Have you ever wondered why the more taxes we pay to take care of the homeless, the worse the problem becomes?
Maybe, just maybe it's because of the homeless industrial complex.
What is this phenomenon?
The premise is that the "homeless industrial complex" is driven by a network of government agencies, non-profits, NGO's (nongovernment organizations) and private contractors who all profit from homelessness rather than solving it, prioritizing funding, job security, and institutional growth over actually reducing the crisis. This system creates massive, often wasteful spending on services and "housing first" models that create dependency.
The modern homeless problems began back in the 1970s and 80s, driven in part by emptying insane asylums of the mentally ill as well as other economic factors such as skyrocketing interest rates for mortgage money and a recession.
Now, thousands of nonprofits and NGOs across the country are advocating for huge sums of taxpayer dollars for these projects that supposedly help the homeless. And governments are obliging them with your money.
For instance right here in Strafford County the cities of Rochester, Somersworth and Dover are about to spend $3.5 million for a permanent warming shelter on county land when this winter the current shelter in Somersworth, the Willand Warming Center, sees about 40 individuals on a typical night, according to the nonprofit running the shelter this winter season. And keep in mind the shelter is only open on extremely cold and/or snowy nights like tonight.
So how is it that the billions of dollars spent across the country only exacerbates the problem.
Of course, when Joe Biden let 20,000,000 aliens enter the country during his term in office, that didn't help the matter.
But there is some good news that could be a turning point.
In San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has initiated a significant crackdown on public drug use and homelessness, centering on a "Breaking the Cycle" initiative that emphasizes both increased law enforcement and mandated treatment.
How bout that!
A Democrat mayor in a blue city seeking to end the nonsense of free needles and safe places to inject yourself with deadly fentanyl.
We're talking about craziness vs. common sense here.
Oftentimes, "being cruel to be kind" is the most compassionate ideology.
If someone is taking a chance on killing themselves every day by shooting up, get them to mandatory treatment.
If they have mental issues that keep them from taking care of themselves or being a danger to the public, get them to mandatory treatment.
If they just like the homeless lifestyle (and I have personally talked to many people in Rochester who do) well, it is a free country.
But taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for that lifestyle.







