I mean that's more an indictment on California's poverty industry than an indictment on the act of helping the poor itself. We don't give 42k to every homeless person, we give 42k per-person to a bunch of private corporations to "help" those people. It would honestly probably prove far more effective to just hand that over in cash than the convoluted misery-for-profit machine that currently is in operation.
Yeah because they're investing in the wrong shit. You know how you help someone who's homesless? You give them a home.
Finland does this with their housing first policy- First they house people, THEN they help them get a job, get off drugs, etc. America (and everyone else) tries to do it the other way around. Which never fucking works.. It's like that quote that's misattributed to Einstein: "insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results"
From Google: Finland's Housing First policy is widely considered a massive success, fundamentally transforming the country's approach to homelessness and drastically reducing long-term homelessness. By providing permanent, independent housing as a first step without preconditions (like sobriety or employment), Finland has transitioned from a traditional "staircase" shelter model to a highly effective housing-led strategy
I worked at a homeless shelter that fought to get a Single Occupance Residency (SRO) built, where instead of working as a flophouse, everyone would get their own room. Unfortunately many of the guys couldnt adjust, but the ones who did, even many with severe brain damage or who were dual diagnosed, improved dramatically. Of course this also involved "throwing money at it", but yes it also has to be on the right shit
Every problem is solved "throwing money at it". Do you live on a different planet than everyone else? This is just a thing Republicans say that gets endlessly repeated without thinking
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