Trump's DC Occupation Costs 4 Times More Than It Would Take to House City's Entire Homeless Population

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-national-guard-housing-cost


"This militarized spending comes at the expense of federal programs—like public housing—that actually do prevent crime and improve health and education outcomes," said researcher Hanna Homestead.

Last week, when Trump federalized Washington, DC's police force and deployed the National Guard to occupy its streets, one of his main orders was to "end vagrancy" by destroying homeless encampments and arresting and forcibly relocating the people taking shelter there.

But according to an investigation published on Wednesday by Hanna Homestead of the National Priorities Project, in collaboration with The Intercept, deploying the National Guard and "getting rid of the slums" is costing far more than it would cost to simply provide housing to every homeless person in the city.

Governors from six US states have sent troops to Washington to help Trump's effort, swelling the ranks to nearly 2,100 who will soon be on patrol.


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1. Tax payer's money.................

We are at "taxation without representation".

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2. Whacko republicons sure know how to squander our tax money

If it ain't this evil shit, it's to pay for golf for frikken republicon billionaires.

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3. It's about fear and control.

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4. And has done little to nothing about crime

since the officers and national guard are stationed in only the lowest crime areas.

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5. For the homeless issue

supposedly douchebag and his cabinet members didn't like seeing them camped outside when driving by in their motorcades. There were around 5,100 homeless people in DC at the beginning of the year. They are still homeless, just displaced to other parts of the city that are apparently less visible to this administration's officials on their commutes. The administration has not funded any shelters or programs to help these folks, leaving it to local officials to deal with.

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6. K&R