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This reminds me of a program in Utah, housing, counseling, stipend, for Meth addicted Mothers. Millions of dollars on this program, free child care, intensive mental health services, for drug addicts.
I often wondered if these resources would have been better spent on single Mothers, who were NOT meth addicts...how much more society at large would have benefitted. BTW, the relapse rate of the women in the intensive inpatient substance abuse program? 90%.
I always seem to think the better approach is to rescue the kids as the mothers are a lost cause.
Bring back mental institutions and orphanages.
Rehabilitation doesn't work the majority of the time.
The kids have a better chance away from their drug addict moms.
The mentally ill have a place to call home where their drugs can be administered to them.
but the FACT still remains...these facilities have ELECTRIC, HEAT/AC , and water....
you are talking about an expense... a monthly expense
There is a segment of this population that runs up huge bills, they get picked up and taken to the drunk tank to sober up, they visit ER and of course never pay, they go in and out of jail, etc.
There's a van that rolls around Portland looking for drunks to dry out, they respond to calls and also pick up a lot on their own. A cop and an EMT that's an expense right there.
WOW good idea put them all in this guys house and he can pay for them as well.
Hey I need money can you print me some? I mean the solution to everyone being no longer poor is just to give them money right? Where do they find these people.
"This Guy" was a GOP presidential contender in 2012 and may run again in 2016.
That was one of my questions for a party that is having a lot of trouble finding a candidate to field. Would they rally behind him or kick him to the curb? As governor of Utah he has access to the real numbers on what homelessness costs, and he has a plan to reduce the cost by one-third. Most of the posts here have been negative. It seems that the republicans would rather run another dipstick and lose than to actually support a respectable candidate.
my old supervisor was homelsss (BY CHOICE) for his last 3 years on the job....he would stay in the breakroom at the shop..take his showers there and all
why...so he didn't have too much overhead on his last three years before retiring (a federal double pension) to Puerto rico.
Another way to solve this increase minimum wage to $15 a hr
Even Obama can see the folly of that.
He's proposed raising it to $10/hour over 3 years.
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