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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by mike_d on Saturday May 22, 2021 @02:13AM (#27243998)
I really hate that term. It implies that they are under-served or lack the resources to be homed.

San Francisco's budget to address the problem is $106,500 per homeless individual, or enough to literally just buy them everything they need and send them to a trade school.

Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by aksss on Saturday May 22, 2021 @03:49AM (#27244471)
Just because the homeless-industrial complex has resources doesn’t mean the needy homeless do. The first job of non-profit work is to keep the thieves away, and municipal homeless programs often fail this first job miserably. Indeed they’re often shady operations covering graft, rent-seeking, and political favors cough, Seattle, cough
Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by natchy on Saturday May 22, 2021 @03:18AM (#27244303)
You used the term “homeless” after saying you hate it?