<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 9:41 AM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The homeless problem can be solved. Basically by providing affordable<br>
housing and supporting people while they recover.<br>
See: <<a href="https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/02/homeless-california-housing-solution-data/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/02/homeless-california-housing-solution-data/</a>><br>
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The problem that the US has is historical. The attitude that it is not<br>
a government concern. That it is up to people to look after themselves and<br>
arrange their own housing, medical care, etc. Now the cost to society<br>
of dealing with the homeless has become more than the cost of solving<br>
the crisis.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It might be better to say "patched" or "alleviated", as "solved" implies a one-time permanent solution. As you note, like police, fire fighting, and medical service, this would be an ongoing expense from the government to prevent a larger collective expense paid collectively. We're all paying the cost anyway, so if it can be a lower cost by going through taxes, less expensive is less expensive. </div></div></div>