Its Official: Being Poor in America Has Been OutlawedJoshua Krause The police are now fining homeless folks for any arbitrary offense they can think of, and city councils across the country are making it illegal to sleep in public. Theyve gone so far as to make it illegal to camp, or even sit or lay down in certain public areas. Worst of all, many cities are making it illegal, or prohibitively expensive to give food to the homeless. According to an interview from The Independent, with a former police chief involved in a charity dedicated to feeding the poor: Thank God there are still some people willing to do the right thing, even if it means breaking the law. In LA, things may be about to get downright draconian. If this whistleblower is to be trusted, then the city of Los Angeles is preparing to force their homeless population into internment camps. Of course it would never be called that. They would simply be referred to as low cost housing or maybe theyll just call it a homeless shelter, but with the caveat that once you enter, you wouldnt be allowed to leave. This would probably be disastrous for anyone entering the facility, as many homeless shelters are notoriously awful and dangerous places. After all, if most shelters provided a safe and healthy environment, would there really be that many people on the streets? So theyre going to make a homeless shelter that youre not allowed to leave? Im sure that place will just be a ray of sunshine wont it? But as youll see next, finding alternatives to a shelter can end disastrously if you have a family. Last month, a family in Houston had their kids taken away by CPS when it was discovered that the family had been living in a storage unit for the past three years. The family had fallen on hard times after the father had lost his welding job, and after getting a job with maintenance at the storage facility, decided that living in a unit there would be far safer for his family than a homeless shelter. By all appearances, these are otherwise lawful and caring adults just trying to provide the best they can for their family in a difficult economy. There were no reports of abuse, and the unit had air conditioning and two computers. While it lacked running water, if theyve lived there for 3 years without anyone getting severely ill, then its safe to assume that theyre doing their business in a proper bathroom somewhere else. They obviously have permission from the owners of the storage facility to live there, or they would have been kicked out a long time ago. So whats the problem? What did they do to deserve this? They happened to be poor, thats what they did. This is what it means to live in America now. If you fail to achieve a certain income, then you are now at the mercy of the authorities (or God knows who else on the streets). And if you really think about it, if the government is going to treat the poor like this, then there is no reason to have a government in the first place. I thought that the main reason we have a government, is because life without them would be hell. It would be a chaotic place where the weak are indiscriminately killed, or are abused and exploited by the strong. At least thats what weve been told. If the poor are being treated this way, then our modern society is just as much of a Darwinian struggle as it was for our primitive ancestors. If thats the case, can we even call what we live under, a government? Keep in mind, Im not asking the government to step in and help. Im not asking for them to provide free housing or increase welfare entitlements. Im asking them to stay out of the way. How could you make it so difficult for private citizens to help each other out? Perhaps what I said at first was wrong. Maybe our society isnt so bad. Future generations wont judge us for how we treat our fellow man. Plenty of private citizens have done their part to help the homeless. No. Theyll judge our government, for breaking up families, fining people with no money, starving them, and then throwing them into internment camps. Joshua Krause is a reporter, writer and researcher at The Daily Sheeple, where this first appeared. He was born and raised in the Bay Area and is a freelance writer and author. You can follow Joshuas reports at Facebook or on his personal Twitter. Joshuas website is Strange Danger . 