy. At least this guy is self aware of his laziness
I mean, not to question the gentleman's credibility... but he does look like the kind of guy who will tell you anything you want to hear for $20 😅😅
Been going on for generations, big surprise. This is what government help looks like.
Yup, pretty sad to see how much growing up poor has an influence on your future and pretty much guarantees you being poor aswell. Sad world.
They should definitely reform their support systems to be more effective at getting people out of that hole, but in this predatory economy that‘s probably too hard to do.
Well paying jobs don‘t grow on trees afterall. 😪
Funded by those of us who are hard working tax paying American citizens... LET'S GO BRANDON
Well, the biggest problem is trying to design a system that doesn't incentivize "gaming behavior."
Obviously, some political figures do it for votes.
People need to understand that we have around 45 million people that can't function in the economy due to cognitive problems. That's around 15% of people falling around an IQ of 85 or below. You need something of at least 90 to use a smartphone and computer.
Even the trucking jobs are requiring smartphones now for paperwork and income related uses.
It's one of the biggest reasons that we have a realistic unemployment around 20%.
@@vladimirofsvalbard9477 you're far too generous. It's probably closer to 85 or 90 million people with an IQ of 85 or below. I might even go so far as 100 million. Our school systems are not designed to produce intelligent people. Quite the opposite !
@Vladimir of Svalbard I agree with you but a low IQ isn’t a free pass to raid stores, break windows, sell heroin to children, etc. etc. this needs to be cleaned up. Even the village idiot can get a job and provide value to a society. I’d and if you don’t want to work or can’t work then fine but commiting crime is unacceptable. That’s at a minimum
I was homeless for a year and I’m here to tell you that man is correct. If the city in Colorado where I was homeless wasn’t giving handouts I would have got off the street a lot sooner than I did! For some homeless people it’s a lifestyle.
Yep, same here in Utah! Cops watching people using iv drugs and doing nothing, sale of foodstamps as well. Free living
@@missw8700☮️ The government has tied the hands of the police to do their jobs. I guess they will call in the military eventually. Then they will justify it. 🇺🇸
And in addition to the $800+ per month mentioned in the video, don't forget the daily handouts of prepared food and clothing, much of it far, far better than minimum-wage workers can afford. It all means that, in some places, when a homeless person gets a job and accommodations, his or her standard of living goes way, way down.
I don't begrudge them some help, it's just that the help they really need is not commonly offered. System reform is desperately needed.
@@dixonpinfold2582 ☮️ Exactly right. 🇺🇸
@@jeanneglisson8428 Thanks for your reply. I try to do something about the many forms of madness plaguing our society by doing a lot of internet commenting of this nature, but find I am ordinarily outnumbered by the mad themselves, who are full of vitriol.
That's when I'm not simply ignored or people mistake me so badly that I think they must be far below an average IQ.
Today has been rough, with tons of people who want Canada to smash the peaceful anti-mandate protests with military force. Madness. (Dunno if everybody has heard those protests are going on, but they've been on the news a fair bit.)
Appreciate it.
The three 'Ps' are reasonable suggestions, but there are also the three 'Rs' which Need to be Removed:
- Restrictions that interfere with home building. Especially in CA
- Restrictions that interfere with freedom to work. Especially in CA
- Restrictions that take away money that individuals have worked hard to earn. Especially in CA.
The solution to many, if not most, economic problems is a return to a near free-market economy unmolested by oppressive government regulation control and taxation.
I used to be flat broke and living off hand to hand. Now i own a business in CA that doesnt make much per year and my fees and taxes are nearly as much as my profit. It was better when i was broke honestly.
Glad to see you're trying. Owning a business isn't easy, but waking up in the morning with the drive to succeed sure is unbeatable. Keep working at it. My dance studio is struggling now too. We're having to relocate now because lease is just too much. I think what a lot of people on here fail to see is that isn't not the homeless population things are so tight. It's greed from the top that's crushing hard the people directly below them. We will survive, just keep swimming.
Portland: 3 free meals. New clean set of clothes every day, new pair of shoes every week, free phone, cash, and they won’t arrest anyone who is homeless for anything etc etc etc.
San Diego is the same way.
Downtown, parks, sidewalks: covered in tents, stolen shopping carts, structures, drugs, disease, mental illness, aggression.
It’s annoying to work hard and not feel safe, knowing that if you are hurt by those people, they will not be held accountable.
so you should punish them to spare the feelings of the privileged?
@@ASwagPecanYour comment is Dumb AF. JS 🤪
@@ASwagPecan you should uphold the laws without favor or consideration of privilege or lack of it.
Should those that contribute to society and support law and order be endangered by people who only drain resources? Should people who choose to live on the streets have more rights as the person who works everyday to have a house?
What you want is a tiered justice system where the people at the top and bottom are untouchable. No thank you.
Are you making accusations that homeless people are more dangerous and more of a threat than and to those who have a roof over their heads?? Biased stigma much?!?!
