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> The amount includes spending by the city, Denver Health and charities, according to the Denver Post. Comparing the city’s spending on k-12 and veterans vs th
by auslegung 5y ago
> The amount includes spending by the city, Denver Health and charities, according to the Denver Post.
Comparing the city’s spending on k-12 and veterans vs the city’s, Denver Health’s AND charities’ spending on homelessness is not quite apples to apples. It would be far more helpful if the article broke this down but it’s Fox News so I shouldn’t expect much.
Also, spending money on people who are homeless is necessary if we want to help them. The article seems to indicate that spending money on them is bad. Educating a child in k-12 doesn’t have to be that expensive. Homeschooling is quite a lot cheaper than public education. But rehabilitating someone who has likely experienced a lifetime of trauma is going to cost.
- verdverm 5y agoOne would expect the education system to be much larger than the homeless system. There ought to be more kids in Denver than homeless. Consider all of the teachers and other staff who's salaries have to be paid. FWIW, the rapidly growing homeless problem is one of the reasons I left Denver.