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2025-07-31 -Great Cultural Revolution

Study Reveals Real Reason Behind Surge in Homelessness, and It's Not What the Dems Tell You

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Posted by Besoeker 2025-07-31 05:15|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [139 views ] Top
File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1 Couldn't be because they flooded low income housing with immigrants, could it?

Posted by ed in texas 2025-07-31 11:39|| 2025-07-31 11:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Portland spent $724,000,000 on homelessness in 2024 with no visible effect. There's no reason to think that doubling that amount would solve the problem.

Posted by Matt 2025-07-31 12:06|| 2025-07-31 12:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Rehab is a worthwhile benefit for drug addicted homeless. Outrageous benefits for the homeless attract more homeless folks and discourages the addicts from rehab. There needs to be support for folks who have had a bad turn or have mental health issues, but those programs need to include drug testing to ensure that the addicts end up with the choice of jail or rehab. All benefits for aliens should be short term and include ICE notification.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-07-31 12:17|| 2025-07-31 12:17|| Front Page Top

#4 I have bona fides in the rehab department and will tell you that if the person is not ready, it is pointless.

If the choice is jail or rehab. Majority will choose rehab. But they are gonna relapse and not stay clean. Are you prepared to lock up 98% of who make this choice.

And then we have the jail part. Jail is not wholesome and when you are processed, they check if you are an alcoholic or addict and give you a pill regime to manage your addiction. For Benzo they give you benzodiazepines, and heroin they give you methadone. For alcohol, there's a withdraw pill too. And if you tell them you are addicted to all three, the pill combo they give you will leave you drooling on yourself the entire time you are in the clink.

Sounds good on paper, but IRL --- not so much gets solved.

Posted by mossomo 2025-07-31 13:14|| 2025-07-31 13:14|| Front Page Top

#5 I suspect far more stop on od rather than rehab.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-07-31 15:41|| 2025-07-31 15:41|| Front Page Top

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