At the Jefferson Street shelter, migrants were left to face the deluge while carrying what possessions they could, before the city eventually reversed course.

At the Jefferson Street shelter, migrants were left to face the deluge while carrying what possessions they could, before the city eventually reversed course.

  • cozz33@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It is so easy to say this when you’re not the one dealing with it. Per the article it seems they had stayed at a shelter for 2 months and were told to leave for another shelter and that transportation would be planned out for them. We allowed them in and are providing them transportation. This is all being paid for by tax payer money. The world is not black and white and money doesn’t just appear out of thin air. This is a complex issue. At the end of the day they wanted to escape a bad area and we let them in. If this upsets you that much, why not offer to house a migrant family?

    • AlgeriaWorblebot@lemmy.nz
      1·
      1 year ago

      You've made a couple of assumptions about me. That I'm not dealing with it, that I'm not housing migrant families. I'm not one of the people running this shelter, sure. But for all you know I could be running a similar shelter elsewhere.

      Of course money doesn't appear out of thin air: it comes from the people, from the taxes we pay as subscription to a functioning society. I happily pay my taxes and would pay more: I vote for higher taxes and exensions to social policy so we can look after people like this. I advocate for social conscience that wasn't exhibited in the described action.