Comments on: As Foreclosures Rise, Squatters Lay Claims

Miami Activist Placing Homeless People In "People-Less Homes"

[eggy1620]

You are a socialist. ________________________________________
Posted by mrs_premise

So were the Apostles. Being a high ethical Christian, you would know this from the Book of Acts.

[ahhhthesouth]

You are wrong, I do have high cristian ethics. I go to church every Sunday dressed in my finest clothes and my family puts $50 in the collection basket every week. Also I am not the one who came up with the idea of shooting the homeless, you did. I still think its a good idea.
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Is this supposed to be evidence of your high christian values? Going to church, dressing up and putting money in the collection plate has nothing to do with being a true christian. I can name off at least 20 convicted *** offenders that do the exact same thing. You have to live your LIFE the way God intends you to. That includes loving thy neighbor and adhering to the the golden rule amongst other things. You do not have to right to promote killing people based on the fact that they are homeless. Ridiculous!

[neenga]

Have some of you naysayers talked at length with homeless people? Do you not realize you could be homeless in the twinkling of an eye? You''d get off your high horses quickly if you found yourself in their shoes. In your next life, you will be there anyway.

[neenga]

"I go to church every Sunday dressed in my finest clothes and my family puts $50 in the collection basket every week"

Uh, and this is all it takes to call oneself a Christian? Puleeze say you are being facetious!

[gce65]

Everyone should have to live in their home at least 3 months out of the year and there should be a 2 or 3 home limit to the nuimber of homes anyone can own.

This kind of overindulgent speculation is what has largely caused this housing bubble...and caused it to pop.

[sassalin]

eggy1620,

But does that give someone else the right to steal or break inot a home? No, and that is what these people are doing.

I work over 40 hours a week as well as my husband and we don''t own a house. Why should someone who is not trying to help themselves and is just a parisite on society reap the reward.

Get a job, education and help yourself.

NO ONE DESERVES A FREE RIDE.

[doug716ac]

Max Rameau and his associates are really just abusing these homeless folks. Putting them in a home that they are sure to be removed from, potentially losing any possessions they have left. This is not giving them an opportunity to get their lives on track - its just putting them through more pain and turmoil. I wonder if the purpose of this is just to call attention to homelessness? If so, it is a cruel trick to play on these vulnerable people. Maybe his "organization" could focus on getting a few people into viable long term housing along with some education/skills training/employment.

[eggy1620]

Assets whose owners have allowed to fall into desrepair, be they tangible assets or securities, should be confiscated and auctioned. This will keep the economic engine churning. No more sitting on things waiting for their values to rise.

[vcofreason]

Ok, WOW. How long until a squatter and a baby get surprised at 2 AM by copper thieves? Rape, assault, murder? The woman talks about her own home? Give me a break. At a shelter, a homeless person can have an "address", a place to shower, get a job and have a place to come home to, community services. This is the most ridiculous thing I''ve ever heard. The police aren''t getting INVOLVED? It''s breaking and entering. Having transients and their associates in a neighborhood are just asking for crimes to occur. This is insane. I can''t believe I''m reading it really. If I EVER knew someone was living in a vacant home, I would call every day until something was done.

[eggy1620]

If you cannot be a good steward over what you own, you should lose the right to own it.

[tincup356]

before its over the government will be putting foreclosed homeowners in FEMA trailers and patting themselves on the back for solving what to do with all the new homeless people.

[forasongca]

Question for the opinionated masses: Robin Hood: petty criminal, patriot, or philanthropist?

[deepperppl]

Centerfall94: You hit the nail on the head.

[biblethumpar]

Sounds like the West Bank, where Squatters from Russia
are laying claim to land not theirs..

[antoniof123]

It is funny but some of you thing this is so bad yet the $700 billion to the rich is good.

You want to hang this man along with others like him yet you want to serve the rich and give everything our parents worked for.

Forget that noise I am sick and tired of bailing out the rich. We have tried it there way and it fails time and time again. Let''s try something different this time around. I would rather help the poor and homeless like the one woman than the rich who will use our money then tell us they need a tax break.

Fools for beliving that this is so bad instead of so SAD.

[dbstevens]

Good lord, our society is falling into anarchy when people like this can be lauded as a hero. Good intentions or not, this is illegal, and this is NOT the way to do this. The proper way would be to launch an organization that would work with property owners, property managers, banks, etc. to allow this, with legal constraints and preconditions.

It''s irresponsible of CBS to present this story as someone who is doing good. It''ll just encourage other people to do stupid stuff.

[eggy1620]

Mottasa, if the owners cared about their properties, they would not be vacant and need to be guarded.

[mottasa-2009]

Another good reason to stay armed, and guard your property.

[hitoyou11]

Ridiculous trash of an article. You are so right. A law breaker, and CBS is giving him ink. Any thing for a dollar. CBS is Ridiculous.

[peach652]

Amen Centerfall94! My thoughts exactly!