Comment on Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court
Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 2 months agoGreat idea. But jails are expensive, you have guards and such you have to pay. Maybe a small house, like a tiny one. Where they can come and go, and maybe find a job and start paying taxes.
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
But if you put them in jail you can dehumanize them and legitimize their treatment, they are now criminals after all. You also can’t put them to work for slave wages without causing a social uproar.
Maeve@kbin.social 2 months ago
Heh. We need to starve the machine.