QA:我们的(美国)政府是故意让我们中的一部分人无家可归吗?（一）
正文翻译
Was our government intentionally designed to keep a certain portion of us homeless? (USA)
我们的政府是故意让我们中的一部分人无家可归吗?(美国)
Was our government intentionally designed to keep a certain portion of us homeless? (USA)
我们的政府是故意让我们中的一部分人无家可归吗?(美国)
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Sally Hughes
Why do people become homeless in the first place?
Interesting take on homelessness. I’ve worked my entire life and have never been a reckless spender. To the contrary, I was extremely responsible with my earnings, took seasonal jobs and freelance gigs to supplement my income, and shunned “non-necessities” such as manicures, pedicures, movie theaters, Starbucks, etc. I also shopped at places like Ross and Good Will even though I was gainfully employed and bought cleaning products and office supplies etc. at Dollar Tree.
Because I was so prudent with money, I’d managed to save up what should’ve been at least 6 months worth of living expenses. Then I fell and broke my hip and was hospitalized for a week, during which time the one person who was in a position to help me (in that she had access to my money and apartment), hurt me instead. She mishandled everything - from not paying my rent (with my money as requested), to not contacting Medicare (knowing I'd miss their 3 day window to be covered for physical therapy), to endangering my 2 beloved cats (pictured below), and so much more.
All of her wrongdoings were not because she suddenly developed some mental defect or lack of judgement. To the contrary, she knew exactly what she was doing, yet only God knows why she did it.
为什么人们一开始就无家可归？
对无家可归者的有趣看法。我工作了一辈子，从来都不是一个鲁莽花钱的人。相反，我对自己的收入非常负责，做季节性工作和自由职业来补充收入，避开美甲、修脚、电影院、星巴克等“非必需品”方面的支出。尽管我有收入，但我也会在 Ross （断码折扣店）和 Good Will（连锁二手店）等地购物，并在Dollar Tree（销售壹美元商品的各种打折连锁店,）购买清洁用品和办公用品等。
因为我对钱非常谨慎，我设法存下了至少应该够六个月的生活费。然后我摔倒了，摔断了臀部，住院一周，在这段时间里，一个能够帮助我的人（因为她可以使用我的钱和公寓）反而伤害了我。她把一切都处理得很糟糕——从没有支付我的房租(按要求用我的钱)，到没有联系医疗保险(知道我会错过他们三天的物理治疗时间)，到危及我心爱的两只猫等等。
她所有的错误行为并不是因为她突然出现了某种智力缺陷或缺乏判断力。相反，她很清楚自己在做什么，但只有上帝知道她为什么这么做。
Why do people become homeless in the first place?
Interesting take on homelessness. I’ve worked my entire life and have never been a reckless spender. To the contrary, I was extremely responsible with my earnings, took seasonal jobs and freelance gigs to supplement my income, and shunned “non-necessities” such as manicures, pedicures, movie theaters, Starbucks, etc. I also shopped at places like Ross and Good Will even though I was gainfully employed and bought cleaning products and office supplies etc. at Dollar Tree.
Because I was so prudent with money, I’d managed to save up what should’ve been at least 6 months worth of living expenses. Then I fell and broke my hip and was hospitalized for a week, during which time the one person who was in a position to help me (in that she had access to my money and apartment), hurt me instead. She mishandled everything - from not paying my rent (with my money as requested), to not contacting Medicare (knowing I'd miss their 3 day window to be covered for physical therapy), to endangering my 2 beloved cats (pictured below), and so much more.
All of her wrongdoings were not because she suddenly developed some mental defect or lack of judgement. To the contrary, she knew exactly what she was doing, yet only God knows why she did it.
为什么人们一开始就无家可归？
对无家可归者的有趣看法。我工作了一辈子，从来都不是一个鲁莽花钱的人。相反，我对自己的收入非常负责，做季节性工作和自由职业来补充收入，避开美甲、修脚、电影院、星巴克等“非必需品”方面的支出。尽管我有收入，但我也会在 Ross （断码折扣店）和 Good Will（连锁二手店）等地购物，并在Dollar Tree（销售壹美元商品的各种打折连锁店,）购买清洁用品和办公用品等。
因为我对钱非常谨慎，我设法存下了至少应该够六个月的生活费。然后我摔倒了，摔断了臀部，住院一周，在这段时间里，一个能够帮助我的人（因为她可以使用我的钱和公寓）反而伤害了我。她把一切都处理得很糟糕——从没有支付我的房租(按要求用我的钱)，到没有联系医疗保险(知道我会错过他们三天的物理治疗时间)，到危及我心爱的两只猫等等。
她所有的错误行为并不是因为她突然出现了某种智力缺陷或缺乏判断力。相反，她很清楚自己在做什么，但只有上帝知道她为什么这么做。
As I write this, I’m grateful to be alive after 6 months of homelessness. I’m also grateful to finally be able to walk unassisted - most of the time - and that God gave me the grace to forgive the person who did everything possible to ruin my life while I lay helpless in a hospital.
