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| Topic | it costs less to house the homeless than to leave than homeless but we dont talk |
| Balrog0 10/31/18 1:13:08 PM #32: | The Admiral posted... 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: yep, to realize cost savings you need to invest in counseling services as well as housing like I said The Admiral posted... Also, this has nothing to do with capitalism, and I don't understand the point in the OP at all. I'm saying that people say capitalism is inefficient because there are homeless people and also empty houses. I don't think that's a good argument, because there are lots of reasons a house would be empty but people would be homeless. There is no good reason to leave the homeless on the street from a public finance perspective, though, so if you're operating under the assumption that we live in a capitalist system that allocates resources effectively, then that is a bad sign for capitalism. You can disagree with that or whatever, I don't really care, my point is that lots of people do buy into that logic but do not cite this example. --- But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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