I was just thinking about weather forecasts. Everyone needs to know what the weather is going to be like. They need to know if it's going to be 74 degrees or 68 degrees. They need to know the chance of precipitation.
But the people who need those forecasts the most don't get them. And who are those people? The homeless. They actually experience the weather every day. But everyone else is closely following the forecasts. I wonder how that must look to an actual homeless person. I'll bet it's pretty ridiculous. As in, "Why the hell do these assholes need weather forecasts? They have homes."
I'm a capitalist--but I don't know about this homelessness thing. We have to do something about it.
Just give each homeless person an eight foot by eight foot room. Each person needs a room. Ten people packed into one larger room won't work out. They each need their own room, including a toilet, shower, kitchen faucet, and electrical outlet. I mean, it's going to be hard to put all that in a 64 square foot room--but I'm pretty sure the Japanese do it already. So just copy the Japanese. Give each homeless person a Japanese subcompact studio apartment. Tell Honda to send over some.
I'm not talking about a suite at the Ritz-Carlton. Just the bare minimums. We can put limits on how much water and electricity they can use over the course of a day, or maybe a week or month.
And with a room like that, they'll still have an incentive to work and move on to something better. They won't have much of a motive to stick around indefinitely.
And we can also play Michael Bolton music the entire time--because as far as I know, most people don't like that. So they'll be like, "I have to get away from this Michael Bolton music. I need to get a job and find somewhere else to live."
No offense, Michael Bolton. I've never heard any of your songs. But to my knowledge, the general public is not fond of them.
So we need some Michael Bolton CDs and subcompact apartments.
How much is this going to cost? Let's look into the financials. I'm practical. I have to look at the numbers.
There are close to 700,000 homeless people in America.
The apartments aren't going to be in good neighborhoods. And again, I'm talking about the bare minimums here. So maybe $3,000 per person, per year. Or about $2 billion total.
But wait second. I forgot about food. That's a big piece of the pie. I'm not talking about gourmet food. We'll give them good, cheap, nutritious food. Oatmeal, sunflower seeds, carrots, peanuts, milk, in season fruit, etc. The government can buy all of that in bulk from Sam's Club. $2.50-3.00 per day can easily buy 3000 calories worth of food. $1,000 per person, per year. That's another $700 million total. Plus the $2 billion for apartments.
How much is that per American? $2.7 billion divided by 300+ million Americans. About $9 person. How is that possible? That's money well spent. Although we'll also have to spend a lot of money on Michael Bolton CDs. Michael Bolton will be the richest guy in the world when I'm done with this.
You know what? Financially, this is not a big deal. $9 per American in additional taxes, plus the Bolton money.
And we might save money on health care, with the homeless eating better food. I'll bet homeless people commit crimes, too. So if we get them off of the street, we'll cut down the crime rate. That'll save us money.
And you know what? Odds are some people will make their way out of the homeless program, make a lot of money, and then donate some of it back to the program. So they'll end up funding it. It won't cost the government anything after the first few years. The ex-homeless will cover the bills.
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