On July 25, 2018, it will be exactly 6 months since all this happened. Have never quit job hunting and even did so at the public library when I was in a wheelchair for that 1st month. I’ve also never given up hope that I’ll be reunited with my 2 cats who are thankfully safe in a loving foster home - thanks to the rescue from which I adopted them in 2007 (and microchip technology).
Guess you could say I’m homeless but still hopeful.
I also hope my answer enlightens people and debunks a bunch of homeless myths. One homeless lady I know is 69 year old Vanderbilt PHD whose adult children betrayed her while she was in the hospital recovering from a mild stroke. Another woman fled Michigan with her 2 teenage daughters after her husband tried to shoot them and burn down their house. Neither woman abuses drugs yet both are physically handicapped and being perpetually dehumanized - not by their situation - but by society at large.
Thank you for reading this. I’d also greatly appreciate it if somebody somewhere would hire me before it’s too late.
在我写这篇文章的时候，在过了6个月无家可归的日子后还活着，对此我很感激。我也很感激，我在大多数情况下终于能够在无人帮助的情况下独立行走，上帝赐予我恩典，让我原谅那个在我无助地躺在医院时尽一切可能毁掉我生活的人。
2018年7月25日，距离这一切发生整整6个月。我从未放弃过找工作，甚至在坐在轮椅上的第一个月时候，我就在公共图书馆找工作了。我也从未放弃过与我的两只猫团聚的希望，谢天谢地，它们平安的去到一个充满爱的寄养家庭里——多亏了2007年我收养并救援它们(还有微芯片技术)。
我猜你可以说我无家可归，但仍然充满希望。
我也希望我的回答能启发人们，揭穿一堆关于无家可归者的错误的观点。我认识的一位无家可归的女士是69岁的范德比尔特大学博士，她的成年子女在她从轻度中风中康复期间背叛了她。另一名妇女带着两个十几岁的女儿逃离密歇根州，因为她的丈夫试图枪杀她们并烧毁她们的房子。两位女性都没有滥用毒品，但她们都有身体残疾，而且被永恒的剥夺了人性——不是因为她们的处境，而是因为整个社会。
谢谢你读这篇文章。如果有人能在为时已晚之前雇用我，我会非常感激。
On July 25, 2018, it will be exactly 6 months since all this happened. Have never quit job hunting and even did so at the public library when I was in a wheelchair for that 1st month. I’ve also never given up hope that I’ll be reunited with my 2 cats who are thankfully safe in a loving foster home - thanks to the rescue from which I adopted them in 2007 (and microchip technology).
Guess you could say I’m homeless but still hopeful.
I also hope my answer enlightens people and debunks a bunch of homeless myths. One homeless lady I know is 69 year old Vanderbilt PHD whose adult children betrayed her while she was in the hospital recovering from a mild stroke. Another woman fled Michigan with her 2 teenage daughters after her husband tried to shoot them and burn down their house. Neither woman abuses drugs yet both are physically handicapped and being perpetually dehumanized - not by their situation - but by society at large.
Thank you for reading this. I’d also greatly appreciate it if somebody somewhere would hire me before it’s too late.
在我写这篇文章的时候，在过了6个月无家可归的日子后还活着，对此我很感激。我也很感激，我在大多数情况下终于能够在无人帮助的情况下独立行走，上帝赐予我恩典，让我原谅那个在我无助地躺在医院时尽一切可能毁掉我生活的人。
2018年7月25日，距离这一切发生整整6个月。我从未放弃过找工作，甚至在坐在轮椅上的第一个月时候，我就在公共图书馆找工作了。我也从未放弃过与我的两只猫团聚的希望，谢天谢地，它们平安的去到一个充满爱的寄养家庭里——多亏了2007年我收养并救援它们(还有微芯片技术)。
我猜你可以说我无家可归，但仍然充满希望。
我也希望我的回答能启发人们，揭穿一堆关于无家可归者的错误的观点。我认识的一位无家可归的女士是69岁的范德比尔特大学博士，她的成年子女在她从轻度中风中康复期间背叛了她。另一名妇女带着两个十几岁的女儿逃离密歇根州，因为她的丈夫试图枪杀她们并烧毁她们的房子。两位女性都没有滥用毒品，但她们都有身体残疾，而且被永恒的剥夺了人性——不是因为她们的处境，而是因为整个社会。
谢谢你读这篇文章。如果有人能在为时已晚之前雇用我，我会非常感激。
Jerry Kitich
Homelessness does not preserve resources, rather it disproportionately consumes them. The amount of government funds that are spent on homeless shelters for example would be enough to place every homeless person in a motel room for the night. The funds spent on social workers, police resources, paramedic response, hospitalization and so on are higher than for an average person. An average person may require a paramedic or hospital treatment or require police assistance no more than a couple of times per year, if at all. A homeless person will likely require such treatment or police assistance several times a month; given their higher rates of being assaulted, exposure to the elements and so on. They also require longer hospital stays as it is one thing to be treated to be released back home, quite another to be healthy enough to be back on the streets. The homeless are also more likely to be buried at state expense. The homeless generally do not contribute much in terms of paying taxes but they do require more per capita in government funded resources.
