> Our revealed preference seems to be that we'd rather have homeless people live in tents than have poor people get free or nearly free housing. The reason why

> Our revealed preference seems to be that we'd rather have homeless people live in tents than have poor people get free or nearly free housing. The reason why such programs exist in the first place is because of San Francisco's highly liberal government. There is no doubt that the politicians would absolutely love to give people houses for free, but they can't because that would be even more expensive. The San Francisco system is flawed by design. It's not economical to support people with welfare because America is not a communist nation. Homelessness should not be considered to be primarily the government's problem. If the economy is strong, homelessness as a problem will largely disappear and charities will take care of the rest of them.