Philadelphia could be a great city. It has a wonderful skyline, great historic sights to see, sports teams and is the home of the word famous Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich. Were it not for the filth and the human debris that litter the city – even at some of the most famous places in American history - Philly would be great.
Sadly, today it’s not. You cannot take a single step – even in the historic district – without stepping over or in gum, trash or a cigarette butt. Garbage is piled up in front of business on the sidewalk for pick up. Bums – ah er the homeless – use many of the park benches in the most inspiring locations for their afternoon nap to sleep off last night’s excesses or when they are not picking through the trash in front of the businesses.
Trash is the easy part to correct. Pick it up. Fine the beejeezers out of anyone dropping anything that didn’t grow there on the ground. The human problem is a bit more difficult. I don’t know when we decided that it’s more humane to these poor souls – many alcohol and/or drug dependent or mentally unstable - to let them wander the streets than to police them up, clean them up, give them a bed, hot meal, clean clothes and professional help with their “situation.”
I do recall in the 70s a court decision somewhere telling state and local governments that they no longer could simply round up bums and put them in asylums. Fair enough. How about rounding them up, professionally evaluating them and putting them into mandatory programs appropriate for what is troubling them?
But in Philly it seems it’s better to spend tax payer money on gun propaganda (see post below) than to get the trash off the street or easy human suffering. But this is what Libs do. They harass law abiding citizens with idiotic bus ads while handing out condoms to the human wrecks lying in the street. That is their compassion. Weird huh.
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