I don't believe any right thinking person would begrudge the homeless any of these services, but to suggest that these services somehow save the government money, is not valid in my opinion.
无家可归并不能保存资源，反而会过度消耗资源。例如，用于无家可归者收容所的政府资金足以让每个无家可归者在汽车旅馆过夜。用于社会工作者、警察资源、护理人员反应、住院治疗等方面的资金高于普通人。一般人每年需要护理人员或住院治疗或需要警察协助的次数可能不超过几次，如果需要的话。无家可归的人可能每月数次需要这种治疗或警察援助，这是考虑到他们被袭击、暴露在恶劣环境中的比率更高。他们还需要更长的住院时间，因为接受治疗回家是一回事，健康到可以回到街上是另一回事。无家可归者也更有可能由国家出资安葬。无家可归者通常在纳税方面贡献不大，但他们确实需要更多的人均政府资助方面的资源。
我不相信任何一个思维正常的人会嫉妒无家可归者的任何这些服务，但在我看来，认为这些服务在某种程度上节省了政府的钱的说法是站不住脚的。
原创翻译：龙腾网 https://www.ltaaa.cn 转载请注明出处
Homelessness does not preserve resources, rather it disproportionately consumes them. The amount of government funds that are spent on homeless shelters for example would be enough to place every homeless person in a motel room for the night. The funds spent on social workers, police resources, paramedic response, hospitalization and so on are higher than for an average person. An average person may require a paramedic or hospital treatment or require police assistance no more than a couple of times per year, if at all. A homeless person will likely require such treatment or police assistance several times a month; given their higher rates of being assaulted, exposure to the elements and so on. They also require longer hospital stays as it is one thing to be treated to be released back home, quite another to be healthy enough to be back on the streets. The homeless are also more likely to be buried at state expense. The homeless generally do not contribute much in terms of paying taxes but they do require more per capita in government funded resources.
I don't believe any right thinking person would begrudge the homeless any of these services, but to suggest that these services somehow save the government money, is not valid in my opinion.
无家可归并不能保存资源，反而会过度消耗资源。例如，用于无家可归者收容所的政府资金足以让每个无家可归者在汽车旅馆过夜。用于社会工作者、警察资源、护理人员反应、住院治疗等方面的资金高于普通人。一般人每年需要护理人员或住院治疗或需要警察协助的次数可能不超过几次，如果需要的话。无家可归的人可能每月数次需要这种治疗或警察援助，这是考虑到他们被袭击、暴露在恶劣环境中的比率更高。他们还需要更长的住院时间，因为接受治疗回家是一回事，健康到可以回到街上是另一回事。无家可归者也更有可能由国家出资安葬。无家可归者通常在纳税方面贡献不大，但他们确实需要更多的人均政府资助方面的资源。
我不相信任何一个思维正常的人会嫉妒无家可归者的任何这些服务，但在我看来，认为这些服务在某种程度上节省了政府的钱的说法是站不住脚的。
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Jamie Dawn
Why are there so many homeless people on the streets?
As someone who has been there I can tell you it isn’t always or mainly mental health or addiction. Many of the addicts become so on the streets drinking to keep warm, whether alcohol actually does this is questionable. However, many believe it to be true because alcohol does give you a sensation of warmth even though it may actually do the opposite, this is a big reaon for drinking. Not the only reason, just one that can get many hooked on it in an attempt to stay warm in the winter. Drugs and alcohol offer an amount of escape from a terrible situation. Try being homeless and see if your mental health isn’t affected.
Most of the people I met, like myself, simply suffered from LIFE HAPPENED! Some were laid off and lost housing before finding another job. Some were veterns disabled in some way who could no longer afford housing. Some were domestic violence victims that dared to get away from abuse only to end up homeless.
MOST of those people had jobs, most even had very good jobs and homes before LIFE HAPPENED.