Most homeless people are NOT dangerous! And in fact most of them just want to be left alone and are some of the most generous and kindhearted people you will ever meet despite people like you who think ill of them and give them a bad reputation for not other reason besides your own fear and biased opinions!
@@ASwagPecan You must be one of the typical Portland idiots.
Wow this is just sick!!! Doesn’t surprise me that it is San Fransicko. And you got a Governor that spends more time eating at the French Laundry than caring about his citizens. Enough of this jawn!! Time for the Red Wave to take over and make America Great Again!! Greetings from lovely NJ. - Gary!
He’s an actor getting paid by the Fox News Fascist Republican Propaganda media dummy😂
@@thememo2151 and your an actor being paid by either Russia or China. Or perhaps both!!!!!
I wish Wokefornia would just secede already.
@@thememo2151 there's plenty more where he came from he ain't no actor only actor is you Clinton troll 🤔
@UC1aU1Lclej0I5nt_WbEazPg yea but you’re a brainwashed trumpist sheep fool soooooo
I'm homeless, I take no handouts. Living full-time in a shuttle bus with a job it's pretty fun
Homeless with the internet. What a way to encourage someone to stay homeless. Good job on lack of any ambition bro
Just curious on who do you think you are to judge someone's ambition "bro".
Yea, I'm homeless but I'm homeless making 110k a year and I'm steadfast in my position, I've been here five years.
I'm homeless with 54k in my bank acct as I type this.
They forgot to add him to the Super Bowl “This is LA” promo video. At least he’s on it about his lifestyle!
Allowing homeless encampments is not compassionate.
Paying people to keep their drug habit alive is CRUEL!!
Why tf is it cruel? Do you even realize how devastating withdrawals from drugs can be? You obviously have no experience with addiction ( which is a good thing) but that's a cruel attitude to have. Your just not a smart person apparently. If the government stopped spending trillions on bs and actually diverted money towards medicinal legal drugs ( not just weed but every drug ) crime and homelessness would go down drastically. It's not the actual drugs that are the problem it's the lifestyle you have to live to maintain your habit that ruins lives and entire communities.
THANK you!!! That's exactly what it is too. It's the opposite of compassion disguised as compassion.
Agreed they all need bullets. All of them.
@@jeffreyval9665 was an addict for years what you said is stupid, take the drugs away, deal with the withdrawals, live a normal life. It's real simple
not all homeless people are addicts, there's also a lot of mentally ill homeless people that are so sick without treatment resulting in being incapable of working but still need somewhere to live.
He should have arrested for selling drugs
Thank you for saying that, bless you!
You should citizen arrest
Thank you Michael!
I see this happening in Portland, Oregon as well. This city is unrecognizable from when I came here 11 years ago.
Homeless aggression and crime is up so much I refuse to take my family down town once it’s dusk.
You skipped over the part where he says that he sold Fentanyl to a 15 and 16 year old for $40, and then taught them how to properly use it so they wouldn’t die. What a sick world we live in. Pray! 🙏
They also didn't mention that the highest rates of addiction to hard drugs are in red States
San Francisco is the capital of drug addiction who controls that clown show?
Liberalism is a disease.
That makes it OK (sarcasm).
@@lordbread2083 LMAO!!!! False.
That right there is a prime example of a freeloader. That man ought to be ashamed of himself, the fact that he isn't says way more than you think.
KEEP VOTING DEMOCRAT
why though? cause of some program that we have recieved since birth that the worth of our selves is determined by working 8 to 12 hours a day to pay for shelter, food and a little entertainment. why bother feeding this beast anymore, I've been building houses for 35 years doing backbreaking work for no good reason really, YEA I own a house, oh goodie, I have to work just to pay the government to own a house...........might as well do what this cat is doing and let the whole thing crash and burn, it only serves the wealthy the rest of us are caged rats that think were good productive members of society
@@cthulawha
We aren't meant to regress, we're not made to go backwards, both mentally and physically. Without goals, without something to strive for, life is nothing, a drain on society. Why would I support someone that has no aspirations beyond "free" money and selling drugs to my kids? I'd rather not.
If it doesn't bother him, I'd say there's a strong chance he thinks that prosperity is just "there", that the society is overflowing with riches and can't possibly suffer from parting with some of it, for him and a million or two others like him. And if society doesn't cut him a nice slice of cake, it's wicked and must be torn down. This view is surprisingly common, especially among the young but also a shocking number of older people. They don't think people making good money are creating prosperity, they think they're stealing it from them. Who's to blame? Simple: the education system, from primary schools all the way up to universities. It is just acutely diseased.
@@dixonpinfold2582
The man needs Jesus in a big way. I can introduce him to the Son, but that's about the only way I'd help. We, individually, are responsible for our own lives. We, individually, make our own choices.
A total reformation of the education system? I'm all for it as long as we're not rewriting history. If we don't learn from it, we're doomed to repeat it.
So well said.
OMG!!!! I'm speechless!!
They do pay you its true. I was made homeless once by a psycho not too long ago. I still maintained my fulltime job. And when I went for homeless assistance. The woman couldn't help me with anything really. Not even a discount bus pass or anything. But she did tell me that if I "lost" my job that "all kinds of doors" will open for me. Wasn't going to happen, I'd rather work for my check.
