How long till we pass a law the requires a health department permit to serve food to the homeless .?

Question

People need to stop feeding the homeless like they do with the bears and alligators .
Stop feeding them and they move on and go away .

Set up a place for them to eat and they mill around all day within a few miles of the free food .

They start lining up 30 minutes before the food is even ready to be served .

I say keep moving the food further and further out into the country and draw them away from the city .
In a few weeks you could clean up the city of these smelly people always begging for spare change .

Answer 1

I am sure any place that serves food to the public is required to have a permit and a health inspection. I pray that you never become homeless, although it might teach you some humility and compassion.

Answer 2

People need to stop patronizing the religious like they do with the bears and alligators .
Stop listening to them and they move on and go away .

Set up a place for them to hold mass and they mill around all day within a few miles of their circus .

They start lining up 30 minutes before the mass is even ready to be begin .

I say keep moving the churches further and further out into the country and draw them away from the city .
In a few weeks you could clean up the city of these smelly people always begging for someone else to share their superstition .

Answer 3

In the early 1980's the Reagan administration slashed funding for mentally ill programs. As a result the people were dumped on the street and the programs were dismantled. Not only did the homeless population increase but programs that may have helped the mentally ill are now non-existent. And this was all done because of people screaming about "my tax dollars." Here we are 25 years later and some are still screaming about their tax dollars little realizing that their short sightedness is exactly what created the problem in the first place. We all have to live in society. A small bit of money to ensure that people are cared for in a proper manner goes a LONG way to ensure that we stay educated, wealthy and FREE. I agree with some of your ideas and in a perfect society they may work but we are not in a perfect society. We have many homeless, jobless, sick, mentally ill people. And the fact is many of them were CREATED by our society. Peace.

Answer 4

I worked at a fast food in the city where there were several hungry homeless people. They used to dumpster dive for morsels and if they were to get food poisoning or choke on a bone, the restaurant was liable so we had to shoo them away (that was scary).

The soup kitchen was a block up the road but many would get hungry between meals or just liked choosing their own menu. Point is, although it sounds easy, moving the kitchens to the country wouldn't attract them, not enough choices. Staying in the city insures choice menus and people throw plenty away.
Keep thinking though, eventually, you might come up with something.

Answer 5

From what I have seen of groups that give food to the homeless, they would have no problem at all getting and maintaining a permit. The ones I have seen are pretty much cleaner than any restaurant or fast food place I have ever worked at.

Now, if you are trying to say that if a group is planning on giving its food away, it should be denied a permit, that will not fly. Similiar things have been tried in the past and the courts have knocked those laws down.

Answer 6

Nice attempt at humor, but you're too late. The grocery stores here will no longer donate old (but still good) produce, etc to the local shelters. Why? Fear of law suits. Pretty sad day, when you can't donate because some idiot is just *looking* for a reason to sue.

BTW - do you spend your Thanksgiving or Christmas at your local shelter? Just curious.

Answer 7

We should all do things to help our fellow man....... They need a hand up........ just because you dont see them doesnt mean they still arent there. Have a heart.

Many of those homless faught for our country..... then we turn our back on them.... welfare pays for young people that could get out and get a job but chose to sit home and do nothing, so why shouldnt we also pay for the homeless.

Answer 8

We wouldn't have so many homeless to offend your sensibilities if we hadn't closed all the mental health facilities. Many of these people are ill and don't have the capabilities that are needed to survive in our increasingly judgmental society. I hope that you are always fortunate enough to be able to look down on others who are less capable.

Answer 9

Oh, sure, brainiac! Spend money and legislature hours passing a law against giving away free food.

No one is making you spend Thanksgiving at the community kitchen, but it might help your perspective.

Answer 10

You don't have a shred of human empathy, do you? Do you think that you're so superior that you could never end up in that situation? It could happen to anyone. It sickens me that some people could be so heartless.