为什么街上有那么多无家可归的人？
作为一个经历过的人，我可以告诉你，这并不总是或主要是心理健康问题或成瘾性行为导致。许多瘾君子在街上喝酒取暖，酒精是否真的能做到这一点值得怀疑。然而，许多人相信这是真的，因为酒精确实会给你一种温暖的感觉——尽管它实际上可能会起到相反的作用，但这是喝酒的一个重要原因。这并不是唯一的原因，只是一个让许多人在冬天为了保暖而迷上它的原因。毒品和酒精能在一定程度上帮助我们逃离可怕的处境。试试无家可归，看看你的心理健康是否会受到影响。
我遇到的大多数人，就像我自己一样，只是因为生活发生了而受苦！有些人在找到另一份工作之前就被解雇了，失去了住房。有些人是伤残的退伍军人，他们再也买不起房子了。有些人是家庭暴力的受害者，他们敢于摆脱虐待，结果却无家可归。
这些人中的大多数人都有工作，大多数人甚至在生活发生变迁之前就有了很好的工作和房子。
Why are there so many homeless people on the streets?
As someone who has been there I can tell you it isn’t always or mainly mental health or addiction. Many of the addicts become so on the streets drinking to keep warm, whether alcohol actually does this is questionable. However, many believe it to be true because alcohol does give you a sensation of warmth even though it may actually do the opposite, this is a big reaon for drinking. Not the only reason, just one that can get many hooked on it in an attempt to stay warm in the winter. Drugs and alcohol offer an amount of escape from a terrible situation. Try being homeless and see if your mental health isn’t affected.
Most of the people I met, like myself, simply suffered from LIFE HAPPENED! Some were laid off and lost housing before finding another job. Some were veterns disabled in some way who could no longer afford housing. Some were domestic violence victims that dared to get away from abuse only to end up homeless.
MOST of those people had jobs, most even had very good jobs and homes before LIFE HAPPENED.
为什么街上有那么多无家可归的人？
作为一个经历过的人，我可以告诉你，这并不总是或主要是心理健康问题或成瘾性行为导致。许多瘾君子在街上喝酒取暖，酒精是否真的能做到这一点值得怀疑。然而，许多人相信这是真的，因为酒精确实会给你一种温暖的感觉——尽管它实际上可能会起到相反的作用，但这是喝酒的一个重要原因。这并不是唯一的原因，只是一个让许多人在冬天为了保暖而迷上它的原因。毒品和酒精能在一定程度上帮助我们逃离可怕的处境。试试无家可归，看看你的心理健康是否会受到影响。
我遇到的大多数人，就像我自己一样，只是因为生活发生了而受苦！有些人在找到另一份工作之前就被解雇了，失去了住房。有些人是伤残的退伍军人，他们再也买不起房子了。有些人是家庭暴力的受害者，他们敢于摆脱虐待，结果却无家可归。
这些人中的大多数人都有工作，大多数人甚至在生活发生变迁之前就有了很好的工作和房子。
Some were blessed to at least have a car they could live in.
Many programs, supposedly there to help the homeless, are very strict. Where I was at you had to be homeless 3 months. Completely homeless…meaning if you found someone willing to let you sleep on couch for a few days you were taken off the list. You have to figure out how to make it 3 months PLUS the wait-list time. You can’t find a temporary arrangement to rent a bed till your name comes up.
The BIGGEST reasons have to do ith LAY OFFS, DISABILITY and NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
And if LIFE HAPPENS to you, you quickly find out you just became the abolute scum of the earth, lazy, mental, addicts and leeches. Who not only deserve to be homeless but want to be.
有些人很幸运，至少有一辆车可以住。
许多本应帮助无家可归者的项目都非常严格。在我所在的地方，你必须无家可归3个月。完全无家可归，意思是如果你发现有人愿意让你在沙发上睡几天，你就被从名单上除名了。你得想办法把它撑到三个月加上等待名单的时间。在你的名字出现之前，你不能去租临时床位。
最大的原因与失业、残疾和无法负担得起的住房有关。
如果你生活发生变迁，你很快就会发现你变成了地球上绝对的人渣，懒惰，精神错乱，瘾君子和水蛭，他们不仅应该无家可归，而且想成为无家可归的人。
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Many programs, supposedly there to help the homeless, are very strict. Where I was at you had to be homeless 3 months. Completely homeless…meaning if you found someone willing to let you sleep on couch for a few days you were taken off the list. You have to figure out how to make it 3 months PLUS the wait-list time. You can’t find a temporary arrangement to rent a bed till your name comes up.
The BIGGEST reasons have to do ith LAY OFFS, DISABILITY and NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
And if LIFE HAPPENS to you, you quickly find out you just became the abolute scum of the earth, lazy, mental, addicts and leeches. Who not only deserve to be homeless but want to be.