USA just needs to stop handouts. Stop giving to people who manipulate the system, the refugees coming here don’t even care to learn English, let alone get a job to better society. Its easy to spot the ones who are manipulating the system. Easier to spot the ones working day by day to make ends meet. Sad state of affairs we are in. Cut the supply of Dependency and they will have no choice but to self prosper. That or natural selection will run its course.
@Broseph Broman agree. Yes. Better in long run for your conscience to work. Your work (and paid taxes from your paychecks) are the engine that propels the country. Don't be leech off society. Be a proud contributor.
Then, you have more of a right to protest with your vote. And, one day, enjoy your retirement that you earned.
I don't want to support the system in any way. I've lived outside of it for years.
So you had employment in you were trying to get assistance do you not know how the system works
It’s Biden America . Let’s go Brandon - FJB
I love that under Trump it’s CA and SF’s fault and Trump bears zero responsibility, but we can just tack on Biden when he’s president lol.
@@jeffarnold3800
Don‘t you dare talking bad about our holy golden calf my friend 😂
@@blacky_Ninja once a reporter asked Trump "when Obama was president you said all the murders in Chicago were his fault, why are they not your fault now?" And he was like "Chicago there so many murders happening, the Democrat run cities are terrible and were looking into that strongly" just right over his head lol
@@jeffarnold3800 it’s time to move out of your mother basement and see what life is really like . Let’s go Brandon - FJB
@@jeffarnold3800 Because Joe Biden is a Democrat
Like those who are in power are Democrats
Everyone needs to stop giving homeless people their hard earned money. The government also needs to cut off all of these programs as well.
It's not the country, its the democrats. Please correct your statement
@@OKAaron No my friend.... You're wrong. Yes while the democrats may have a majority of the fault on their shoulders for these programs the republican side of the aisle is at fault also since they have a part in the government programs.. And then there's the normal everyday person that keeps giving to the homeless, making them think that they can eternally just beg for everything and get whatever they need.
I’m ultra conservative and I’ve lived in Connecticut in a super liberal city and now I live in Missouri in a very conservative area and there’s still homelessness
and the key word here is LIBERAL. if your so ultra conservative as you say then stop moving to Democrat run shitholes and go, gee, why are there homeless people? maybe because Liberal run areas are always rotting cesspools with crime running rampant and the homeless shitting in the streets.
I prayed someone would start showing this. I have been saying this for years in Oregon where it is legal to do drugs and there is so much lawlessness!
Isnt it crazy how we banned plastic bags and straws but here in Oregon crack is fine lol
I couldnt believe it.
I actually think the idea is they will eventually overdose and die, why stop at free syringes, crack pipes and safe spaces, lets give them fentanyl and let the problem solve itself...
I currently live in Portland Oregon and I have to agree our homeless problem there is atrocious you have a really bad drug problem and a lot of mental health issues there
@@kevindahlberg7753 yeah see...i can support that all the way. Legalize every drug known to man, have dispensaries or something.
It would be lethal at first ( people ODing) but then it will be just like beer and weed
You mean Portland because I live in Oregon and it's not like that everywhere here so do generalize an entire State when it's not the case..The legalization of small amounts of drugs has also not been legal for years either maybe 2 years now...It's not legal to posses large amounts or to sell them etc...Stop saying things that are not true please...I've lived in Oregon for over 40 years now so I know... I've also been to prison for drugs convicted in 2018 so no it's not like you say...crime is not terrible in Oregon either in a few small areas yes but most of the State is really nice and low crime... mostly petty theft etc... honestly most that bring the issues are transplants from all over the Country and foreigners as well...
When I lived in the California desert I knew a teenager that would get dropped off at the overpass and hold up a sign for a few hours a day. She made about $70K a year begging a few hours a day. She did it to buy herself a car and nice clothes. They interviewed her on the local news and she basically said "it's not my fault people are stupid enough to feel sorry for me and give me money"
😂🤣
When i see somebody out begging and they have nicer shoes than me i pull up and tell them to take the money they've made so far, buy a large caliber gun and blow the back of their head out.
It might be funny and all but she will have her Judgement one day and everybody will. She took it for granted. She will reap what she sow for sure.
That's a double edged level of self awareness for sure
I was driving around my city looking at houses to buy and saw a fella on the corner of one intersection holding up a sign begging for money. Later in the day I went to look at a house that I knew I couldn't afford but my agent wanted me to see. We walked past the Mercedes and a Jaguar in the driveway and up to the door and who do you think answered the door? The guy!!! I said, "didn't I see you earlier holding up a sign saying you are homeless? " He slammed the door in our faces. 😳 I guess his house wasn't for sale either.
That homeless guy makes more money than me a Canadian pensioner. Fentynal is killing alot of people here too. These governmental parties we have must GO.
This country is in a very sad state of affairs.
Not the country just liberal cities.
