The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty, new AP-NORC/Harris poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support.
apnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
Addressing homelessness and poverty with the military is a huge step down the slippery slope.
August 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Addressing homelessness and poverty with the military is a huge step down the slippery slope.
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Everything from poverty to homelessness is a policy decision
Pentagon Comptroller Jay Hurst said the estimate increased “because of updated repair and replacement of equipment cost and also just general operational cost.”
Cost Of Iran War Has Increased $4 Billion, Pentagon Says—But Some Estimates Say It’s Closer To $200 Billion
Pentagon Comptroller Jay Hurst said the estimate increased “because of updated repair and replacement of equipment cost and also just general operational cost.”
www.forbes.com
May 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Everything from poverty to homelessness is a policy decision
Remember that poverty and homelessness is a political choice.
Labour releases fiscal strategy, promises to slash debt
Labour releases fiscal strategy, promises to slash debt
Labour has released their fiscal strategy for the election, promising to get back to surplus by 2029/30, slash debt and set up an independent Parliamentary Budget Office, if elected.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 23, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Remember that poverty and homelessness is a political choice.
NASA is not what is preventing the US from fighting poverty and homelessness. it's that the US government is fundamentally uninterested in fighting poverty and homelessness and *that* is what needs to change
April 4, 2026 at 7:50 PM
NASA is not what is preventing the US from fighting poverty and homelessness. it's that the US government is fundamentally uninterested in fighting poverty and homelessness and *that* is what needs to change
Blaming migrants achieves nothing
Demanding an end to profiteering by millionaire bosses could end poverty, hunger, homelessness with £billions to spare for our NHS, social care ...
"Every person working a 40 hour week should earn enough money for a decent life"
via The UK Against Hate
Demanding an end to profiteering by millionaire bosses could end poverty, hunger, homelessness with £billions to spare for our NHS, social care ...
"Every person working a 40 hour week should earn enough money for a decent life"
via The UK Against Hate
September 25, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Blaming migrants achieves nothing
Demanding an end to profiteering by millionaire bosses could end poverty, hunger, homelessness with £billions to spare for our NHS, social care ...
"Every person working a 40 hour week should earn enough money for a decent life"
via The UK Against Hate
Demanding an end to profiteering by millionaire bosses could end poverty, hunger, homelessness with £billions to spare for our NHS, social care ...
"Every person working a 40 hour week should earn enough money for a decent life"
via The UK Against Hate
Poverty isn't a crime.
We must address the root causes of homelessness and provide affordable, accessible housing.
We must address the root causes of homelessness and provide affordable, accessible housing.
Newsom Asks Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Poverty isn't a crime.
We must address the root causes of homelessness and provide affordable, accessible housing.
We must address the root causes of homelessness and provide affordable, accessible housing.
That this country has 100 billionaires and still has appalling levels of poverty, homelessness, and medical bankruptcy is just appalling.
This brief summary of yesterday’s letter is really good.
(1/5)
📝 Today’s Letter from an American reminds us: democracy isn’t lost in a grand coup. It’s bartered away in glittering rooms. If we don’t defend it—locally, nationally, globally—it will vanish like smoke through careless fingers.
🏛️ open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
📝 Today’s Letter from an American reminds us: democracy isn’t lost in a grand coup. It’s bartered away in glittering rooms. If we don’t defend it—locally, nationally, globally—it will vanish like smoke through careless fingers.
🏛️ open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
That this country has 100 billionaires and still has appalling levels of poverty, homelessness, and medical bankruptcy is just appalling.
We force people into poverty...
Then criminalize poverty...
Then put people in for-profit prisons...
That industry makes billions in profit...
Then spends millions on lobbying to further criminalize poverty...
(Repeat)
Criminalizing homelessness isn’t about ending homelessness.
Then criminalize poverty...
Then put people in for-profit prisons...
That industry makes billions in profit...
Then spends millions on lobbying to further criminalize poverty...
(Repeat)
Criminalizing homelessness isn’t about ending homelessness.
What the Supreme Court case on tent encampments could mean for homeless people
This week, the justices will hear the biggest case on homelessness in decades.
www.vox.com
April 22, 2024 at 11:40 AM
We force people into poverty...
Then criminalize poverty...
Then put people in for-profit prisons...
That industry makes billions in profit...
Then spends millions on lobbying to further criminalize poverty...
(Repeat)
Criminalizing homelessness isn’t about ending homelessness.
Then criminalize poverty...
Then put people in for-profit prisons...
That industry makes billions in profit...
Then spends millions on lobbying to further criminalize poverty...
(Repeat)
Criminalizing homelessness isn’t about ending homelessness.
Homelessness is a choice, but it’s not one that’s made by those experiencing homelessness. It’s a choice made by those in power.
Homelessness is a policy decision.
Poverty is a policy choice.
The ruling class makes that choice, not us.
Homelessness is a policy decision.
Poverty is a policy choice.
The ruling class makes that choice, not us.
The Brisbane Lord Mayor said most campers in city parks were "homeless by choice".
