Gov't has now ruined charity. Who wants to donate to any cause when non-profits and gov't over indulge in our generosity? NGOs, non-profits, and taxpayer funded programs are so co-mingled and flushed with cash that people can't discern the benefit. Many years ago I stopped donating to all charities, except for local ones, because I was too disillusioned with them. Now, slowly, I am no longer donating to local causes, because I see too much waste and very little benefit. I'll just stick to being over taxed for these programs. I'm with you, Jeff. I plan on celebrating the 4th of July with pride and patriotism. God bless us, and GOD BLESS AMERICA, OUR BELOVED COUNTRY!
Margaret Thatcher's famous quote certainly applies not just to Clallam and Jefferson counties, but the entire state of Washington: "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." But it seems to me that those who favor so-called "progressive" government think there's a bottomless well of taxpayer funds to pay for programs that, in the long run, don't really solve the perceived problem(s), but instead exacerbate them while at the same time creating a "need" for more permanent government/NGO staff to manage them in perpetuity. How in any sane world can someone believe that giving an addict free hard drugs will help them solve their addiction? Or that providing free food ad infinitum without qualifiers will encourage someone to work to become self-sustaining?
We here do what we can to help the local food bank in Sequim (and others in the area) and there are times when some people do take advantage of the system because they can afford to buy food, but that seems to be rare. We donate to the food bank when we can, but one of the other ways that we help the food bank is to collect some of the food that has expired so we can feed it to some of the animals on our little farm, and that is a win/win outcome because it saves the food bank very costly trash removal fees. So, my point is that you can't ever tell if an individual is taking advantage of a food bank by the vehicle that they are in or the clothes that they wear etc. I understand the concept of vetting folks to make sure that they are in need, but I seriously doubt that would actually work because the crooks would be able to work around that AND most importantly it would make it embarrassing to those who are in need and possibly prevent them from getting the help that they and their families need. True charity needs to be free of strings and delivered without making those in need feel badly. On the other hand, encouraging those who can work and take care of themselves is a HUGE part of helping them to rejoin society~! Very difficult questions indeed... Have a great 4th of July~! Sincerely, Mike
I plan on following up on this harm reduction issue during the public comment section of the commissioners meeting on July 8th. Please I encourage others to comment too. I planted the seed in this week’s board of commissioners meeting during the 2nd public comment (thanks for the cc watchdog shout out) I am struggling to find in the board of health advisory committee meeting where they officially recommended the $50,000 for 2025 and $100,000 for 2026. Does anyone know how to get this official recommendation? I am concerned that the metrics they are using is based on the 30% improvement of drug overdose fatalities from 2023 to 2024 and how they are contributing it to “harm reduction” in general when fatalities are impacted by the administration of naloxone/narcan NOT providing drug paraphernalia! Also, the county could potentially be reimbursed through Medicaid for naloxone with there implementation of their inmate Medicaid billing they just passed. All that to say, more to come on this, but if you agree we want effective funding to get the outcomes of contributing humans to society then please submit a public comment or correspondence at/for the July 8th meeting.
FYI: It looks like the $50,000 "harm reduction" funding request for 2025 is on the upcoming work session on July 7th, 2025: 3e Resolution authorizing the allocation of $50,000 in opioid settlement funds to support the Clallam County Harm Reduction Health Center. The attached agenda item document states it will be put on the regular agenda on July 15th, 2025. I don't see a place on the work session agenda for public comment. Am I missing something? I submitted this email to the county clerk in hopes this information will be considered by the BOC before they take action:
To: Loni Gores, Clerk of the Board
Subject: Public Comment – Agenda Item 3e (Opioid Settlement Funds Allocation – Harm Reduction Health Center)
Dear Ms. Gores,
Please accept the following written public comment for inclusion in the July 7, 2025, work session packet under Agenda Item 3e: Resolution authorizing the allocation of $50,000 in opioid settlement funds to support the Clallam County Harm Reduction Health Center.
Public Comment – Submitted by Dr. Sarah Huling
I respectfully urge the Board to delay approval of the $50,000 allocation of opioid settlement funds to the Harm Reduction Health Center until key questions are answered and the spending is aligned with documented evidence and state guidance.
The proposed allocation is reportedly justified in part by a 30% reduction in opioid-related fatalities from 2023 to 2024. However, available evidence suggests this reduction is due to the widespread administration of naloxone, not the distribution of drug paraphernalia. If harm reduction is being credited for this outcome, then naloxone should be the exclusive focus of harm reduction expenditures.
