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The homeless don't have money but they have value in a system that allows using homeless as cheap/free labour, and when you receive state funding proportional t
by lopis 4y ago
The homeless don't have money but they have value in a system that allows using homeless as cheap/free labour, and when you receive state funding proportional to the number of people you're hosting. Incarcerating millionaires on the other hand is hard (they are less likely to commit obvious crimes), time consuming (long time in court), costly (they can pay armies of lawyers), and more likely to fail if they have the right connections. The homeless don't have family, friends or business partners to help bail them out.
- Maursault 4y agoThe cost of incarcerating the homeless is never ending and must be paid for by everyone else, whereas the rich can afford their incarceration without cost to taxpayers. If the crime is wealth, all the money in the world can't defend against it.