[andyt]

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/guess-funds-bi ... 33843.html

[BartSimpson]

Were I Harper I'd be funding bus tickets to the USA for Canada's homeless.

[saturn_656]

Harper is keeping this project tightly under wraps, might hurt his cred in the World NeoCon brotherhood.

[Thanos]

You know who also provided housing for the homeless? HITLER!

That's right, more proof that HARPER = HITLER! Damn both their black souls!

[BartSimpson]

Thanos wrote:

You know who also provided housing for the homeless? HITLER!

That's right, more proof that HARPER = HITLER! Damn both their black souls!

So did Joe Stalin. He did a far better job of it than Hitler, too.

[Brenda]

BartSimpson wrote:

Thanos wrote:

You know who also provided housing for the homeless? HITLER!

That's right, more proof that HARPER = HITLER! Damn both their black souls!

So did Joe Stalin. He did a far better job of it than Hitler, too.

So Harper is Stalin and Hitlers love-baby?

[Curtman]

Damn.. I thought this story was about Burton Cummings.

[Psudo]

saturn_656 wrote:

Harper is keeping this project tightly under wraps, might hurt his cred in the World NeoCon brotherhood.

Doesn't NeoCon mean big-spending domestic social programs tied to big-spending military adventurism? As opposed to the domestic austerity budgets tied to big-spending military adventurism which is traditional conservatism. By that definition, Harper's housing project would be something to brag about to his World NeoCon buddies and hide from traditional conservatives.

It sounds like it's working, which is pure good. If it does save on government spending as predicted, that'd make it a traditionally conservative social program; rather an oddity in the world.

[Hyack]

Thanos wrote:

You know who also provided housing for the homeless? HITLER!

That's right, more proof that HARPER = HITLER! Damn both their black souls!

Nice Godwin of the thread Thanos, I was going to point out the Guess Who along with Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman were given a number of awards for their music but I never knew they were involved with helping the homeless in Canada.

[andyt]

Psudo wrote:

It sounds like it's working, which is pure good. If it does save on government spending as predicted, that'd make it a traditionally conservative social program; rather an oddity in the world.

Not at all. I've posted lots about the financial costs of poverty (health, legal, lost productivity etc) Eliminating the worst effects of poverty saves money in the end - it just requires higher up front costs. But I've put my sig down there for a reason. But thanks for acknowledging that what I'm proposing isn't wild eyed socialism, it's strengthening our society instead of ripping the shit out of it the way neo-cons do.

[jeff744]

BartSimpson wrote:

Thanos wrote:

You know who also provided housing for the homeless? HITLER!

That's right, more proof that HARPER = HITLER! Damn both their black souls!

So did Joe Stalin. He did a far better job of it than Hitler, too.

Six feet of dirt housing.

[PostFactum]

Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.

[Bruce_the_vii]

I guess you could save public money by housing the sick and homeless first of all. I note however that Alberta has $1,000 million project going in this regard, Harpers not first. These things need to be done, there's lots of causes - it's just that the middle class can't afford the tax squeezing.

[bootlegga]

Good for Harper - hopefully he won't kill off the plan now that he has a majority.

Edmonton recently kicked off a ten year plan to end homelessness - and the first step is to help them get into a home of their own. According to city's stats, it costs 2/3 less to house people than it does to provide medical/legal care, feed them and all the rest - a cost of about $35,000 annually compared to $66,000 - $120,000 annually.

http://www.endedmontonhomelessness.com/ ... hgoals.pdf

Frankly, helping the homeless get out of the gutter makes more sense than simply yelling, "Get a job, you bum!"

[Thanos]

Hyack wrote:

Thanos wrote:

You know who also provided housing for the homeless? HITLER!

That's right, more proof that HARPER = HITLER! Damn both their black souls!

Nice Godwin of the thread Thanos, I was going to point out the Guess Who along with Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman were given a number of awards for their music but I never knew they were involved with helping the homeless in Canada.

It's only a Godwin if it was meant seriously. Which it clearly wasn't. So there.

Me + internet = 90% of the time I'm only here for the jokes.