National (affordable) Housing Strategy

[captain morgan]

The way I see it, the rich have a responsibility towards the poor, but the poor do not have rights.

It might seem contradictory at first read, but there is a subtle difference. If the rich have a responsibility to help the poor, but the poor don't have rights, that means that the rich have the responsibility to help the poor to the degree that their resources will allow; but the poor will have to make do with those resources.

If the poor have the right to a minimum of resources, then the state must borrow to make up the difference, and that cannot be sustained over time. If the rich have obligations but the poor have no rights, then that forces the state to help the poor in the best manner possible with the resources at hand, which may require tough love policies on occasion.

With rights come responsibility... There's no 2 ways about it and it isn't dependent on income

 

[Mowich]

We have no homeless in Kapuskasing.....
We even import some from Attawapiskat every summer and house them...
Some have even decided to stay year round.....

One of the many advantages of living in the country is that homelessness is not a problem. We do have one fellow who lives in a hole in the ground though - I shit you not, he lives just up the road from my ex. Not your typical home but he's lived there for over 5 years now and continues to make improvements.

 

[Curious Cdn]

One of the many advantages of living in the country is that homelessness is not a problem. We do have one fellow who lives in a hole in the ground though - I shit you not, he lives just up the road from my ex. Not your typical home but he's lived there for over 5 years now and continues to make improvements.

You should call him "Bilbo".

 

[White_Unifier]

With rights come responsibility... There's no 2 ways about it and it isn't dependent on income

I agree that the poor must accept responsibility too. If my taxes are going to help the poor, I don't want that money going towards feeding their addictions. Some people complain that taxing addictive products and services hurts the poor. I'd say they help the poor through deterrence.