有些人很幸运，至少有一辆车可以住。
许多本应帮助无家可归者的项目都非常严格。在我所在的地方，你必须无家可归3个月。完全无家可归，意思是如果你发现有人愿意让你在沙发上睡几天，你就被从名单上除名了。你得想办法把它撑到三个月加上等待名单的时间。在你的名字出现之前，你不能去租临时床位。
最大的原因与失业、残疾和无法负担得起的住房有关。
如果你生活发生变迁，你很快就会发现你变成了地球上绝对的人渣，懒惰，精神错乱，瘾君子和水蛭，他们不仅应该无家可归，而且想成为无家可归的人。
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Michael Fitzjohn
What is a good reason for being homeless?
One good reason for being homeless is to spend your hours day and night helping the 12,000+ homeless in my area day and night, one person at a time.
I spent too much time recently working on options to spend the winter indoors.
A room or a bed does nothing to accomplish my goals.
I’m told I have an illness that will kill me. I’m weary talking about it.
I can let people sleep in my van. I can hold the homeless, encourage them and find options for them to better their life conditions.
无家可归的充分的理由是什么？
无家可归的一个很充分的理由是，你要夜以继日地帮助我所在地区的12000多名无家可归者，一次一个人。
我最近花了太多时间考虑在室内过冬的选择。
一个房间或一张床对实现我的目标毫无帮助。
有人告诉我，我得了一种病，会要了我的命，我不想再谈它了。
我可以让人们睡在我的面包车里。我可以帮助无家可归的人，鼓励他们，为他们找到改善生活条件的选择。、
What is a good reason for being homeless?
One good reason for being homeless is to spend your hours day and night helping the 12,000+ homeless in my area day and night, one person at a time.
I spent too much time recently working on options to spend the winter indoors.
A room or a bed does nothing to accomplish my goals.
I’m told I have an illness that will kill me. I’m weary talking about it.
I can let people sleep in my van. I can hold the homeless, encourage them and find options for them to better their life conditions.
无家可归的充分的理由是什么？
无家可归的一个很充分的理由是，你要夜以继日地帮助我所在地区的12000多名无家可归者，一次一个人。
我最近花了太多时间考虑在室内过冬的选择。
一个房间或一张床对实现我的目标毫无帮助。
有人告诉我，我得了一种病，会要了我的命，我不想再谈它了。
我可以让人们睡在我的面包车里。我可以帮助无家可归的人，鼓励他们，为他们找到改善生活条件的选择。、
No one is immortal. We have a brief time on this Earth.
I may have fewer months to live than others so I must live every moment.
I plan to serve those in need.
I’m a flawed normal man. I understand solving the homeless crisis will take will take more people and companies than me.
I deal with reality as it is, not what I wish it would be.
There is so much need here and too few people to help.
Until there is no homeless problem here, I’ll do what I can to help one person at a time.
没有人是不朽的，我们在地球上的时间很短。
我能活的时间可能比别人少，所以我必须珍惜每一刻。
我计划为那些需要帮助的人服务。
我是一个有缺陷的普通人。我知道解决无家可归者的危机需要更多的人和公司，而不是我。
我面对的是现实，而不是我所希望的现实。
这里要的需求太多，而能提供帮助的人太少。
在这里没有无家可归的问题之前，我将尽我所能一次帮助一个人。
I may have fewer months to live than others so I must live every moment.
I plan to serve those in need.
I’m a flawed normal man. I understand solving the homeless crisis will take will take more people and companies than me.
I deal with reality as it is, not what I wish it would be.
There is so much need here and too few people to help.
Until there is no homeless problem here, I’ll do what I can to help one person at a time.
没有人是不朽的，我们在地球上的时间很短。
我能活的时间可能比别人少，所以我必须珍惜每一刻。
我计划为那些需要帮助的人服务。
我是一个有缺陷的普通人。我知道解决无家可归者的危机需要更多的人和公司，而不是我。
我面对的是现实，而不是我所希望的现实。
这里要的需求太多，而能提供帮助的人太少。
在这里没有无家可归的问题之前，我将尽我所能一次帮助一个人。
Ian Williams
Why can't the US Government fix homelessness?
They can.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal government posted a $160 billion budget surplus in April, according to data released on Friday by the Treasury Department.
I answered another question with a thought experiment about how much it would cost to house the current homeless population at the time. It came to about $23b. This included housing, jobs and all the infrastructure.
There is no money to be made in solving homelessness, so the administration don't care.
But that was just the current population. People are made homeless every minute of every day for many, many different reasons. To solve homelessness you would need to solve each and every reason, eliminate the problems.
为什么美国政府不能解决无家可归的问题？
他们可以的。
华盛顿（路透社）-根据财政部周五发布的数据，美国联邦政府4月份公布了1600亿美元的预算盈余。
我用一个思想实验回答了另一个问题，那就是为目前无家可归的人提供住所需要多少钱。最终达到230亿美元左右。这包括住房、就业和所有基础设施。
解决无家可归问题没有钱可赚，所以政府不关心这个问题。
但这只是目前的人口数量。每天每时每刻都有人因为各种各样的原因而变得无家可归。要解决无家可归问题，你需要解决每一个原因，消除问题。
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Why can't the US Government fix homelessness?
