Liberal elected
officials in Blue States have decided to tell police to ignore vagrancy laws
and allow homeless addicts to become urban campers in the middle of their
cities. This is more of a protest than a problem. It is a tactic to justify
liberal proposals to pay the poor for not working.
The problem here is
addiction. Curing addiction requires that the addict “hit bottom” and decide to
beat the addiction. Hitting bottom usually requires being banished by their
families. Most experience homelessness.
Drug and alcohol
addiction has been a problem for about 10% of the population. In the US with a
population of 329 million, 10% is 32.9 million. This alone could account for
the US being stuck with a Labor Force Participation rate of 63%. US Companies
adopted drug screening and applicants who test positive for illegal drugs are
routinely rejected. The use of E-Verify to determine US citizenship will result
in illegals being rejected as well.
Today, many families
spend fortunes on multiple treatment programs that fail because they offer no
“bottom”. The addicts don’t need to learn more about their addictions, they
need to hit “bottom”.
Often, work is the
therapy most addicts need to save them from committing crimes and going to
jail. Once they are jailed, their chances for employment become more limited.
New York City has
60,000 homeless in its shelters.
Los Angeles CA has
60,000 homeless in the streets.
San Francisco has
30,000 homeless in the streets.
Atlanta does not allow
vagrants to sleep on the streets or pan handle. Of Atlanta’s estimated 7000
homeless, 2000 homeless sleep under bridges or in abandoned buildings and 5000
are in shelters and working part-time. Most are addicts looking for “bottom”.
US Homelessness in
2007 estimates a total of 647,258, sheltered 391,401 and unsheltered
255,857. In 2018 the total had declined
to 552,830, sheltered 358,363, unsheltered 194,467.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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