The mayor is a dickhead by choice. #homelessness #HousingCrisis
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
The mayor is a dickhead by choice. #homelessness #HousingCrisis
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Brisbane mayor vows to evict homeless campers within 24 hours
The decision was made after the City of Moreton Bay made homeless camping a crime on public land, with the Brisbane mayor saying the city can no longer take a "compassionate and flexible approach".
www.abc.net.au
March 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Homelessness is a choice, but it’s not one that’s made by those experiencing homelessness. It’s a choice made by those in power.
Homelessness is a policy decision.
Poverty is a policy choice.
The ruling class makes that choice, not us.
Homelessness is a policy decision.
Poverty is a policy choice.
The ruling class makes that choice, not us.
Poverty and homelessness in society is a political choice.
“In Finland, the # of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
But the current right-wing govt backtracked.
But the current right-wing govt backtracked.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
May 6, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Poverty and homelessness in society is a political choice.
End poverty and homelessness
January 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
End poverty and homelessness
My experience is that making people stateless is a fast lane to unemployment, poverty, homelessness, and poor health
April 1, 2026 at 4:15 PM
My experience is that making people stateless is a fast lane to unemployment, poverty, homelessness, and poor health
As Toby Young points out, Black people are over-represented in advertising. He somehow forgot to mention they are over-represented in poverty, unemployment and homelessness statistics too.
October 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
As Toby Young points out, Black people are over-represented in advertising. He somehow forgot to mention they are over-represented in poverty, unemployment and homelessness statistics too.
Maha is just another astroturfed front in the American Reactionary Movement. This movement is responsible for every public health crisis: climate, automobile deaths, gun violence, homelessness, poverty. Its the Don't Tell Me What To Do movement. They are few but they're mobilized for war.
The few things that maha "gets right" are such banal and commonplace ideas that no one disagrees upon and are not worth mentioning.
Ah yes, Eat better and exercise, an idea that doctors are famously hostile toward
Ah yes, Eat better and exercise, an idea that doctors are famously hostile toward
September 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Maha is just another astroturfed front in the American Reactionary Movement. This movement is responsible for every public health crisis: climate, automobile deaths, gun violence, homelessness, poverty. Its the Don't Tell Me What To Do movement. They are few but they're mobilized for war.
Telling a generation of young people that there's no money for free healthcare, education, inclusive infrastructure, ending homelessness, poverty, etc, and then spending billions to sponsor wars and genocides abroad really does trigger a very particular type of rage.
April 27, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Telling a generation of young people that there's no money for free healthcare, education, inclusive infrastructure, ending homelessness, poverty, etc, and then spending billions to sponsor wars and genocides abroad really does trigger a very particular type of rage.
End poverty and homelessness
April 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
End poverty and homelessness
October 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Deciding not to
#TaxTheRich or #AbolishBillionaires
and instead allow poverty, hunger, homelessness
to increase
is a political choice
meme via The UK Against Hate
#TaxTheRich or #AbolishBillionaires
and instead allow poverty, hunger, homelessness
to increase
is a political choice
meme via The UK Against Hate
January 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Deciding not to
#TaxTheRich or #AbolishBillionaires
and instead allow poverty, hunger, homelessness
to increase
is a political choice
meme via The UK Against Hate
#TaxTheRich or #AbolishBillionaires
and instead allow poverty, hunger, homelessness
to increase
is a political choice
meme via The UK Against Hate
Don’t do anything about poverty, homelessness or education but blame the kids
#auspol #Australia #queensland #politics #crime
#auspol #Australia #queensland #politics #crime
May 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Don’t do anything about poverty, homelessness or education but blame the kids
#auspol #Australia #queensland #politics #crime
#auspol #Australia #queensland #politics #crime
Louisiana.
Homelessness.
Criminalizing poverty.
Homelessness.
Criminalizing poverty.
August 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Louisiana.
Homelessness.
Criminalizing poverty.
Homelessness.
Criminalizing poverty.
"Instead of bilions for ICE we could end homelessness, poverty, hunger"
January 29, 2026 at 2:10 AM
"Instead of bilions for ICE we could end homelessness, poverty, hunger"
Eliminating red dye in processed foods is not going to do much to improve the health of children.
Why? Food deserts. Poverty. Homelessness. Lack of healthcare. Widespread COVID
A healthy diet is a privilege not afforded to everyone. Tackle inequality first if you want to create a healthy society.
Why? Food deserts. Poverty. Homelessness. Lack of healthcare. Widespread COVID
A healthy diet is a privilege not afforded to everyone. Tackle inequality first if you want to create a healthy society.
May 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Eliminating red dye in processed foods is not going to do much to improve the health of children.
Why? Food deserts. Poverty. Homelessness. Lack of healthcare. Widespread COVID
A healthy diet is a privilege not afforded to everyone. Tackle inequality first if you want to create a healthy society.
Why? Food deserts. Poverty. Homelessness. Lack of healthcare. Widespread COVID
A healthy diet is a privilege not afforded to everyone. Tackle inequality first if you want to create a healthy society.
Homelessness and poverty are not personal failures. They are policy failures.
We need to invest in affordable housing so that every American can have the tools they need to succeed.
We need to invest in affordable housing so that every American can have the tools they need to succeed.
July 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Homelessness and poverty are not personal failures. They are policy failures.
We need to invest in affordable housing so that every American can have the tools they need to succeed.
We need to invest in affordable housing so that every American can have the tools they need to succeed.