Please understand that the squeaky wheel gets the grease.... lots of people are good but the smaller minority yell loud and scam the system. look at progressive / liberal / socialist/marxist cites and how they entitle them.... why work when you can live a good life looking like a piece of crap
4 years of the orange man baby....
Not so, San Francisco, Los Angles, Chicago, and New York- all run by liberal mayors and DAs- are in a very sad state of affairs. The rest of the country fairs much better. After recently visiting Florida for a week, where every Biden mandate was lifted, I witnessed a lot of people living normal lives and business was a booming. Having been to San Fran a few years ago, when things were just as bad, there's a night and day difference. I couldn't get out of there fast enough.
@@1x4x93 the liberal cities turned down the orange mans help and look at them now. Crime up %100. Homeless ness drug infested slums.
Another inconvenient truth: Feed a stray cat and it will never leave.
That "stray cat" can be your average American citizen.. Funny how people need food huh? While we waste tons of it.
Shocker.
Put them in prison...
$800 a month would really help my bottom line. Looks like I need to start selling fentanyl to kids so the state will give me free money too. Thankfully I live near Seattle, which is in a contest with San Fran to see who can be more stoopid.
Hell my paycheck for years wasn’t much more than that
Then I suggest you move to a red State cuz that's where drug addiction is the highest per capita
@griffen Edward . Please do not go there. I work with a physician who lost 20 of his family members to fascists and Nazis. They used to throw babies in the air like clay pigeons and see how many bullets they could use. You do not begin to know the meaning and if you were to come up against them you would die.
@@lordbread2083 You is a dam LIAR !!
@@jenpsakiscousin4589 my monthly income was right around $500 after taxes and I was a single parent. This is ridiculous
When you enable this behavior, what do you expect?
I am a long-time resident of San Francisco and I approve if this video. 100%.
Then you must question your sanity
@@Mattology1 I'm not giving up $1.2 million in cash and benefits by leaving my job now. Maybe you enjoy poverty, but I don't. Oh, and I guess friends and family don't mean anything to you either. You are an idiot.
Anyone on the streets is breaking the LAW, pick them up and help them NOW! We have services for anyone that needs and wants it, being on the streets is a CHOICE! Go to a Republican city ask them how they do it
$800 a month AND a cell phone with Amazon Prime and Netflix? This IS sick.
It's closer to $400 a month and any low-income person is allowed a free cell phone and I don't know what the hell you're talkin about free Amazon Prime and Netflix that's ridiculous
@@lordbread2083 The homeless man SAID he had both. Watch the video!!!
California says it costs 90k to house and feed one prisoner, cali also tells you a family of five can survive on 23k a year.
Only makes sense to democrats
What they're not telling you is that charges are in fact bonds, that get sold like a stock. Our ALL CAPS NAME/the birth certificate, is literally worth MILLION$. Find your CUSIP number and run it. Policing and incarcerating people is big business.
Prisons are a "for profit" system.
The family doesn't have to be monitored by guards and secured behind bars, walls, and razor wire 24/7.
@@theotheleo6830 lmao....... You dont live in Cali as we see and get the point being made. Thanks kid, back to mums basement.
Cali thinks the way to escape the drain is to go down...
GOOD REPORT!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
So Sad!
We all paying for it Mark Twain puts that way...."What is the difference between a taxidermist & a tax-collector? The taxidermist only takes your skin ". --- Mark Twain
🦆Then there is this Ray Epps guy who is in all probability an independent contractor who gives a cover and disavowal that he was an FBI agent. The entire FBI should be dissolved. The good ones fully vetted can re-apply to a new and fairer agency.🦆
@@davidcohen7106 First.. David you are a conspiracy theory IDIOT. Second... this IDIOT couldn't get a job in a million years. Who in their right mind would hire him to be part of their company. The facial tattoos are a disqualifier for any job other than emptying trash cans at Venice Beach. What a LOSER... but leave it to FOX News to sniff him out.
That's not the quote.
How about another two P’s: PREVENTION & PROVIDENCE. I am an addict. I had no idea what I was doing when I got started. Had I known that the next 30 years if my life were going to lead me to near destruction of everything I have, I never would have started. Through God’s Almighty Providence, I overcame, and now I’m earning my Bachelors in Tech.
wonderful!
The problem as I see it is this: Leftists want less people. Those who can't pull themselves up, programs like this will the inspiration... Until people get back to God, Family, hand up, NOT a lifetime of "help", {on back of the tax payer} we won't see change & now San Fran is even habitable. How sad.
Amen! God saves!
Well done! 🙏
Forced rehab doesn't work. You probably know this.
I WILL NEVER BRING KIDS INTO THIS WORLD! EVER!
If the food bank closes before work day ends then how could a homless person go to work when food is free and they need it
If nothing else, at least he's honest !
That's far more than I can say about our government and politicians !
AMEN to that
Guys a waste of cells
@@joemomma1968 yes he is. But he hasn’t always been. He has had an amazingly difficult life. He’s my cousin, I remember watching his father beat him because he took a yogurt from our refrigerator on the 4th of July when we were kids. His dad has always been a troubled as well. Long story short, he’s a waste but it isn’t his fault.
