Fight Poverty! Raise taxes?

[Socrates92]

Whether they’ve spent only partial budget in the current year doesn’t mean they won’t spend it.

I’m not sure what relevance the partial budget or the current year has unless their current budget is significantly different than the budget of 2017, as those numbers according to the article accounted for the whole year. Are you telling me that they have eliminated the portion going to eviction prevention, rent subsidies (etc) to free up the balance for spending on the homeless?
(I suppose I could google this myself, but I’m just trying to understand your argument first)

I already told you
SFC has been spending over 250 million annually on the homeless

In that case, you do dispute the claim of the article that 2/3s did not go towards the homeless. You are seemingly using a broader definition of “the homeless” than the “visible homeless” mentioned in the article. If you are in fact questioning the management of the 2/3s of the funds used for rent subsidies et all, you should state that. Your point is confusing as you use a source which disagrees with you as a reference.

 

[LeafByNiggle]

I wish I had the solution but I don’t. Lowered quality of care and greatly increased wait times seen in single payer systems don’t seem like a good solution for anyone either.

There is no reason providing for care for all has to lower the quality of care for those who want to pay for it themselves.

The US has a two tier system but the problem is the gap of those who don’t qualify. Could that be expanded? Sure but it would have to be done in a way that is efficient without a loss of quality of care across the board for everyone. How to accomplish that is part of the public debate currently.

First provide the care, then worry about the efficiency of that care.

 

[Theo520]

In that case, you do dispute the claim of the article that 2/3s did not go towards the homeless.

The article was about one years spend, i don’t know whether they misappropriate their budget in other years.

I’ve never suggested SFC was wise in how they address the problem, just that they are allocating large sums annually

 

[littlekitten]

This video perfectly explain why charity donation should be tax credit and not tax deduction.

 

[phil3]

I took the time to watch the complete video. It has a major flaw. Raising the tax rate doesnt raise more revenue for the federal government as a percentage of GDP.

 

[John10]

True, however that has also been at least partially dealt with by Vancouver. There is an empty building tax, although the real state industry lobbied to avoid imposing it, they eventually passed it in the legislature.

The money collected is now being used to fund affordable housing and fighting homelessness.

 

[EndTimes]

I am calling them ignorant because they refuse to see facts. Facts are facts,.

Best not to call names…

Taxes connect with Politics which connect with Ideological Agendae;
some of which do not have Humanity in Mind?

 

[phil3]

Saying that someone is ignorant isn’t name-calling. Nor is it a pejorative.

Ignorant

lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned:

lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact

uninformed; unaware.

 

[EndTimes]

calling anyone ignorant under the lacking knowledge manner ?

MUST STILL BE backed up
by very clear cut supportive argumentation replete with supportive evidences!

Without that? Unto Itself? Claiming someone’s ignorant?

Such as: I am calling them ignorant because they refuse to see facts. Facts are facts,.

Holds no water and yes is pejorative unless and until - what’s required is presented…

 

[phil3]

I use to post links to back up my facts. Posters would then write they didnt have the time to read all that material. So I stopped posting the links. Now I am being told that I have to post the supporting material that no one will read. You are welcome to go do the same hundred or two hundred hours of research that I have done. There are people on this and other catholic boards who believe you can boil down hundreds of hours of research into two paragraphs.

I have post facts, You are welcome to show my facts are wrong. In my research of issues such as poverty, health care, and other liberal concept, social justice progressives are ignorant of the facts.

If youre offended by the world “ignorant” and you are unwilling to understand the definition of that word as posted. There is nothing I can do for you. You need to flag my post and it will be removed. Heck I had a post removed because I wrote that no one is smart enough to run my life but me.

I have said in the past, I’ll run my life my way. When I dead I would bet that by any measure you can take, I will have done a better job than 99.9999999999999% of most people and running my life…

BTW, almost 100% of the post on this and other catholic boards are people opinions. Even mine with all my facts.

 

[EndTimes]

I virtually always post supportive arguments along w/source docs when necessary.

For without doing so… if one doesn’t do so - their Say-So becomes meaningless.

 

[phil3]

I dont anymore. I have explained why. I am finished with explaining it over and over. if you dont like my post mute me.

 

[EndTimes]

I dont anymore. I have explained why. I am finished with explaining it over and over. if you dont like my post mute me.

I wouldn’t mute you… I’m simply stating the obvious - which applies during Discussion.

I virtually always post supportive arguments along w/source docs when necessary.

For without doing so… if one doesn’t do so - their Say-So becomes meaningless.