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Any one of these makes the other two impossible to fix: - homelessness - drugs - mental illness In the US, we've done a spectacular job of pricong working p
by kjellsbells 4y ago
Any one of these makes the other two impossible to fix:
- homelessness
- drugs
- mental illness
In the US, we've done a spectacular job of pricong working people out of housing, creating a ridiculously incompetent drug policy (simultaneously too lax and too punitive), and closing down all reasonable avenues to mental health care. This dates back to Reagan or before but both left and right-wing parties have considerable blame to carry. You dont have to believe that they were malicious, but the results have been disastrous.
You either fix all three coherently, or none.
- dools 4y agoAlso employment. If you implement a federal job guarantee[0], it means that people can move more readily to regions that currently suffer low employment opportunities which places downwards pressure on housing, but it also raises the question: if the government is obliged to employ everyone, can people go to work without a house? If not, then it's probably a good idea for the government to supply a basic level of housing as well. [0] http://www.jobguarantee.org/ http://www.jobguarantee.org/