Comment by Newlaptop
2 years ago
> I think it’s more that we routinely see very poor and mentally ill people in the US get zero support?
The state of California alone has spent $24,000,000,000 on homelessness in the last 5 years. The government spends about $50,000 per homeless person. See: https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/california-homeles...
You can certainly argue that the support they're being given isn't working, but it's very far from zero support.
> The state of California alone has spent $24,000,000,000 on homelessness
should very probably read "paid $24 B over 5 years to third parties on programs claiming to 'fix' homelessness"
This would include urban architectures and installions that seek to deter homelessness making sidewalks unsuitable for tents, benches unusable for sleeping, removing access to water and public toilets, etc.
Such things would not count at all as "support" for the homeless.
Regardless it seems remarkably ineffective and one has to wonder, as with military spending, how much goes to end use and how much is $$$ profit! for the contracters.
What would $24 B of affordable public housing look like, employing the homeless as labour?