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151 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 7h \ on: I Live in Pacific Palisades and I Know Who Caused the Fire – California Globe Politics_And_Law
The problem with 90% of democratic policies is that they wind up rewarding the very behaviors they claim they want to 'solve'.
Fundamentally 'homelessness' is not a problem of 'lack of a home'. But, its broken people....a combination of drug addiction, mental health issues, and lack of family/community (often because their families rejected them because drug/behavior problems).
Alternative models on how to help are springing up....there is one in Austin named Community First! - the basic idea is that homeless are provided with not just housing, but a full on community. However admission into this program requires that they follow these rules:
- Pay rent on time every month (its a reduced rent, and they are assisted in finding jobs)
- Obey all civil laws (no stealing, drug dealing, prostitution, etc)
- Obey the community HOA (keep yards tidy, no loud parties, etc)
The results are pretty impressive and these models could be replicated anywhere, however many democratic cities instead take the opposite approach: Hand out needles (or directly provide alcohol in the case of San Francisco), allow them to live in squalor and filth, remove petty shoplifting laws, etc.
... they claim they want to 'solve'
and clearly lefties don't want to solve any problems, and if they subscribe to the Piven-Cloward model for anarchy, they want to exacerbate the problem(s):
homelessness, shoplifting, looting, arson, defund the police, defund firefighters, delinquent renters, illegal immigration, insurance fraud (both private and public), etc
If it ain't fixed, break it
edit: I forgot to add "etc" to the problems I listed
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