They can.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal government posted a $160 billion budget surplus in April, according to data released on Friday by the Treasury Department.
I answered another question with a thought experiment about how much it would cost to house the current homeless population at the time. It came to about $23b. This included housing, jobs and all the infrastructure.
There is no money to be made in solving homelessness, so the administration don't care.
But that was just the current population. People are made homeless every minute of every day for many, many different reasons. To solve homelessness you would need to solve each and every reason, eliminate the problems.
为什么美国政府不能解决无家可归的问题？
他们可以的。
华盛顿（路透社）-根据财政部周五发布的数据，美国联邦政府4月份公布了1600亿美元的预算盈余。
我用一个思想实验回答了另一个问题，那就是为目前无家可归的人提供住所需要多少钱。最终达到230亿美元左右。这包括住房、就业和所有基础设施。
解决无家可归问题没有钱可赚，所以政府不关心这个问题。
但这只是目前的人口数量。每天每时每刻都有人因为各种各样的原因而变得无家可归。要解决无家可归问题，你需要解决每一个原因，消除问题。
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You need to provide secure housing for everyone at affordable prices. I don't mean affordable for you and me, I mean affordable for people on the lowest form of welfare, or minimum wage - whichever is less. And affordable also doesn't mean you have enough money to pay for it, it means you have enough to pay for it and still have enough to buy food and other essentials, pay essential bills etc.
You need to change minimum wage legislation to pay a living wage.
You need to introduce universal healthcare and get rid of the insurance companies. People shouldn't lose their home because they get cancer.
In short, you need to change everything. If you don't, people will still find themselves on the streets. Making all these changes will cost more than the US has to spend. As much as I want this to happen, homelessness will not be eradicated within my lifetime.
你需要以可承受的价格为每个人提供安全的住房。我并不是说你我都负担得起，我是说那些靠最低福利或最低工资过活的人都负担得起——以较低者为准。负担得起也不意味着你有足够的钱来支付，这意味着你有足够的钱去支付外，仍然有足够的资金来购买食物和其他必需品，能支付基本账单等。
你需要修改最低工资立法来支付生活工资。
你需要引进全民医保，摆脱保险公司。人们不应该因为得了癌症而失去家园。
简而言之，你需要改变一切。如果你不这样做，人们仍然会发现自己流落街头。做出所有这些改变的成本将超过美国的支出。尽管我非常希望这种情况发生，但在我有生之年，无家可归的现象是不会被根除的。
You need to change minimum wage legislation to pay a living wage.
You need to introduce universal healthcare and get rid of the insurance companies. People shouldn't lose their home because they get cancer.
In short, you need to change everything. If you don't, people will still find themselves on the streets. Making all these changes will cost more than the US has to spend. As much as I want this to happen, homelessness will not be eradicated within my lifetime.
你需要以可承受的价格为每个人提供安全的住房。我并不是说你我都负担得起，我是说那些靠最低福利或最低工资过活的人都负担得起——以较低者为准。负担得起也不意味着你有足够的钱来支付，这意味着你有足够的钱去支付外，仍然有足够的资金来购买食物和其他必需品，能支付基本账单等。
你需要修改最低工资立法来支付生活工资。
你需要引进全民医保，摆脱保险公司。人们不应该因为得了癌症而失去家园。
简而言之，你需要改变一切。如果你不这样做，人们仍然会发现自己流落街头。做出所有这些改变的成本将超过美国的支出。尽管我非常希望这种情况发生，但在我有生之年，无家可归的现象是不会被根除的。
Hera Gerber
How did homeless US military veterans end up homeless and what could have been done to help prevent it?
I want to say up front that I’m sure there are a lot of reasons out there, I’d welcome anyone who has more information on this issue.
So, here’s what I know.
The military prepares its people for careers in the civilian world. They’re really good at that, actually. I now work with fellow students at my university, and those with military experience are always able to accelerate ahead of their cohort. By and large, the military does a damn good job of giving its soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen the skills they need to do well in the civilian world.
Most members of the military don’t end up with the traumatic injuries (physical or mental) that my clients had. Why do some come home whole, and others shatter? I have no idea.
Every single veteran I worked with suffered from serious mental illness, or from a TBI (traumatic brain injury) which presented in very similar ways to a mental illness but didn’t respond to medications the same way. If they could get medications regularly, which many of them couldn’t or chose not to.
They all suffered from drug addiction or alcoholism, or both. Usually both.
They had access to VA benefits. Their social workers would take them to the VA hospital unless it was an emergency, and they received good care there.