Very true
@Skip White So he's like the Sackler Family?
I can verify the scamming from personal experience. I worked a crisis line for several years. We got calls from those we called frequent fliers. One of the most obvious ploys was used by those who were voluntarily admitted to the hospital. As soon as the weather started turning warm, they would sign themselves out, against medical advice (AMA). This was annotated as discharged, AMA.
Then when the weather began getting chilly, they would call us basically saying they were 'disintegrating and needed to be hospitalized. A mental health professional would be dispatched and the person was careful to walk the line between involuntary treatment authorized (ITA) and a self assessment of requiring hospitalization. Again, as soon as the weather got warm and they could sleep in the parks, under bridges or pool together to get a cheap apartment, they'd leave, AMA. They could take their SSDI (another story in itself) and party hearty.
We'd see them again when it got cold again and they either had to pay for heat or they just wanted free meals.
Compassion is a fine human trait. Sadly, not all people treat compassion as a desirable trait, but manipulate compassionate people into providing for them and their chosen lifestyle.
Judging people who are worse off than YOU is NOT compassion. It's being a 'control freak'. n a 'Crisis line' is the perfect place to be 'controlling' isn't it? If you have the 'luxury' to work there, you are automatically 'better off' than the people you are describing; even if they have 'flaws'. If you're so worried abt. this issue, then maybe you should help find better ways for them to get out of he cold, rather than 'look down' on them.
@@theresefotiou7097 As usual, people who 'think' like you do completely miss the point. Namely that what is offered in the name of compassion is warped by the recipient into a way to do what they want without cost to themselves. This is not judgement, it is an observation of facts, leading to discernment.
Being a control freak on a crisis line? Have you ever worked one? For the abuse and treatment I got while working on it, I have a phenomenal respect for the police and the crap they have to put up with from self centered, self serving, self focused chowder heads.
As to a better way-- why don't you open your home to someone who is living on the street? Put your money where your mouth is, not my money (earned) into their pocket.
It's not a crime to be compassionate. When you've worked the medical field field you're trained to put everyone else's needs before your own, it's the same way with motherhood.
@@hightechredneck3362 Being on a Crisis Line was the perfect opportunity for you to go to work every day, n feel better abt. yourself by looking down on the people you were talking to. And being able to exert a large amount of control over their situations, by simply being in a position to control what assistance they would receive or even be given information abt. That's what I meant by "control freak". As far as 'compassion', you have it backwards. Thinking that you know what people have or haven't done to 'earn' the benefits of society; and only deserve or are entitled to the benefits that others decide to give them (out of "compassion"), is the epitome of being a 'control freak'.
@@theresefotiou7097 Your abilities absolutely amaze me. From one remark you can:
1. Determine my motives behind doing what I do. You have a great career opportunity as either a psychic, maybe a psychologist.
2. See the unnecessary restrictions placed upon people that have done what I have done and having to triage who gets what assistance. Since you obviously have a better grasp of how to help people, you should perhaps run for office and pass legislation to give anyone anything they ask for. What need for a budget? Just give people whatever they want, the resources will appear out of thin air.
3. Sum up the evils of having any private property, any restrictions on keeping anything for yourself. You should lead the way and give every person in need a key to your dwelling and trust them only to take what they need, not steal from you or trash your home. Be compassionate to everyone.
Better yet, just remove the locks from every door you have on your home. Let anyone come into your home and eat, sleep, bathe, etc.
Lead the way, Ma'am. Show us, by example, how unlimited, completely altruistic compassion will straighten out all the social ills of our world.
Enabling people does not make people better. It makes them entitled monsters
He wasn't boasting he was telling the truth
Politicians are spending an incredible amount of taxpayer money per homeless person, and you can believe the usual cronies are sucking down a serious slice of that cash. Taxpayers in CA, in particular, are among the stupidest in the world, all-time champs.
What’s your solution?
@@jeffarnold3800
How about an environment that leads to job creation - low taxes, limited regulation? That worked for four years almost nationwide, and then there was California.
...but you're the most intelligent commentator on CZcams and offer no solution :/ very helpful, thank you - not.
All Western governments must be overthrown now. Liberalism is a disease that can only be defeated through strength.
@@TheNewsInASL people are desperate for workers right now
I've been saying this for years. If you give someone a living they have no incentive to go to work to provide for themselves.
Im sure this guy would be a top candidate at McDonalds…
@@gerttopmuller better than nothing. Atleast he's putting money into the system and not just taking it out. You need to show some respect to the working man. A job is a job and atleast having one shows you are trying
If you took away support from homeless people, you’d have to make sure that employers are willing to hire them. Otherwise they will steal to eat, you’ll arrest them, and you’re right back to the government providing them a living through the prison system.
@@jeffarnold3800 if you steal you belong in prison. Or you should lose your hand and maybe you won't still again and go get a job
@@iamyourgod530 I mean ya but it's still the state providing your food and housing. I guess you're okay with this so long as freedom is taken away in exchange.
I’m speechless….
That interview should be on 24/7 until everyone sees it!
