The liberal elite wail and gnash their teeth.
Fewer homeless people on streets of San Francisco. 28% drop since fall of ’02
San Francisco’s new figures are based on a one-night homeless count, taken between 8 p.m. Jan. 26 and about 8 a.m. the next morning. It showed the city now has 6,248 homeless people living on the streets or in jails, shelters, rehabilitation centers or other emergency facilities — a 28 percent decline compared to 8,640 in October 2002, the last time such a count was conducted.
Sounds like a good thing, right?
Well, not according to the people whom you would think would like these numbers, the �Homeless Advocates�.
“There are still a lot of homeless people out there, and I’m still seeing some of the same people I’ve seen for the past 10 years,” Newsom said at a news conference to announce the numbers. “But it’s time to start focusing on the good things that are happening.”
If they�ve been out there for 10 years, Gavin, �Homelessness� is the life style they have chosen. And no program you could come up with will help them.
Unless it is a �Work or Get Out of Town� program.
“The new figures were met with disbelief from homeless advocates who say they don’t square with reality on the streets. And they come at a time when most other counties in the Bay Area expect to report an increase in their homeless populations.”
And those are some words from those �Homeless Advocates�.
The first thing you need to remember is that the more �Homeless people� that there are on the streets, the more money they get.
They may be liberals, but they sure as hell know what makes the world go round.
So now, just what could the �Homeless Advocates” be blaming for the fall in the �Homeless Population�?
Why the taxpayer funded �Money for Nothing� boondoggle that was recently cut.
“Leading to speculation that perhaps some homeless people are being driven out of the city by its welfare-slashing Care Not Cash program. Care Not Cash began in May 2004, cutting the welfare checks to homeless people from a high of $410 a month to $59 a month, giving them either a shelter bed or a permanent room instead. The number of homeless people on welfare since then has dropped 72 percent, from 2,497 to 693 today.”
Yes, you read that correctly folks!
Not giving the bums free money is tantamount to “Driving Them Out Of Town!”
And the liberals say that they live “In Reality”.
Good drugs folks. These jackasses are taking some damn good drugs.
Found at The Interested Participant