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... they claim they want to 'solve'
and clearly lefties don't want to solve any problems, and if they subscribe to the Piven-Cloward model for anarchy, they want to exacerbate the problem(s):
homelessness, shoplifting, looting, arson, defund the police, defund firefighters, delinquent renters, illegal immigration, insurance fraud (both private and public), etc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloward%E2%80%93Piven_strategy
If it ain't fixed, break it
edit: I forgot to add "etc" to the problems I listed
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The problem with 90% of democratic policies is that they wind up rewarding the very behaviors they claim they want to 'solve'.
Fundamentally 'homelessness' is not a problem of 'lack of a home'. But, its broken people....a combination of drug addiction, mental health issues, and lack of family/community (often because their families rejected them because drug/behavior problems).
Alternative models on how to help are springing up....there is one in Austin named Community First! - the basic idea is that homeless are provided with not just housing, but a full on community. However admission into this program requires that they follow these rules:
The results are pretty impressive and these models could be replicated anywhere, however many democratic cities instead take the opposite approach: Hand out needles (or directly provide alcohol in the case of San Francisco), allow them to live in squalor and filth, remove petty shoplifting laws, etc.