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San Francisco budget is $14 billion. Of which $672 million is for "solving" homelessness. Austin City budget is $1.3 billion. Yes, half of Austin budget is sp
by kjksf 4y ago
San Francisco budget is $14 billion. Of which $672 million is for "solving" homelessness.
Austin City budget is $1.3 billion.
Yes, half of Austin budget is spent by SF on homelessness alone.
Money is not the problem.
SF is already getting gigantic chunk of tech money.
They just demonstrated, year over year, that the only thing they are extraordinarily good at is wasting this money.
What we need is to fire ever single government worker and rebuild the government from scratch. And yes, I know that this is utterly delusional proposal, which is why SF will continue spending like Saudi Prince on crack and SF streets will continue to be lined up with homeless people.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoHomelessness is part of the problem, but the real Crux is a large number of unemployable people in one of the most expensive metros in the world. The only long-term viable solution is for people to relocate to locations with more opportunities for unskilled labor and a new market equilibrium.
- cudgy 4y agoAgreed. However, suggesting this will get protests that the policy is “shipping people to the wastelands”.