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==Liberal Hypocrisy==

==Liberal Hypocrisy==

Despite claiming to be champions for the poor, [[liberal]] [[Democrat]] run cities such as [[San Francisco]] are criminalizing homelessness due to concern over property values and concerns over the city's reputation.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/23/san-francisco-mayor-vows-to-clear-out-homeless-encampments-on-sidewalks.html</ref> They do this in addition to supporting anti-business policies that make it more difficult for the homeless people who want to get out of poverty. Policies such as the [[Obamacare]] employer mandate have made it cost prohibitive to hire unskilled workers.<ref>https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/report/obamacare-and-the-employer-mandate-cutting-jobs-and-wages</ref>

Despite claiming to be champions for the poor, [[liberal]] [[Democrat]] run cities such as [[San Francisco]] are criminalizing homelessness due to concern over property values and concerns over the city's reputation.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/23/san-francisco-mayor-vows-to-clear-out-homeless-encampments-on-sidewalks.html</ref> They do this in addition to supporting anti-business policies that make it more difficult for the homeless people who want to get out of poverty. Policies such as the [[Obamacare]] employer mandate have made it cost prohibitive to hire unskilled workers.<ref>https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/report/obamacare-and-the-employer-mandate-cutting-jobs-and-wages</ref>

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Beier, A. L., and Paul Ocobock, eds. ''Cast Out: Vagrancy and Homelessness in Global and Historical Perspective'' (2009), international perspective [http://www.amazon.com/Cast-Out-Homelessness-Historical-Perspective/dp/0896802620/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258526111&sr=1-6 excerpt and text search]  

* Beier, A. L., and Paul Ocobock, eds. ''Cast Out: Vagrancy and Homelessness in Global and Historical Perspective'' (2009), international perspective [https://www.amazon.com/Cast-Out-Homelessness-Historical-Perspective/dp/0896802620/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258526111&sr=1-6 excerpt and text search]  

* DePastino, Todd. ''Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America.'' (2003). 325 pp. scholarly history focused on images and impact on the non-homeless [http://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Hobo-Century-Homelessness-America/dp/0226143791/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258526069&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search]

* DePastino, Todd. ''Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America.'' (2003). 325 pp. scholarly history focused on images and impact on the non-homeless [https://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Hobo-Century-Homelessness-America/dp/0226143791/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258526069&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search]

* Kusmer, Kenneth L. ''Down and Out, on the Road: The Homeless in American History'' (2002). 368 pp. scholarly history [http://www.amazon.com/Down-Out-Road-Homeless-American/dp/0195160967/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258526285&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]

* Kusmer, Kenneth L. ''Down and Out, on the Road: The Homeless in American History'' (2002). 368 pp. scholarly history [https://www.amazon.com/Down-Out-Road-Homeless-American/dp/0195160967/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258526285&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]

* Link, B. et al. "Lifetime and five-year prevalence of homelessness in the United States" ''American Journal of Orthopsychiatry'', 1995 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1615395/pdf/amjph00463-0037.pdf online edition]

* Link, B. et al. "Lifetime and five-year prevalence of homelessness in the United States" ''American Journal of Orthopsychiatry'', 1995 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1615395/pdf/amjph00463-0037.pdf online edition]

* Marcus, Anthony. ''Where Have All the Homeless Gone? The Making and Unmaking of a Crisis'' (2005), 166pp based on interviews with 110 homeless men

* Marcus, Anthony. ''Where Have All the Homeless Gone? The Making and Unmaking of a Crisis'' (2005), 166pp based on interviews with 110 homeless men

* Rossi, Peter. ''Down and out in America: the origins of homelessness,'' (1989)  [http://www.amazon.com/Down-Out-America-Origins-Homelessness/dp/0226728293/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258525779&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]

* Rossi, Peter. ''Down and out in America: the origins of homelessness,'' (1989)  [https://www.amazon.com/Down-Out-America-Origins-Homelessness/dp/0226728293/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258525779&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]

==See also==

==See also==