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Originally posted by Peaches
Have you done much work with the homeless? The TRULY homeless, i.e. those you see on the streets are there because they choose to be. Many have mental problems but they refuse the free mental care they can get. Ditto with those who are addicted - completely free help, which would cost me thousands of dollars if I wanted it - is refused. Many have families that are more than willing to take them in, but they refuse. They choose to be homeless.
Children and their parents are given shelter, food, clothing, healthcare, education, daycare while the parent is seeking a job, the parent is given free educational classes for jobs, help with filling out applications, bus passes, etc.
If the children are "suffering" it is because the parents either refuse the help they are given or refuse to pass the help to their children. The government, at least in the US, is sitting there literally handing out freebies. 
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Yes I have, and on many different levels and am well aware of the mental illnesses. I also use to do a lot of volunteer work at a mental health hospital. I voluteered in Vancouver right down in the nitty gritty of it all. I have experience, the blame whitey part was just for shits and giggles in response to Ricks posts.
Canada does the same thing, however, I still do not think that this day in age anyone in either country should be "poor".