Government stole it from tax payers to then act as a poorly run pseudo-charity, which is actually just a way for them to skim cream like mobsters while pretending to "do good." The foolish lap this up and immediately get defensive at anyone who proposes that, maybe, just maybe, politicians are lying to them and using their good nature against them. Maybe.
So, we get a consistently declining standard of living for everyone, decaying urban centers, and increasing numbers of homeless people, or, the truth: real lives that need real help being used as political chess pieces by a cadre of narcissists who are master manipulators.
Actually, we agreed that it was a good idea and organized our government to carry it out, and we broadly support it.
> The foolish
Commenters and citizens who disagree with you are "foolish"? People can't possibly disagree with you for legitimate reasons? Is your opinion the standard by which we measure legitimacy? Lucky I met you!
> decaying urban centers
Urban centers have been doing well overall, absent the pandemic, though certainly, as with everywhere, there are problems.
It's the wrong way since there is no independent entity monitoring these programs for efficiency. Government officials by and large don't care how much they spend and don't question when stuff like this happens. There is no way that small rooms in dense housing buildings should cost more than single family homes. There is either grift involved or homeless housing is WAY over regulated/zoned.
Government stole it from tax payers to then act as a poorly run pseudo-charity, which is actually just a way for them to skim cream like mobsters while pretending to "do good." The foolish lap this up and immediately get defensive at anyone who proposes that, maybe, just maybe, politicians are lying to them and using their good nature against them. Maybe.
So, we get a consistently declining standard of living for everyone, decaying urban centers, and increasing numbers of homeless people, or, the truth: real lives that need real help being used as political chess pieces by a cadre of narcissists who are master manipulators.