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That is help. A drug addicted homeless person has two serious problems, and it's not generally viable to try to solve the homelessness problem without solving t
by bigstrat2003 2mo ago
That is help. A drug addicted homeless person has two serious problems, and it's not generally viable to try to solve the homelessness problem without solving the drug addiction. Even if you were to straight up give each drug addict his own house, a lot of them will wind up selling the house to buy more drugs because it's that hard to resist the temptation when you're addicted. So, in order to help with the homelessness, you generally have to help with the drug addiction at the same time.
- cwmoore 2mo agoSo an enterprising drug-dealer can buy the house for a little baggie, hire the junkie to shovel the sidewalk, and rent it out, now everyone is employed, housed, and the free market actually absorbed the cost. The dealer will pay property taxes, to keep eyes off of the other business, the junkie will be safe and motivated to contribute, what else? Oh, social services jobs don't get to practice measured goodness to Skinner Box Volunteers, and it might hurt the cause to see photographs of the yard.
- inigyou 2mo agoSo don't let them sell the house. I recommend that for all homelessness solutions. You won't capitalism yourself out of a problem you capitalismed into.