and...economic conditions will not change a thing for the majority of the homeless.
Hawaii has a huge homeless problem but unemployment is at it's all-time lowest. I see and interact with the homeless every day. Every damn day. Every single one I see are drunks, drug addicts, and/or mentally ill. They couldn't hold down a job, nor would they want one, so it wouldn't matter if the economy was booming and the minimum wage was $20/hr.
There was never a problem at this level when I was a kid growing up in Hawaii. But then we had something called Sanitoriums. All the drug addicts, mentally ill and drunks were taken off the streets and treated in these facilities. But the ACLU got rid of that. They said it was illegal to confine them to a facility against their will when they committed no crime. But back then, disturbing the peace, loitering, sleeping on bus benches, crapping and urinating in public, and other quality of life issues that effected decent tax paying citizen was a crime.
Another great victory for the ACLU.
All perfectly true and accurate.
For instance, in this ongoing story a couple helped some hobo out by putting his story out on social media after he gave them a $20 bill he had to refuel their vehicle. They even set up a gofundme page to help him out and get him back on his feet. Sure enough, the gullible fuckheads in society dumped money into his fund to the tune of over $400,000 USD, which was to be administered by the people that set it up originally. They gave the bum $75,000 up front and promised him more of the rest over time if he quit using drugs and got a job, as well as letting him live on their property. No sooner does he get the money than he blows it on an RV, a new SUV, money for friends, and drugs (and has since lost the vehicles and remaining money). They kicked him off their property. Now he's been dragging them to court for the rest of the money and has three liberal lawyers representing him.
The homeless don't know what do with money if ever they get their hands on it. I must've come across at least 15 of them in my life that I asked if they wanted a job, since such and such place was hiring, and all of them declined and said they didn't want rules, a boss, having to get up at specific hours or stick to a schedule because it bored them. Yet they lived in absolute filth and complained about how unfair life was. These are the people coddled by San Francisco and other liberal cities into having outdoor syringe exchange and drug-ingestion sites, are passed out in the transit system's corridors and stairwells on drugs, and take dumps in public places or come in and out of coffee shops and irritate the patrons by yelling random things out to themselves and smelling like the garbage they sleep in.
These people are beyond help and don't want it, either. They deserve NO sympathy whatsoever. Yes, anyone can technically end up homeless temporarily if they fall behind on rent and lose a job, but there's short-term shelters and temporary staffing agencies for such people if they want to quickly turn things around and get back to normal. These guys have zero interest, much like people abusing the disability system when they're not disabled or living off welfare and food stamps because they just don't feel like working.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/05/400g-in-gofundme-cash-for-homeless-vet-is-gone-lawyer-claims.html