Posted on 12/25/2002 5:59:37 PM PST by ALS
Just watched the Factor and the issue was the homeless in San FranCRISCO. The local Hotels have started a campaign to protest the waste of money and no results. They have an interesting website, complete with a "forum"(more like a guestbook), where you can chime in.
website: http://wewantchange.com
forum: http://wewantchange.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi
LOL!
That's an easy way to remember.
LOL, bet that explains a lot of "strange" conversations you've had over the past 24 years.
Given that the spending on the homeless in your district is 200 million, or about 20K per homeless victim, how do you respond to the following
a) The hotel industry that is asking for relief in as much the homeless detract from the appeal of San Francisco, reduce profits and jobs,...and seek enforcement of present law given the present budget
b) The homeless advocates who want to tax the hotel industry, 20K dollars a homeless victim isn't enough...
I hate riddles.;-)
Now give it to me straight. Is it
Straight=Left ear?
Gay=right ear?
But you can always play it safe and just wear a nose ring, LOL.
The last I looked, the average government program aimed at poverty/welfare/homelessness incurred an overhead of about 85%.
Assuming San Francisco is average in this respect, it means that roughly $170 million of the city's spending on "homelessness" is going to the bureaucracy and the contractors involved in performing services.
Thus, while the gross outlay per homeless person is estimated at $20,316 (per antaresequity), the net income to the homeless person would be around $3047 -- not far from ALS's cite of $360/month.
Thus, Sawool is correct. Most of San Fran's expenditures for homelessness are, in fact, absorbed by the bureaucracy and do-good NGOs providing services.
Like any other liberal program, to paraphrase, "It's not about the homeless. It's about our power! And feelings..."
And he wrote his poster board looking in a mirror? I dont think so...
I'd stay out of San Francisco if I were you.
Some freaky stuff over there. SF is a lost cause in my eyes, it's probably better to permit CA to hit the bottom of the barrel but good in order to set an abject example of the failures of liberal social policy and politics. It's a self resolving issue. If it becomes a "third-world" area, unable to support itself or subsidize others, then there will be no real reason for illegals and homeless to go there or remain.
Of course they'll try to come here next.
DOUBLE "DUH"!!
It's obvious that the print was added to the photograph digitally. So therefore, it is entirely possible that the image has been "flipped".
Pretty embarrassed now, aren't you? Remember that the next time you're so eager to jump on someone with one of your cute little "Duh" posts...
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