New York City loves to brag about being the biggest and best at everything—apparently, that even includes wasting taxpayer dollars. The latest bombshell is that the city is now throwing away a mind-boggling $81,000 per homeless person every year. You read that right: $81K for each and every one. All that cash, and what do taxpayers have to show for it? An ever-growing line of tents, more people crowding the sidewalks, trash piling up, and failed liberal promises.
No one ever accused left-wing leaders of knowing how to handle money, but this is getting out of control. Instead of helping people get back on their feet, their “solutions” create a giant slush fund for useless bureaucrats and sham non-profits. Where does all this money actually go? Somehow, the problem stays—or even gets worse—while the city spends more than the average American household makes in a year on each homeless person. If that isn’t backwards, what is?
This is the real legacy of progressive thinking: spinning the “compassion” line while running our cities into the ground. Liberals in charge act like throwing money at homelessness counts as “doing something.” But if spending $81,000 a head isn’t solving the problem, then it’s clear they either don’t care about results or have no clue what they’re doing. Their bloated budgets only benefit insider deals, not struggling families or the hard-working New Yorkers footing the bill.
Meanwhile, the entire city gets less safe and less livable. Businesses close. Tourism drops. Law-abiding citizens pick up and move away. But the political class shrugs, writes bigger checks, and pats itself on the back for “compassion.” They don’t learn from their failures because, deep down, they’d rather virtue-signal than actually tackle tough problems. Let’s face it—why would they want to fix homelessness when it’s the perfect excuse to funnel more money and power to their own friends?
Americans deserve answers. How long will we let so-called leaders tax us more and deliver less? At this rate, progressives might as well hand out gold-plated tents and call it a day—after all, who’s going to stop them?
Source: Redstate
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