I was working an art festival in a park that was riddled with homeless people. I went around introducing myself and getting to know them, so that they would appreciate my request for them to stay away from the vendors and patrons during hours of operation. While I was working, I witnessed how much, and what quality of, food the homeless were being given several times per day. Their diet was full of fresh fruit, gourmet meals, and an array of beverages. I tried to imagine what that would have cost me to be that indulgent. I could not afford it, even though I work double-shifts and nearly every night. I was so disgusted by this realization that I threw my potted meat on stale bread sandwich into the grass. Later, one homeless man offered me his bag of food, because he had way more than he needed. He said I needed it more than him. I DID! NOW I SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA!!!! ETA: The next day, the homeless were provided free haircuts -- yet another perk I could not have afforded as a working-class citizen.
Giving people good food. What a tragedy
Matthew, enabling individuals to continue the lifestyle indefinitely is NOT really helpful in the long run.
Cloward Pivens
@@finitecurve you missed the point.
A hard working person is paying for their food and can’t afford the food herself.
Jealous of freaking homeless people who are given half eaten leftovers. Smdh
Go be homeless since you think it's so great to be homeless. What's stopping you? You think these people don't suffer from cold or hunger because they flock to a festival where they might get some leftovers..
@@CluckyBaby, you are clueless. Your assumptions are baseless. Untouched five-star restaurant food is presented to them, along with toiletries and clothing, in such amounts they left bags of items on top of trash cans. Why don't YOU get facts before spewing your nastiness here?
That doesn't surprise me at all. About 5 years ago my wife talked me into allowing one of her friends move into a vacant rental home that we owned. They had been thrown out of a rental home up in Oregon. I told the family that they could move in for half the normal rent to allow them to get on their feet and find work. To my shock the state of California assisted four family members, three children and the wife, into getting on disability and the able-bodied husband was now being paid by the state as a caregiver. Two of the girls miraculously recovered when they got married. It's my understanding that the rest are still on disability.
It is truly sad what our state has become...and people just keep voting for more if our hard earned $. It was super kind of you & your wife to help...just too bad they abuse the system. Hopefully you are now able to rent your place for what it is worth!
There is no way that u can know the extent of disabilities of any of those family members. U r not qualified to diagnose anybody else (r u a doctor?). Many, many people have serious disabilities that don't appear on the surface. Just bc. someone is married doesn't mean they don't have a disability. And if a person works as a caretaker for a stranger, u r not complaining abt. them being paid are u? Would it make u happier if the husband was paid to be caretaker for a stranger, n then they had another person come in n take care of his family---bc. it's alright as long as the caretaker's a stranger? Your ignorance is showing.
dan ven
How did you think an interview with a Charles Manson/Rob Zombie grifter is compelling?
@@theresefotiou7097 they're deadbeat losers and so are you
They push that city into the ocean
I study in Berkeley (YES, I would recommend it, not as bad as it sounds). BUT, what is mesmerizing is the life of homeless people because they have iPads, Macs, and get great treatment here. I have even seen homeless people break money after people give it to them. PLEASE do not make America go like SF!!
Welcome to Klaus Schwab's World Economic Forum's Dystopian Nightmare.!!!.
Shillenberger shills for what pays and the billionaire Pritzkers of Chicago know this.
Their nuclear boondoggles is business for Shillenberger.
He will look the cameras in the eye and tell you nobody really was harmed at 3 Mile Island nor Fukushima and that concerns about Chernobyl are overblown. Just look at the abandoned areas and see the animals frolick and the flower bloom.
Now he's on the bash the left bandwagon.
He worked for green party progressive party causes but for some reason that didn't work out either.
Like Little Tony FoulCheeze hes all over the map and uses his rhetoric to get the job done for those whose names need to remain out of the stinking mess he promotes.
And like Foul Cheeze no amount of science seems to matter. The next day more spin.
Beware of $hills thar get invited back to the M$M $elling a new book.
I bet Koch money one way or another is now flowing through his veins.
It is a peculiar world which billionaires are pushing the same line, same legislation and doubling their wealth the past two years.
Guys like Shillenberger make it more possible?
Divide and rule. Make them hate their neighbors family and the government, especially on the other side of the aisle, particularly minority factions that resist multi-billionaire manipulation who's interest is global second, personal first.
“You will own nothing and be happy”
The problem with drug addiction and rehabilitation is, the addict has to genuinely want sobriety for themselves. You can’t help someone who doesn’t want the help.
Just like the Smartphone addicts that spend up to 10 hours a day on their phones. They don't want any help with their addictions.
Truth.
Cue the "if you're going to San Francisco make sure to put some flowers in your hair"
Watching videos of Frisco and Seattle is like watching a dystopian movie like Book of Eli or Elysium. It makes me love the countryside so much more. What a depressing way to live, seeing that everyday..
Yea poor you that has to look at the suffering people. Gosh.
Pelosi should let this fine man live in her home! It’s a start towards a better future.
Pelosi and her nephew
Gov. Newsom!!
She could provide him with some nice ice cream.
