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New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg expressed concern that private jet owners could clog up the city's homeless shelters.
“You can arrive in your private jet at Kennedy Airport, take a private limousine and go straight to the shelter system, walk in the door, and we’ve got to give you shelter,” Bloomberg said, speaking on the radio.
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"Bloomberg’s comments came the week that an advocacy group for the homeless released a report saying the city’s homeless population surged in the past year."
Edit: the real issue is that, as it stands, anyone - regardless of wealth - can, indeed, turn up and claim shelter, and maybe this means in some cases, that some who do not actually need it may abuse the facility - to the detriment of those who genuinely do.
Whether agree with Bloomberg that this is a bad thing is up to you.
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“It’s pretty ludicrous to claim that there are people flying in private jets and taking private limos to the shelter system,” said Patrick Markee of the Coalition for the Homeless.
“He didn’t seem to want to take responsibility for the fact that there are more than 50,000 people sleeping in city shelters, including 21,000 children.”
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
Actually, the issue of the thread I chose to start here is Bloomberg's apparent interpretation and attitude of this law with the insane statement that rich jet owners are killing time in New York City's homeless shelters. It's such a patently ridiculous statement as to stand as something unique, even from him.
Originally posted by Destinyone
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
Every time I fly in on my private jet, and hop in my stretch limo...that's the first place, I and my Gucci luggage head to....
My local homeless shelter.....
The man has lost his mind...but no one is willing to start proceedings to have him committed....
Now, excuse me..I'm going to put on my soon to be illegal ear buds, to drown out his insane ramblings....
Des
Originally posted by artnut
I'm confused, why would a wealthy person with a private jet want to use a homeless shelter? Am I missing something here?
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by AndyMayhew
With our failing economy, the homeless issue will only get worse.
Obfuscating the issue won't make it go away.
Originally posted by AndyMayhew
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by AndyMayhew
With our failing economy, the homeless issue will only get worse.
Obfuscating the issue won't make it go away.
Indeed. So why are the media (and some ATSers) obfuscating the issuing by pretending not to understand what Bloomberg meant and making a false issue of it? Hmmmmm