http://m.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-plans-to-move-entire-homeless-encampments-6117833.php
2.8 million from the San Francisco Interfaith Council to move homeless into housing.
$500,000 donated by a Fortuna native which was used to buy the building and start off the Betty Kwan Chin Center in Eureka. There are private fonations on a daily and weekly basis and people who support fundraisers.
The Rescue Mission in Eureka and St . Vincent De Paul are two other examples where donations and funds are raised to help the homeless.
There are many faith based organizations that help the homeless through private donations.
The government that gets funds to help the low income and poor and working poor don't sacrifice their own money.
Yet, we continue to expect bureaucrats who are top heavy in management to advocate for those who don't have basic needs.
If we had the same money that is poured into government be spent on jobs and housing, people would not need to depend on the mercy of others.
There's no such thing as government, John. There are governments. And each of those governments has a set of people working at it, and has developed its own culture, for better or worse.
ReplyDeleteIt is true that some governmental cultures are awful. It's equally true that some are superb.
It is true that some corporate cultures are awful. It's equally true that some are superb.
The issue is not government versus "charity" versus non-profits, versus the private sector.
The issue is honesty and decency in the people in charge, and in the people who are supposed to be conducting oversight and ensuring accountability. And that often seems to have failed widely, not in any particular sector, but throughout American society.