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| Topic | it costs less to house the homeless than to leave than homeless but we dont talk |
| The Admiral 10/31/18 1:10:05 PM #31: | The problem for many homeless people in the U.S. isn't the lack of a home, it's they have a serious mental illness that isn't being treated. This is the case for over 1/3 of homeless people: http://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/fixing-the-system/features-and-news/2596-how-many-people-with-serious-mental-illness-are-homeless Giving houses to those folks is not productive, and it may actually pose a public safety issue if they start a fire in their apartment or something. Also, this has nothing to do with capitalism, and I don't understand the point in the OP at all. Capitalism does not hold that if there is unfulfilled demand and supply, the supplier should offer the good for free. I do agree that the government should take actions to prevent a small group of individuals from monopolizing the housing supply, but the solution is not free housing for the homeless. --- - The Admiral ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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