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Re:Growing homeless camps contrast with West Coast tech wealth by lsiebert on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @08:30AM (#15643168)
We pay a great deal of money for the military, and healthcare.

https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-bud...

We also overpay significantly for the healthcare we get compared to similar developed countries, and have worse outcomes.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danmunro/2014/06/16/u-s-healthc...

Given how much gun violence is blamed on mental health issues (though if that was the issue, you'd have to assume americans have more mental health issues than other developed countries, considering we have more gun deaths per capita, but I digress) and given the national emergency of the opiod epidemic, maybe we'll see some money go towards mental health that might help the people on the street, but I somehow doubt it.

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