"I have spoken to NGO leaders who told me Capitalism created homelessness and addiction, and only when Capitalism is abolished will homelessness end. One told me that crime is a result of Capitalism and that a homeless person has a right to steal."
Name me a communist country that has tolerated drug addicts or thieves? Name me just one; any one?
No dictatorship,either on the right or the left, would put up with the BS that is tolerated in the USA and Canada today.
My argument is that any NGO leaders thinking that the collapse of capitalism will result in better lives for drug addicts and thieves are delusional not that a dictatorship is a better form of government.
I cannot vision the United States accepting a communist government but if nothing changes, a fascist-style dictatorship is a possibility. Isn't sending people to a massive prison in El Salvador close to sending them to a gulag?
Kevin, I appreciate your optimism but with elected officials like the incompetent Jessica Vega Pedesron and weak at the knees Keith Wilson we really don’t have a chance… the homeless industrial complex has won. It won’t change unless voters do.
Yeah IMO it’s not the mail in voting, it’s the voters. In Portland they are overly swayed by the nonprofits, the far left unions (SEIU, PAT) and a far, far left local Multnomah Democratic Partty that is in bed with the Socialists (DSA).
They are reprehensible to limit your pathetic three minutes to TWO. That is outrageous and so elitist. They are all such failed leaders. All the wrong people won this time around and here we are again, with nothing but failures who have NO SKIN IN THE GAME. THEY don't have anyone out there dying of drug addiction, being raped, assaulted, murdered, so the crisis is not REAL to THEM. Don't get me started. They all have way too much power and they are only benefiting from the HOMELESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX themselves. The homeless lost souls, addicted to Fentanyl are not benefiting from the MILLIONS in funding, only the politicians. Sickening. And NO ONE cares and no one does anything. There is literally NO oversight at ALL.
I don't think anyone in the field would argue with you about the PIT being less than accurate. Since I'm not an Oregon resident, I haven't seen past questionnaires except three year's worth I found online. None ask the residency question the way you framed it, and I'd be surprized that
any survey would, based on my own experience in other states.
That doesn't make your contention wrong about people coming from other states. Oregon is a state where half its population has come from elsewhere, so that proportion could hold for unhoused people as well.
As for gender questions, I do think they are relevant to whether a community has gender-appropriate facilities and programs given the population. I know in Colorado, for example, a very high proportion of homeless youth are LGBTQ.
"I have spoken to NGO leaders who told me Capitalism created homelessness and addiction, and only when Capitalism is abolished will homelessness end. One told me that crime is a result of Capitalism and that a homeless person has a right to steal."
Name me a communist country that has tolerated drug addicts or thieves? Name me just one; any one?
No dictatorship,either on the right or the left, would put up with the BS that is tolerated in the USA and Canada today.
Maybe people will make better choices under communism because there will be less choices and less time to think about it while working in the gulag.
My argument is that any NGO leaders thinking that the collapse of capitalism will result in better lives for drug addicts and thieves are delusional not that a dictatorship is a better form of government.
I cannot vision the United States accepting a communist government but if nothing changes, a fascist-style dictatorship is a possibility. Isn't sending people to a massive prison in El Salvador close to sending them to a gulag?
The nuevo Commie sees the homeless as a tool and a means to an end, nothing more.
The same nuevo Commies use the illegal criminals as a tool and a means to an end.
Kevin, I appreciate your optimism but with elected officials like the incompetent Jessica Vega Pedesron and weak at the knees Keith Wilson we really don’t have a chance… the homeless industrial complex has won. It won’t change unless voters do.
It won't change until you get rid of mail in voting!😤🤬🤥🤮Dumbest thing voted in...also sanctuary state status!
Yeah IMO it’s not the mail in voting, it’s the voters. In Portland they are overly swayed by the nonprofits, the far left unions (SEIU, PAT) and a far, far left local Multnomah Democratic Partty that is in bed with the Socialists (DSA).
How many of legacy media's reporters on the homelessness beat actually talk to the homeless? If you know any, please drop us a line.
Keep up the great work Kevin. Do any of the local news sources ever contact you for an interview or anything?
Doubtful as he's not part of the homeless industrial complex…..although the enabler Scott Kernan of Blanchet House always seems to be quoted.
Thank you for what you do Kevin!
They are reprehensible to limit your pathetic three minutes to TWO. That is outrageous and so elitist. They are all such failed leaders. All the wrong people won this time around and here we are again, with nothing but failures who have NO SKIN IN THE GAME. THEY don't have anyone out there dying of drug addiction, being raped, assaulted, murdered, so the crisis is not REAL to THEM. Don't get me started. They all have way too much power and they are only benefiting from the HOMELESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX themselves. The homeless lost souls, addicted to Fentanyl are not benefiting from the MILLIONS in funding, only the politicians. Sickening. And NO ONE cares and no one does anything. There is literally NO oversight at ALL.
Thank you Kevin for exposing them...
I don't think anyone in the field would argue with you about the PIT being less than accurate. Since I'm not an Oregon resident, I haven't seen past questionnaires except three year's worth I found online. None ask the residency question the way you framed it, and I'd be surprized that
any survey would, based on my own experience in other states.
That doesn't make your contention wrong about people coming from other states. Oregon is a state where half its population has come from elsewhere, so that proportion could hold for unhoused people as well.
As for gender questions, I do think they are relevant to whether a community has gender-appropriate facilities and programs given the population. I know in Colorado, for example, a very high proportion of homeless youth are LGBTQ.
Understandably so.