Yeah, right wingers cared so little that their Churches provide food for the homeless. Ronald Reagan really started the decay in the 1960s with defunding and closing mental hospitals, though honestly I view Ronald Reagan as a snake not worthy of praise. Democrats and Republicans are apathetic to homelessness (in many cases for good reason), but the difference is that Democrats pretend to care by protecting the homeless' right to rot in their own filth in the streets. Homeless Advocates have done significant damage to the homeless population in the last few decades by simply forcing governments to not even attempt to tackle the problem.