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Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by readhn on Friday April 07, 2017 @10:16AM (#14059786)
i can tell you that your ROI (saved lives) on addressing homelessness and drug overdose will be a lot higher than chasing some boogeymen in the desert.
Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by leereeves on Friday April 07, 2017 @10:39AM (#14059994)
> addressing homelessness and drug overdose

That's been tried before with little success. Some people will choose to use drugs no matter what the government does. Some people will choose to be homeless. Some people are mentally ill and unable to take advantage of government programs. Some people just refuse help.

What program would you suggest, that isn't being done, that would reduce homelessness or drug overdose?

Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by grey-area on Friday April 07, 2017 @11:57AM (#14060752)
What program would you suggest, that isn't being done, that would reduce homelessness or drug overdose?

Just one of the 59 cruise missiles fired on Syria yesterday would fund intervening in and saving hundreds of lives - they cost $1.41 million each. Some people may refuse help, many, many people in these situations don't get help. Soup kitchens, treatment for mental illness, shelters, training, are all worthy causes which cost very little to run.

There are so many useful programs that could be funded, which are being defunded this year in order to prioritise spending on the military (already the largest in the world by some margin) and searching social accounts/mobile phones and storing passwords for who knows what reason (it certainly isn't to prevent terrorism).

Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by maym86 on Friday April 07, 2017 @11:11AM (#14060337)
http://www.npr.org/2015/12/10/459100751/utah-reduced-chronic...

Great success. Do some research. Spend effort expanding programs that work.

Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by leereeves on Friday April 07, 2017 @11:14AM (#14060363)
> A similar approach was first tried in Los Angeles in the late 1980s and New York City in the early 1990s.

> Later, the Bush administration adopted the model, and cities and states started writing 10-year plans to end chronic homelessness.

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> And even though many cities in the U.S. have also been doing this for a while, they still come to Utah to study why it's working so well here.

The article mentions several times that it's already being done. This isn't mutually exclusive with efforts to fight terrorism.

Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by awqrre on Friday April 07, 2017 @02:00PM (#14062011)
The problem with the fight against terrorism is that they use it to push other agendas... just like they do with the fight against pedophiles and such.
Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by 0xfeba on Friday April 07, 2017 @10:37AM (#14059984)
> chasing some boogeymen in the desert.

Whom we are chasing mostly because of the instability we caused in the region in the first place.