How To Be Homeless In Austin Persuasive Essay

Homelessness in Austin is on the rise. In fact, the homeless population in Austin has increased by 20% in the last year. That means more and more people you have to deal with asking you for money. Too often these people suffering from systemic poverty ask us for help and I say, enough. I’m tired of their excuses that they have families, mental health issues, or any other common and understandable reason for being homeless. They need to just stop using drugs, wear nicer clothes, or any of the other things we take for granted because of our money. Since they are too busy trying to afford food instead of nice clothes and a shower, I suggest we just move them out of the city. Yes, let us round up all the homeless people and move them into a warehouse where they cannot pester us for food or money. After all, if you can’t see a problem, then does it really exist? …show more content…
First, we need to raise the funds to construct the warehouse. This won’t be difficult because we will save an average $40,000 per homeless person that would’ve been spent on public services. This is actually a pretty low estimate considering it is really anywhere between $35,000 to $150,000 per person. We would no longer have to spend millions of tax-dollars modifying park benches or sidewalks. For example, in London, an apartment building installed metal spikes on the concrete in order to drive out homeless people. In another case, most cities have benches with an extra arm rest in the middle just to make sure homeless people don’t sleep on them! We would save on the cost of arresting and jailing people for panhandling in public spaces based on laws, in 47% of cities nationwide, that purposely made to target homeless people. That’s a lot of your money being spent on stuff that doesn’t actually deter homeless people, but gives anyone with a strong moral compass a reason to actually help