I was watching Fox News. They had a news story about the dramatic increase in homeless people in Los Angeles County. Homelessness had increased 23% in 1 year. This is due to many factors, including high rents (average $2,500 a month) and home costs (the median price is over $500,000). There are over 50,000 people who are homeless in the L.A. area. Many homeless people live in tents. Or cardboard boxes. Most of the increase in homelessness involves minorities; blacks and Hispanics/Latino.
Fox News reported that the local government spent an average of $80,000 a year for each homeless person in Los Angeles. $80,000 a year??? Are you f-ing kidding me? The government of Los Angeles is spending $80,000 a year per homeless person? That is a RIDICULOUS amount to money for a city or county to spend on homeless - without solving the homeless problem!
Let's use our head (and common sense) and do THIS:
If it costs $80,000 a year for each homeless person, Los Angeles should just pay each homeless person the $80,000 a year and let THEM get themselves off the streets! Yes, you can live on $80,000 a year in L.A.; you can get a decent apartment, food, et al for $6,000-$7,000 a month.
As the average salary in Los Angeles is currently $63,000 (in 2017), being homeless would pay better than working!
Yes, government is normally inefficient. And wasteful. And stupid. Politicians would rather spend $80,000 a year per homeless person and NOT solve the problem. In L.A.'s case, the inefficient, wasteful and stupid government is, and has been for decades, run by liberal Democrats.
And worse, statistically, blacks make up about 40% of the homeless in L.A. County, while representing only 8% of the local population. Hispanics make up 35% of the area homeless. And liberal Democrats always say they want to, and will, help blacks and Hispanics. Here's the result of those promises: massive homelessness. And blacks and Hispanics in L.A. keep voting for Democrats? The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over gain, and expecting a different result.
