Notes

Homelessness
are short term efforts truly effective when it comes to assisting the homeless?
what long term efforts should be taken to help instead of relying on soup kitchens, religious institutions, and shelters?
job and housing assistance? clothing? rehab for addicts?
is the problem too big of an issue to tackle in a reasonable amount of time?
political resistance?
social resistance?
costs associated and cost of short term vs cost of long term?
will a long term solution require big spending like it did during the great depression?
honestly financially america is just shit, bruh you don't pay off the interest you try to pay off the initial so your interest decreases
but I can't pretend to be an econ genius spending and managing money for a country of 300,000,000 I imagine isn't as easy as it seems
addressing the cause of homeless seems like a better way to fix the issue as opposed to just keeping them on what is essentially life support
charities (that aren't completely fraudulent and ineffective) as well as food banks/shelters are literally the dayquil of the plight that is homelessness
they only treat the symptoms which in my experience doesn't work that well unless it's a very temporary kind of illness and homelessness most definitely is not
also the situation itself is hard to get out of, without a home and decent clothes, it's hard to find a job and even though there are some job opportunities for the homeless, they're often not enough to eat and get shelter and build them up to where they need to be