>Actually helping people with housing and healthcare would be a way more efficient usage of public funds than wasting it on police that is using it for power tr

>Actually helping people with housing and healthcare would be a way more efficient usage of public funds than wasting it on police that is using it for power trips against the powerless. In Australia there is usually somewhat good access to housing/welfare. Certainly leaps and bounds ahead of the US. The problem is that your options are either a homeless shelter which prohibits drugs, or the welfare system which requires you to apply for jobs and attend checkups. To some people, neither of these options is desirable so they choose to live on the street. The system in Australia isn't perfect but it is fair to say that it's almost impossible to be involuntarily homeless for an extended period.