I sometimes feel as if we don't Fix homelessness as a visual warning to others to work harder. "Produce us a higher GDP" or else. Articles like this make it see

I sometimes feel as if we don't Fix homelessness as a visual warning to others to work harder. "Produce us a higher GDP" or else. Articles like this make it seem like the tents are just "rebels" instead of helping them become productive again. I can't seem to find it again, but there was once a quote from a company CEO that mentioned that they didn't like cannabis legalization because it would drop their contribution as citizens to the nation GDP. Is that all people are now? Has it always been this way?