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Old 10-22-2022, 03:49 PM
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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
From the posts here it would seem the people with the most experience and contact with the "homeless" see little hope in changing them, their mental problems/personality disorders are not reachable, "incentives" ? to my mind not living as they do is all the incentive one would need to do something other, what sort of incentives would you offer for simply taking care of yourself to the extent of not living a feral life ?