07-29-2010, 06:29 PM
Rob, I will honor your wishes to keep it Hawaiian.
For the record,
I posted the link, so people could get a real prospective of the housing crisis, we are enduring in our country. Some of these people have ended up here in Hawaii.
I work downtown, and I have meet, quite of few people, who have relocated here, because of our weather and have no employment lined up and they are just camping out. No harm done, yet!
Their way of thinking, is:
"If, I'm going to be homeless, I might as well live in Hawaii, so I don't freeze to death" in the coming winter.
My concern is, that while, we are away working to pay for their social programs, that they will adventually get, leaves us footing the bill and our homes and property, subject to burgalry, while we are away at work.
I think, there is a need for the State to donate land, so, that they can create a community tent city, gardens, kitchens,volunteer programs, so that their basic humane necessity, can be meet.
By doing this, they will at least be proactive, productive, while they are trying to recover. It would also place them in one location, so that they can be monitored.
When people have nothing else to lose, they loose it. When they do not have the basic humanitary needs meet, they do not care who is hurt, while they are trying to provide for themself and their families.
This way, they can at least, have a shower, before an interview and have a better chance, at landing a job and paying for the next person in line for social programs.
It is human nature, to want to have a sense of belonging, a need to feel needed and wanted, and a sense of purpose, to help society.
Good luck to all the newcomers, at landing a job, or creating a new business for the community.