They do not. I agree they are useless on purpose. That is my point.
In reality, anyway, the social, economic and political system works pretty well for business and capital owners. Specially those at the very top. Governments are corrupt because the system is corrupt. The rules of society have been written, and this dates back to the foundation of the country, to benefit elites.
In order to change the rules major dissent is needed, and that will only come in a situation of complete collapse of the political system. I think it will happen, and I actually think things are getting really heated up... but it's not gonna be pretty.
It will be interesting to see what kind of economic, political and social models could be followed. But really, elites will never want to risk their current positions.
In addition to that, you need to constantly evolve your delivery vehicles to overcome newly developed defense capabilities.
In even the most bare-bones defense scenario, the needed investment is fairly large, and it depends on how large of an investment adversaries make.
Our best and brightest are making money to buy fallout shelters in NZ or wherever.
If you are a property owner, then distributing the externalities and barbaric social harm of the insane NIMBYism and zoning laws that artificially protect your property's valuation to the majority renting population makes sense. A few thousand a year is nothing compared to real estate.
And obviously, that amount of money is easily enough to just give the unhoused the housing they need, if it weren't impossible to build affordable housing in the first place.
In fy2021-2022 the amount is $670M … over two years.
SF spends 1/4 of the amount you accuse it of.
Furthermore, it’s well known that other counties near and far send their homeless people here. So as a SF tax payer… I think you owe me many thanks for taking care of your homeless people.
> The FY21-23 HSH budget leverages $1.2 billion over the next two years in federal, state, and local resources (including Prop C funds). In addition to HSH’s existing commitments
I mean San Francisco has a $1.1B budget for homelessness. That's a contribution of almost $1,300 for every man, woman and child resident of SF. And yet the problem is worse, not better.
Maybe it's not a money problem but the approach that's the issue.