"Let's be honest", this is what "they" want!
"You will own nothing and be happy"
People need to blame the politicians, NOT the homeless who are actually just victims of the politicians shitty policies and tax raising and rent raising.
ahha, thats what i always tell, but people never listen to me. everyone is like " Anna, you're so cruel, these people are not lazy, they are in trouble, so it's ok to pay huge taxes so some people don't work. You're just too cold-hearted." I am glad there are normal people in the comments who understand what's going on
Almost none of your money goes to homeless people dummy. God. The government is stealing it. The government is the bad guy. Ffs. WAKE UP
So he's admitted to a crime Why isn't he arrested ?? 🤬
They let it go in these cities. No arrests. Go look at the widespread looting.
These homeless people in San Fran need to remember that what they're being given can just as easily be taken away from them, its being done PURPOSELY and we have already realized this!!!
Honestly we could end the homeless crises real quick. I hear the Pacific Ocean is nice this time of year
you’re heartless
@@lawrencetalbot8346 so…..state execution? Perfect for a small government conservative
@@lawrencetalbot8346 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ASwagPecan the left have CREATED homelessness through years of awful, horrible policy creation. That's heartless!!! Don't create massive homelessness in the first place dumb dumb!
This is crazy. Doctors and society are more compassionate to drug addicts than actual pain patients who use drugs appropriately.
So doctors and big pharma got millions addicted to opiates and you want to bail on them.
They WANT them addicted! Dumb them down and they never know what their true potential is, and what's really going on in this world. This is a massive amount of people that the corrupt government is USING for their purpose. Period. Sad but true! Homeless people need to wake up also to this TRUTH!
Edited: I've been homeless, but I didn't stay there!! GLORY be to GOD!
Compassionate meaning we don't want them to die, and California can afford to support them?
Agreed. The people who actually NEED the pain meds are most generally NOT the ones abusing them.
@@lordbread2083 Also California is in debt.
To all the people who are disgusted by this.
You should not be asking him why they are paying him to live, you should be asking why you are working for so little.
Bring back unions
Stop corporate greed
Billionaires should not exist
You have to give him credit for being honest, he's not perfect but honesty means a lot
Nice! This man truly meets all of My future aspirations for myself.
I’ve been sober my whole life.
What kept me from being a drug addict?
Not doing drugs.
Caffeine & Sugar included?
@@ProjectUnity Is anyone homeless because of caffeine or sugar? Is anyone committing crimes to fund their caffeine and sugar habit? Not comparable.
So true! And these liberals say it's a "disease". Bs! It's a choice.
@@Herbie11 Actually, I think it is a disease. It's a mental disease! The liberals never tell you that part.
One person can’t speak for everyone.
This came up with me and someone else the other night. I'm sick with end stage liver disease and got denied on my insurance after being in the hospital for a month and almost dieing. Now I can't even see a doctor and I don't feel any better. Can't afford food for me and my kids. I've worked my entire life up until that point. Its so disheartening
Its seems odd that a person can still be talking on social media while claiming they are not feeding their kids.
@@5060northernmama seems odd that the plan isn't mine? That my sister was nice enough to help me with a phone. Very judgemental of you
No one here realizes they are one major illness away from homelessness.
@@5060northernmama “odd” like how the homeless guy in the video just admitted to having a phone where he could watch Netflix And Prime? 🤡
@@prodogtwodogman3857 That's not ok in and of itself. This is the richest nation in the world. Probably the most corrupt too.
This is evil and disgusting!!!
I’m at the hospital recovering from a three level fusion and have to BEG for drugs. Meanwhile this guy throws it away on kids.
I was raised to never settle for the path of least resistance. My dad grew up in the depression & worked as a child to buy food. Quitting was never an option. When government started paying people to quit in the 60s our culture began to rot.
Shut off the free money.
End criminal corporations, organizations, and institutions that run the government. It's a demonic mess what's going on in government. They aren't our people. They are pedos
That's not true. welfare in every country is for Incase you lose your job, not for if you quit...... If you quit your job For no good reason it can take 8 weeks to start getting welfare payments.
I left CA 8 years ago... We were always half a pay check from homelessness...
Selling drugs shouldn't make you homeless. It will give you a cell to call home.
Humming , "And I Think To Myself, What a wonderful world".
I'm a disabled person in the midwest. I do appreciate some help from food assistance but I will tell you this. I live alone, no children, and I can tell you even with inflation, they give people way too much money for food. It allows them to buy garbage pre packaged food. If you buy the basics and cook from scratch you dont need half the money they give you. It is a joke.
Maybe in your state. But I assure you many states barely give enough for a couple weeks and it keeps getting smaller. I'm thankful I no longer need them but when I did ......buying basics for myself and kids ,eating leftovers two or three days bc of trying to make more for less .........jails and prisons get twice as much. I will never complain about my country giving it's citizens food. I'm fine paying for it with tax dollars. Because it's there when or if any of us should ever need it. Food is a basic human right and if we can't help each other to make sure that every one of us is fed at the very least then we have a lot more problems than we could ever imagine. And I'm so tired of hearing people gripe about people getting food to live. I assure you if I decide to splurge and get a steak for my family to make them feel somewhat normal when I can't afford what I used to be able to. Then later on in the month reading rice and ramen noodles if we're lucky and I'm paying for it after the fs are gone.
