robertcmmacgregor:A new study shows that regional governments spend as much as $31,000 a year per ho
robertcmmacgregor:A new study shows that regional governments spend as much as $31,000 a year per homeless person (on “the salaries of law-enforcement officers to arrest and transport homeless individuals – largely for nonviolent offenses such as trespassing, public intoxication or sleeping in parks – as well as the cost of jails stays, emergency-room visits and hospitalization for medical and psychiatric issues”), when getting each homeless person a house and a case worker to supervise their needs would cost just $10,000 per person. Read more here: http://bit.ly/RKWdGh Image by Occupy Democrats -- source link