XPost: or.politics, seattle.politics, alt.law-enforcement   
   From: maximusheadroom@gmx.com   
      
   In news:v5evbr$1lblp$5@dont-email.me, Baxter    
   typed:   
      
   > a425couple  wrote in   
   > news:78BeO.149842$iz_6.84312@fx14.iad:   
   >> On 6/25/24 07:37, Baxter wrote:   
      
   >>> Denver gave homeless people $1,000 a month, no strings attached. A   
   >>> year later:   
   >>> *45% secured housing   
   >>> *Taxpayers saved $590k because of fewer visits to the hospital, jail   
   >>> and shelters   
   >>> *People used the money on groceries, rent, hygiene, clothes and   
   >>> transportation   
   >>> *Mental health improved and they could spend more time with their   
   >>> kids and grandkids   
      
   >> $12,000 a year is a huge bargain compared with what Seattle   
   >> and King County are splurging on to try to 'help' the homeless.   
      
   >> Perhaps it will work long term.   
   >> But no evidence that it help addicts addicted to fentanyl.   
   >> But, test, try, and monitor.   
      
   > So don't help ANY homeless because it doesn't uplift ALL homeless?   
      
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