无家可归的美国退伍军人是如何无家可归的?我们本可以做些什么来防止这种情况的发生?
但我想说是说，我相信会有很多原因，我欢迎任何在这个问题上有更多信息的人来提供信息。
所以，以下是我所知道的。
军队为军人在平民世界的职业生涯做准备。事实上，他们很擅长这个。我现在和大学里的同学一起工作，那些有军事经验的人总是能够领先于他们的同龄人。总的来说，军队在为士兵、水手、海军陆战队员和飞行员提供他们在平民世界中所需要的技能方面做得非常好。
大多数军人不会像我的客户那样受到创伤性伤害(身体上或精神上的)。为什么有些人完好无损地回家，而有些人却受到极大打击?对此我没有头绪。
我接触过的每一位退伍军人都患有严重的精神疾病，或者患有TBI(创伤性脑损伤)，它们的表现方式与精神疾病非常相似，但对药物的反应却不同。他们是否能定期服用药物，实际上他们中的许多人做不到这点或选择不定期服用药物。
他们要么吸毒，要么酗酒，要么两者兼而有之，通常这两者皆有。
他们可以享受退伍军人福利。他们的社会工作者会把他们送到退伍军人医院，除非是紧急情况，他们在那里得到了很好的照顾。
How did homeless US military veterans end up homeless and what could have been done to help prevent it?
I want to say up front that I’m sure there are a lot of reasons out there, I’d welcome anyone who has more information on this issue.
So, here’s what I know.
The military prepares its people for careers in the civilian world. They’re really good at that, actually. I now work with fellow students at my university, and those with military experience are always able to accelerate ahead of their cohort. By and large, the military does a damn good job of giving its soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen the skills they need to do well in the civilian world.
Most members of the military don’t end up with the traumatic injuries (physical or mental) that my clients had. Why do some come home whole, and others shatter? I have no idea.
Every single veteran I worked with suffered from serious mental illness, or from a TBI (traumatic brain injury) which presented in very similar ways to a mental illness but didn’t respond to medications the same way. If they could get medications regularly, which many of them couldn’t or chose not to.
They all suffered from drug addiction or alcoholism, or both. Usually both.
They had access to VA benefits. Their social workers would take them to the VA hospital unless it was an emergency, and they received good care there.
无家可归的美国退伍军人是如何无家可归的?我们本可以做些什么来防止这种情况的发生?
但我想说是说，我相信会有很多原因，我欢迎任何在这个问题上有更多信息的人来提供信息。
所以，以下是我所知道的。
军队为军人在平民世界的职业生涯做准备。事实上，他们很擅长这个。我现在和大学里的同学一起工作，那些有军事经验的人总是能够领先于他们的同龄人。总的来说，军队在为士兵、水手、海军陆战队员和飞行员提供他们在平民世界中所需要的技能方面做得非常好。
大多数军人不会像我的客户那样受到创伤性伤害(身体上或精神上的)。为什么有些人完好无损地回家，而有些人却受到极大打击?对此我没有头绪。
我接触过的每一位退伍军人都患有严重的精神疾病，或者患有TBI(创伤性脑损伤)，它们的表现方式与精神疾病非常相似，但对药物的反应却不同。他们是否能定期服用药物，实际上他们中的许多人做不到这点或选择不定期服用药物。
他们要么吸毒，要么酗酒，要么两者兼而有之，通常这两者皆有。
他们可以享受退伍军人福利。他们的社会工作者会把他们送到退伍军人医院，除非是紧急情况，他们在那里得到了很好的照顾。
But you can’t fix a TBI. And you can’t make someone stop using drugs or alcohol to drowned out the things they experienced. And hospitals don’t check up once they release you; at that point you’re on your own or back under what attention your social worker can give you.
I had one client, we’ll call him John Doe, who was a Vietnam veteran. (All of my clients were either veterans of Vietnam or the Korean War, or in one case, both.) He had a TBI. Like I said, it manifested very much like a mental illness. He rarely knew where he was, or who was with him. I saw him lucid only twice and he still wasn’t fully “there”. He constantly smelled of urine, fresh and days or weeks old, because he was incontinent. He sometimes yelled at people who weren’t there, reacted to things that weren’t happening. Not always, but enough that no one really tried to engage him except staff. He self-medicated with drugs and alcohol, which only made the problem worse.
