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Old 10-22-2022, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jdulej View Post
There are solutions but they all involve lots and lots of money which would likely mean more and higher taxes. Thats ok with me as long as the solution is well-thought-out. First would be defining buckets to put each person/family in (like mentally ill, prior arrest record, etc). Define and implement a solution for each bucket and provide incentives to reward progress.
Not easy and certainly not cheap but just pushing these people to the next city/county/state does nothing to address the issue
Maybe not, but I'd take that for now, then tackle the longer-term problem (from elsewhere)