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  • You’re going to have to provide some source for it being illegal. Arguably, it was contentious in the 30s, but the first official ruling was 1970.

    It also seems like you don’t understand that it being banned 50 years ago is not the same as it being banned for 50 years.

    It was banned in 1970, but 3 years after, states pushed back.

    Alcohol was banned in 1920, and 13 years later, it was unbanned.

    You are coming across as very emotional about this, but you are showing how little you have researched. I don’t have time to bring you up to speed if you are only going to keep your fingers in your ears while you shut your eyes and scream how right you are.

    Have a good day.


















  • Building more isn’t going to solve the problem.

    Simply put, the homeless population is exponentially lower than the current number of vacant housing units (which, basically means landlords are almost exclusively the problem).

    From gigafact.org "vacancies have decreased, from about 19 million in the first quarter of 2011 to about 14.5 million in the last quarter of 2022.

    Homelessness has also decreased modestly from 623,788 in 2011."

    So, if each homeless person got their own house, even the kids who are part of a homeless family, there would still be nearly 14 million vacant housing units held by greedy landlords.

    Edit: Even looking at the overall numbers, there are about 142 million houses currently, and there are about 332 million people.

    See? Nearly double the people? We need more houses.

    Families. Families are anywhere from 2-5 people on average. So again, looking at the homeless population, which is listed as individuals, it would take less than 1/14th of the currently vacant housing units for no one to be homeless.