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Prevention and risk reduction is always cheaper than cures or damage control.
The problem always seems to be that government and those in power always view these issues from an economic and financial perspective ... rather than as a humanitarian issue that just requires us to take care of one another.
Ironically though, almost every time the humanitarian approach is more economical.
It's more expensive to police people than to help them. It's more expensive to clean up around a homeless camp and deal with all the fallout than it is to house them. It's more expensive to handle the repercussions of ignoring everyone's health than to treat them.
Most of the time, when you cut to the quick of why people don't want to fund something like OAT, you tend to get a response that basically boils down to wanting bad behaviour to be punished.
Exactly, I WISH the government would view these issues from an economic perspective, because that would mean actually helping these people and integrating them back into society
You forgot the most obvious that homeless drug addicted people are not employed and paying taxes. It's a double whammy.
Oh I didn't forget. It's just that I could write forever and I have to draw the line somewhere.
Yeah, and seemingly only looking as far ahead as the next election, not what is best for society in the next 20 years.
We simultaneously want everything right now with no waiting ... and believe that we will also live forever.