And, just like when this strip was first drawn, no-one has an actual solution to their difficulties.
We have shelters they won’t stay in, rehab programs they won’t go to, and overpasses no-one wants to see them staying under.
And the advocates for the homeless say what they need is more money. Which anyone who’s spent 5 minutes talking with a homeless person knows will only help to a degree.
And we all “know” that the problem started when the government closed down the long-term psychiatric facilities. We forget that many of those places were really horrors, and this strip pre-dates that event. It seems that the biggest benefit of those places was that they kept “the problem” out of sight of “decent people”.
And, just like when this strip was first drawn, no-one has an actual solution to their difficulties.
We have shelters they won’t stay in, rehab programs they won’t go to, and overpasses no-one wants to see them staying under.
And the advocates for the homeless say what they need is more money. Which anyone who’s spent 5 minutes talking with a homeless person knows will only help to a degree.
And we all “know” that the problem started when the government closed down the long-term psychiatric facilities. We forget that many of those places were really horrors, and this strip pre-dates that event. It seems that the biggest benefit of those places was that they kept “the problem” out of sight of “decent people”.