Additionally, I ask the Board to clarify whether this $50,000 was already incorporated into the approved 2025 budget or if it constitutes a new, supplemental expenditure. If it is new, I recommend that no additional allocation be approved until existing harm reduction funds are reviewed and, if appropriate, reallocated entirely toward naloxone distribution.
The Board should also consider that Clallam County has recently approved Medicaid billing for inmates. This opens a new opportunity to receive Medicaid reimbursement for naloxone administered in appropriate settings, such as through law enforcement, EMS, or post-overdose jail entry. This creates a more responsible, cost-effective model for intervention that focuses on saving lives, interrupting cycles of use, and linking individuals to treatment.
Finally, the One Washington MOU and national guidance from Johns Hopkins and Shatterproof stress the importance of tracking opioid settlement expenditures with clear program descriptions, measurable outcomes, and categorization by approved use. This proposal lacks that level of transparency and specificity.
For all of these reasons, I urge the Board to:
Defer action on this allocation until a program-level breakdown of current harm reduction spending is provided.
Reevaluate whether this allocation complies with the MOU and national tracking guidance.
Ensure any future funding is aligned with evidence-based, reimbursable strategies that prioritize treatment, prevention, and recovery, not prolonged addiction.
Thank you for your consideration and for your service to the community.
MK... I hate to think you are correct but I think you are. It saddens me. I was a rebellious kid. A risk taker. Luckily I grew out of it quickly. The drug world of today is far more lethal.
Being young is all about being ignorant to the realities of the world and we all grew up in different ways and took risks. I don't believe there's a one of us who hasn't escaped the potential for death at some point while growing up due to many variables such as drugs, alcohol, fast cars, etc. I escaped imminent death once at 20 years of age and it's not beyond me that had it happened it would have been the luck of the draw.
The word free is misused and abused. Buy one for $ 20.00 and you get another for free. Sounds better than ten bucks a copy. The toxic COVID injections were free; unless of course you pay taxes. Our local transit is free; again unless you pay taxes. Even prolonging a life of drug abuse is free; or is it ? Taking the results of someone's choices denies them the experience they chose. How does a drug addict hit their own bottom, if that bottom is taken away from them ? That bottom either becomes a new beginning or life's end. You cannot take away a person's death, so supplying free drugs only takes away the possibility of a new beginning. Free from a new beginning.
You develop a tolerance to drugs. As an addict you are "Chasing the Dragon" metaphorically speaking trying to achieve the unachievable by increasing dosage to get to that best of places your cravings require. You risk death with every injection, inhalation or ingestion of pills as Fentanyl is so concentrated. A two milligram dose is considered a fatal measure. For those of you volume challenged a packet of sugar in the restaurant is about 4 grams. That is 4000 milligrams. 2000 lethal doses. You friendly drug dealer is supposed to make sure this concentration diluted in the dose. Cutting it with caffeine makes the burn point lower. Easier to smoke. Cutting it with stimulants help from overdosing with rapid heartbeat. One of latest "cuts" is with Levamisole. Its a parasitic worm treatment for cattle that extends the duration of the "high". But... the side effects are sores and lesions that result in killing the tissue around the sores often leading to amputation.
Enjoy your well deserved CCWD "day off" and July 4th celebration, Jeff! Let all of us begin to celebrate our upcoming 250th birthday, with the year long festivities kicking off tonight in Iowa. God bless America and the freedom and independence she stands and fights for!
As long as people continue to mis-label Independence Day, by following the lead to remove any and all identifying characteristics of our Republic, the decline will only accelerate. "Holidays" really mean nothing in recent generations, other than a paid day off from work, with more profits for large corporations as people buy trinkets and noise makers that last about 15 minutes, tops. Tomorrow is not "the Fourth of July", it is America's declaration of independence as a sovereign nation, in proper context.
I have always thought they miss spelled the TRANSIENT CENTER. So this is how the county commissioners are going to improve the economy of Clallam County; Free rides, Free drugs, Free health care, Free food
.I will celebrate my great fortune at being a citizen of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the freedoms it affords us that support and defend it. Thanks Jeff and all who take time to contribute,read, and listen to CCWD. Hope we all take the time to reflect on how lucky we are to have our voice.
