Right cuz at some point the homeless decided Seattle was the place to be. There will/would be a reduction in their numbers if that perception changes. And you give them bus tickets to whatever remaining shithole, like Venice (Beach)
Oh it gets better. They stopped and even tore down homeless shelters run by private organizations. These same organizations tend to get jobs and plans for anyone who enters. It's run by a church.
So the city demanded they spend money they didn't have to solve a problem they had terrible ideas for.
You know, places where the homelessness policy is "fuck the homeless, we toss you in prison work-camps if you're out past curfew without a camping license" tend to have very few year-over-year homeless. Not saying it's compassionate or empathetic, only that giving to the homeless = more homeless while taking from them = less homeless, same as literally any other demographic in the world.
If I gave record spending to people who waste money on gacha games, guess what? Gacha game whales would go way up. If I give record spending to people who buy carrots at the grocer, we're gonna have a shortage of carrots from the additional people. You give record spending to the homeless, well, same deal. It becomes a more lucrative option compared to, say, waiting out a bad situation at home until you amass enough currency to drop some rent down-payment.
Male compassion says "people are homeless because they need more supervision and structure in their life, and the place with the most of that is prison". Problem solved.
Female compassion says "homeless people are starving and cold, so let's give them fire barrels, tents, and food so they're less miserable". Symptoms alleviated.
Both are compassionate, but you can't solve a systems problem with feelings and you can't solve a feelings problem with systems.
The Homelessness epidemic is way past the point of compassionate or empathetic solutions.
We are also beyond the point of humane solutions when the Homeless are living in a country where life has been drained of purpose and as such drugs are all they have left to live for.
WTF? Seattle has become a sort of laboratory for social pathologies.
Too bad . . . I visited there in the summer of 2005 or 06 and found a lovely city--brownstone apartment buildings, lots of greenery in drowsy neighborhoods, lively waterfront with good restaurants and fish markets and an isolated ghetto that had not yet metastasized.
The left really does ruin everything it gets its clutches on, and that's no lie. Everyone with eyes can see it. Our "leaders" are soulless cowards who still believe the old press has an impact on their public image.
"Despite."
Right cuz at some point the homeless decided Seattle was the place to be. There will/would be a reduction in their numbers if that perception changes. And you give them bus tickets to whatever remaining shithole, like Venice (Beach)
Better throw more money at it, that ought to fix the problem.
You get what you pay for.
Beat me to it.
You get more of what you incentivize.
Oh it gets better. They stopped and even tore down homeless shelters run by private organizations. These same organizations tend to get jobs and plans for anyone who enters. It's run by a church.
So the city demanded they spend money they didn't have to solve a problem they had terrible ideas for.
You know, places where the homelessness policy is "fuck the homeless, we toss you in prison work-camps if you're out past curfew without a camping license" tend to have very few year-over-year homeless. Not saying it's compassionate or empathetic, only that giving to the homeless = more homeless while taking from them = less homeless, same as literally any other demographic in the world.
If I gave record spending to people who waste money on gacha games, guess what? Gacha game whales would go way up. If I give record spending to people who buy carrots at the grocer, we're gonna have a shortage of carrots from the additional people. You give record spending to the homeless, well, same deal. It becomes a more lucrative option compared to, say, waiting out a bad situation at home until you amass enough currency to drop some rent down-payment.
Male compassion says "people are homeless because they need more supervision and structure in their life, and the place with the most of that is prison". Problem solved.
Female compassion says "homeless people are starving and cold, so let's give them fire barrels, tents, and food so they're less miserable". Symptoms alleviated.
Both are compassionate, but you can't solve a systems problem with feelings and you can't solve a feelings problem with systems.
The Homelessness epidemic is way past the point of compassionate or empathetic solutions. We are also beyond the point of humane solutions when the Homeless are living in a country where life has been drained of purpose and as such drugs are all they have left to live for.
You get what you pay for.
WTF? Seattle has become a sort of laboratory for social pathologies.
Too bad . . . I visited there in the summer of 2005 or 06 and found a lovely city--brownstone apartment buildings, lots of greenery in drowsy neighborhoods, lively waterfront with good restaurants and fish markets and an isolated ghetto that had not yet metastasized.
The left really does ruin everything it gets its clutches on, and that's no lie. Everyone with eyes can see it. Our "leaders" are soulless cowards who still believe the old press has an impact on their public image.