但你无法治愈创伤性脑损伤。你不能让一个人停止使用毒品或酒精来淹没他们所经历的事情。医院在让你出院后是不会检查的;在这一点上，你要么靠自己，要么依靠社工的关注。
我有一个客户，我们叫他无名氏，他是越战老兵。（我所有接触到的人要么是越南战争的老兵，要么是朝鲜战争的老兵，或者参加一次，要么是两次都有参加。）他得了脑外伤。就像我说的，它表现得很像一种精神疾病。他几乎不知道自己身在何处，也不知道谁和他在一起。我只见他清醒了两次，但他仍然没有完全“清醒”。由于大小便失禁，他经常闻到尿味：新鲜的、几天前或几周前的。他有时会对不在场的人大喊大叫，对没有发生的事情做出反应。不总是这样，但已经足够了，除了员工之外，没有人真的想聘请他。他用药物和酒精自我治疗，这只会使问题变得更糟。
I had one client, we’ll call him John Doe, who was a Vietnam veteran. (All of my clients were either veterans of Vietnam or the Korean War, or in one case, both.) He had a TBI. Like I said, it manifested very much like a mental illness. He rarely knew where he was, or who was with him. I saw him lucid only twice and he still wasn’t fully “there”. He constantly smelled of urine, fresh and days or weeks old, because he was incontinent. He sometimes yelled at people who weren’t there, reacted to things that weren’t happening. Not always, but enough that no one really tried to engage him except staff. He self-medicated with drugs and alcohol, which only made the problem worse.
但你无法治愈创伤性脑损伤。你不能让一个人停止使用毒品或酒精来淹没他们所经历的事情。医院在让你出院后是不会检查的;在这一点上，你要么靠自己，要么依靠社工的关注。
我有一个客户，我们叫他无名氏，他是越战老兵。（我所有接触到的人要么是越南战争的老兵，要么是朝鲜战争的老兵，或者参加一次，要么是两次都有参加。）他得了脑外伤。就像我说的，它表现得很像一种精神疾病。他几乎不知道自己身在何处，也不知道谁和他在一起。我只见他清醒了两次，但他仍然没有完全“清醒”。由于大小便失禁，他经常闻到尿味：新鲜的、几天前或几周前的。他有时会对不在场的人大喊大叫，对没有发生的事情做出反应。不总是这样，但已经足够了，除了员工之外，没有人真的想聘请他。他用药物和酒精自我治疗，这只会使问题变得更糟。
I don’t know what skills he learned in the military, but they did him no good once part of his brain was destroyed. And all the saluting-the-flag and patriotic ribbons do him no good because he’s never, ever going to be able to hold down a job. His benefits are meager but they could keep him in an apartment in the extremely low-income part of town. But he can’t function well enough to pay bills, or buy food, or shower. So he ended up with us, in the part of the shelter that deals with the chronically homeless.
He’s an extreme case, but the other stories aren’t far off.
The only thing I can think of that would really help is better funding to the VA, and better funding to shelters like the one I was at, for those like John Doe who won’t be able to survive alone.
EDIT: OH. And you know what will really help? Every time some representative who parades around claiming they care about our troops, and then slashes funding to mental health and homeless resources
我不知道他在军队里学到了什么技能，但一旦他的大脑被摧毁，这些技能对他没有任何好处。所有向国旗和爱国丝带致敬的行为对他没有好处，因为他永远都无法保住一份工作。他的福利很微薄，但这些福利可以让他住在城里极低收入地区的公寓里。但他不能依靠正常工作去支付账单、买食物或洗澡。所以他最终和我们在一起，在收容所应对长期无家可归者的部分工作。
他是一个极端的例子，但其它的故事也相差不远。
我唯一能想到的真正有帮助的是为退伍军人事务部提供更好的资金，为像我所在的收容所提供更好的资助，为那些像约翰·多伊这样无法独自生存的人提供资金。
编辑：哦，你知道什么才是真正有用的吗？每当一些代表四处游行，声称他们关心我们的军队，然后削减对心理健康和无家可归者资源的资助。
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He’s an extreme case, but the other stories aren’t far off.
The only thing I can think of that would really help is better funding to the VA, and better funding to shelters like the one I was at, for those like John Doe who won’t be able to survive alone.
EDIT: OH. And you know what will really help? Every time some representative who parades around claiming they care about our troops, and then slashes funding to mental health and homeless resources
我不知道他在军队里学到了什么技能，但一旦他的大脑被摧毁，这些技能对他没有任何好处。所有向国旗和爱国丝带致敬的行为对他没有好处，因为他永远都无法保住一份工作。他的福利很微薄，但这些福利可以让他住在城里极低收入地区的公寓里。但他不能依靠正常工作去支付账单、买食物或洗澡。所以他最终和我们在一起，在收容所应对长期无家可归者的部分工作。
他是一个极端的例子，但其它的故事也相差不远。
我唯一能想到的真正有帮助的是为退伍军人事务部提供更好的资金，为像我所在的收容所提供更好的资助，为那些像约翰·多伊这样无法独自生存的人提供资金。
编辑：哦，你知道什么才是真正有用的吗？每当一些代表四处游行，声称他们关心我们的军队，然后削减对心理健康和无家可归者资源的资助。
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