I agree, I'm on assistance as well, with a 12 year old. I get way to much because I don't buy crap food and grow my own vegetables. I have used it to stock my house for the great depression coming. However I plan on helping all my elderly neighbors when the time comes..
You're wrong in assuming people can actually cook anymore then put it in microwave for a min
Some folks are so disabled cooking is exhausting. So while I hear you, couching this from your personal perspective is limited as well. Every disability is different. Regional prices are a thing. In Hawaii food is insanely expensive even for basics.
Cali gives the elderly 150 bucks a month for food. I dunno about you but that barly covers me alone for a week..
I'm just grateful to have a family, a roof over my head, food in my fridge, and knowledge in my brain. I'd rather make a little bit of money and have a warm bed to sleep in at night, ya know? Clean clothes, hot showers, protection from the elements. Way better than sleeping on pavement with a needle in my arm.
Excellent comment
All these people getting angry and jealous are refusing to look at the negative things that homeless people go through. These people are not allowed to be racist or sexist or homophobic anymore, but hating on homeless people is still allowed.
@@CluckyBaby Amen!
What the heck 😳 is wrong with California?
I hate my state 😒.
I can't afford to get by paycheck to paycheck.
They need to stop all the money we pay tex to helping these lazy bums out
As long as they're pissing away tax money, how about rewarding them for cleaning themselves up instead of giving them the things that got them in trouble in the first place?
If you're so worried about tax dollars you should get your news from a channel that actually reports on the $9 trillion we send to the military, cops, and prisons, as well as the tax cuts for millionaires our rich capitalist politicians keep passing. That's where over half our taxes are going. Why do some white right wing activists still choose to watch this big business funded right wing activist propaganda channel that lies to us every day on purpose
@@owenmersk4626 I want the prisoners to stay in prison. I want the cops to catch the criminals. I'd rather our world enemies to be fought on their territories. I want a wall to prevent illegal immigrants from coming into this country and I want squatters, bums, beggars, druggies, drunks and criminals removed from their encampments. FJB 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
Big brother is giving out crack pipes for free now.
When I lived in California, SF was so bad, we stopped going several years PRIOR to Covid even. Its been a bad bad for a while and is as disgusting as people are saying.
This makes me sick !
I love the apparent fact that through personal research Shellenberger gets it mostly right. what a huge step toward enlightening people who mostly feed on the fake news narratives.
I would however like to see more emphasis that not having a home is not a crime category (major or minor).
A criminal drug dealer is a problem whether he has no home or lives in a mansion.
A thief is a problem whether he has a home or if he is nomadic by foot or car.
A person who litters likewise.
We do not need any laws directed AT or pertaining TO homelessness.
It always has been and continues to be a good idea to simply aprehend and encarcerate genuine criminals - homelessness is completely beside the point, but incidentally would become less of a "problem" if these things, which should have been getting done all along, were acted on.
It's important that a growing number of American citizens realize that the real criminals (elected and bureaucratic leftists) do not want a functioning western culture society. They want chaos, disorder, mayhem and suffering so that there will be little resistance when they offer their control measures as a solution. Such solutions as they offer will only make matters even worse.
This man is a rock star. In today’s society he is seen as a genius. Getting over on the system and being a parasite clinging to the government dole is a badge of honor in our culture. That narrative needs to disappear before this problem ends.
Hey, can’t be mad at people taking advantage of a system made to be taken advantage of. A classic “don’t hate the player, hate the game” type of scenario.
@@DrStfuFool false. citizens playing Chess while government playing Chinese Go. they need to supply their voter base
@@trolllo9729 Nah, it’s more like cheat codes for games being provided by game designers. It’s part of the system, it’s there to be used, and they told you how. I believe we’re on the same page just different books 😉
That is very true.. The wealthy need handouts constantly to "incentivize" earning more money.
I agree with you. And part of it starts by us taxpayers correcting the narrative of getting paid by the "government". As long as the money train is a nameless/faceless entity, people don't realize that is MY money being spent....YOUR money...OUR money. The government is the mechanism that takes it from hard working folks and gives it to creeps like this who have no shame. When my kids started to vote, I would make them take their paycheck and look at all the $ coming out of their part time job and told them to consider this each time they decided on who and how to vote....what is it going to cost them in the long run. People don't make the connection and just keep on throwing good money at bad problems.
LA isn't much better. The real problem is that our Governor here in California just can't spend money fast enough to build free housing, food, and medical to the homeless while the elderly, disabled, and working poor struggle to have housing, food, and proper medical care.
And where our 4th of july freedom if we cant use our own fireworks. Because it illegal?
WOW !!! THIS IS INSANE !! DANG !!
The guy being interviewed seems to have great credibility
So there is no incentive for them doing that why do they seem so happy about with it