So we have:
1. A lot of rich residents and rich companies which supply the city budget with sweet sweet tax money
2. A lot of programs and NGOs that draw large budgets to helping the homeless
3. Political climate that encourages spending money on helping the homeless without requiring anything from them, basically free money
4. Generous programs providing various freebies for homeless people, and no consequences for any behavior short of major robbery (yes, shoplifting is allowed too unless it's over $900)
5. Mild weather that makes living on the street possible year around
And we're wondering why homelessness has not disappeared? There's nobody that is interested in it disappearing, that's why. Well, at least nobody whose opinion matters, anyway. There's a lot of people interested in allocating and spending budgets on fighting homelessness, these aren't people interested in doing something that will make it stop once and for all.
1. A lot of rich residents and rich companies which supply the city budget with sweet sweet tax money
2. A lot of programs and NGOs that draw large budgets to helping the homeless
3. Political climate that encourages spending money on helping the homeless without requiring anything from them, basically free money
4. Generous programs providing various freebies for homeless people, and no consequences for any behavior short of major robbery (yes, shoplifting is allowed too unless it's over $900)
5. Mild weather that makes living on the street possible year around
And we're wondering why homelessness has not disappeared? There's nobody that is interested in it disappearing, that's why. Well, at least nobody whose opinion matters, anyway. There's a lot of people interested in allocating and spending budgets on fighting homelessness, these aren't people interested in doing something that will make it stop once and for all.