The top story in Twin Cities lefty alt-media, and media in general, was the “eviction” of “Camp Nenookasi”, a homeless camp in South Minneapolis:
Not really commenting so much about that…
…as about this:
According to homeless advocates – whose estimates can be expected to skew toward the, er, generous – there are about 8,000 homeless in Minnesota. We’re also told that the number is rising, which doesn’t seem to jibe with the claims for “Bidenomics”, but let’s come back to that later. Let’s be even more generous, and make the math nice ‘n easy, and call it 10,000 “unhoused” people in MInnesota at any given time.
That means Minnesota is currently spending $100,000/year (the budget is biennial) per homeless person (and that’s closer to $120K if we take the homeless advocates at their own word).
That’s enough to rent every single homeless person a place at the Calhoun Beach Club, feed them, and pay for the social workers to make sure everything’s hunky dory.
Or, y’know, flush down a bureaucratic rathole.
Coyoteblog In Phoenix estimated that the money to build their light rail system could have instead gone toward buying a new Prius for every rider and then some. Same thing.
As we all know this is not about helping the homeless, it is about putting money into the hands of DFL allies who in turn support their re-election. It’s money laundering. Apparently Minnesotans have an insatiable need to transfer their hard earned dollars into the state maw and there is no end in sight.
The whole entire govt system is rigged towards leftists. I recreate out west and a group I support did some digging and laid out the funding ecosystem for the Big Business of “conservationists” and it’s disgusting. There’s nothing “grassroots” about anything leftist anymore.
Where has the $2 Billion gone?
Just a guess….
To homeless activists and advocates.
Pretty fancy drone. Does the operator have a drone pilot’s license? Oh yes, there is such a thing… FAR Part 107. I believe.
20+ squads to break up a homeless camp suggests that they were expecting trouble, which might be part of the reason homelessness is so persistent. We like to think that homelessness is ordinary salt of the earth people down on their luck, when in reality it’s driven by drug addiction, mental illness, and criminality for the most part. There are reasons a lot of these guys can’t just walk into Wal-Mart and get a job after going to the homeless shelter and getting a shower, clean clothes, and a haircut.
You can’t fix that with food, housing, and the like. It’s mental health care, addiction care, and in general an attitude of “we are not going to let you live like this anymore.” I was once told that in Sweden, it’s actually illegal to be homeless; when you’re found sleeping on the streets, you are taken to the shelter for an evaluation whether you like it or not. Not an easy solution in our society, but we need to take steps towards that.
^ I think Bettyboop hit the bullseye.
The thing about flushing the money down a rathole is that those holes all lead into NGO pockets.
If the state did not fund NGO and non profit to advocate for the poor, downtrodden, where would Studies majors find employment?
My fearless forecast? Unexpectedly! homelessness will rise in the next year and beyond.