Honestly if they are just going to waste money in gradualist measures that don’t really help anyone, might as well spend it on the people that actually generate

Honestly if they are just going to waste money in gradualist measures that don’t really help anyone, might as well spend it on the people that actually generate the funding the state uses. Most people in homeless+drugs situations need someone to make the right decision for them, but politically that’s totalitarian, so society votes against that. Want to fix someone’s drug addiction that prevents them from getting a real job and securing a lease? Won’t do that with “let’s give them a blanket and see if tomorrow they choose to stop cold Turkey”. You need more of a “ok buddy, sorry, but we’re gonna take you into a recovery center and help you go through withdrawals and take the driver seat for you for a while”.