Whoever coined the phrase "There's no such thing as a free lunch" was obviously not from Clallam County, where bums and addicts get free pizza, free boofing kits, free syringes, free food, free luxury apartments, and even talk of free staff to inject them with fentanyl. What's next? Massages with "happy endings". Can anyone think of a better way to keep these useless bums addicted and worthless? Why go to such great lengths to not only cater to the addicts but effectively invite them from all corners of the country (world if Kamala had been elected)? Altruism with other people's money is the surface thought, but I think it goes something like $320K from taxpayers, means $100K for me, $100K for you, and $120K for the programs. Sshhh.
I've been a type 1 diabetic since I was 6. I remember my parents couldn't afford to change my needle out for every injection so when my mother gave me an injection she would mark it on the cap with a permanent marker and after 4 or 5 uses, we could then discard it. I had to do it to survive.
As an adult I've had to pay ungodly amounts of cash to survive being a diabetic. I've gone without insulin and been taken to the emergency room just so I could be given the bottle of insulin they injected me with because once they use it on one person they can't re-use it for someone else. I had to do this to survive!
It really is a slap in the face, to have a disease that I didn't sign up for cost so much while others choose to inject themselves with drugs and can get it for free
They planned illegal immigration. They set up the "climate migrant" scam to account for their illegal immigration. People from the NODC and SERN should be in jail. So should the people in FEMA, that funded the climate migrant scam.
I have a coworker that worked at PBH for several years. The CEO , Wendy Sisk, makes $250k/year and treats herself to yearly $25k bonuses around the holidays along with most of the upper level staff. Why would you want to cure the root problem that would in turn cut off the publicly funded gravy train. This county has turned into a communist trash can.
I'd love to know how much of my tax money goes towards the kiosk on my street full of free Naloxone and covid tests. (Distributed by the Clallam County Health Department) I don't recall voting to fund individual's overdoses.
NOTHING should be "free". It's a barrier to get out of homelessness. Free is patronizing, and it hurts the pride of the receiver. Its a downward cycle. It gives an exception to a person to NOT be part of society. We all must follow rules -- it is how we are human.
I totally UNDERSTAND the idea of a needle exchange as harm reduction. Given that in the old days of run-away heroin addicts needles would be shared, and re-used and re-used, and re-used. When HIV became rampant the vector was traded and re-used needles. Got it. But the initial programs (like with the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic) was "bring a needle get a needle". Nothing was free. How have we forgotten what was accepted by previous generations.
The vagrants have always been among us. At the last turn of the century (1800's to 1900's) police stations would regularly house these homeless. But they were often required to clean up in exchange. Hobos took pride in the fact they pitched in when a farmer let them stay in the barn. When did we become so permissive that we just booted people from engaging in society?
It is crazy to have free needles given away, when we are awash in discarded needles. Want a free needle? Bring in four discarded ones. Go out there and find them... save them, put them into an empty plastic bottle. I don't care if you are a junkie, but you can be a responsible junkie. Free food? Nope, bring me a bag of trash that you find in the community. As a friend of mine, who grew up in abject poverty (10 kids slept in one room) "Clean doesn't cost money. Soap is always affordable." Its crazy to have food kitchens/free food without some participation -- just like you don't go into someone's house have dinner, and not help clear the table.
(If some of you do, I'd sincerely urge you to rethink your priorities.)
Everyone has the ability and requirement to contribute to society. Its the idea of "many hands lighten the load". We need to remember that homeless are still people. And, should still be expected to contribute.
The worse spoiled/entitled children never had responsibilities -- didn't have to clean, wash/dry dishes, do "chores" --- are these the useless people who think the IDEAL is to just give away, free, entitlement? That's become the model of the "homeless industry": Free Free Free "oh you poor person are too stupid/lazy/drugged out/whatever to help yourself".
People don't do well with being treated as if they were infants. Lets stop making excuses for them, and make them find their pride (the word is used correctly, not as it's been perverted).
The current date is 2025 and we live in the United States. Our leaders pretend that we are in England and the date is 1825. Churches provide free dinners. SNAP provides free chow. The school system provides free food. Missions also assist as well as WIC programs along with those wooden pantries. I don't understand why any human would be starving though perhaps a little hunger might teach independence.
Gov't has now ruined charity. Who wants to donate to any cause when non-profits and gov't over indulge in our generosity? NGOs, non-profits, and taxpayer funded programs are so co-mingled and flushed with cash that people can't discern the benefit. Many years ago I stopped donating to all charities, except for local ones, because I was too disillusioned with them. Now, slowly, I am no longer donating to local causes, because I see too much waste and very little benefit. I'll just stick to being over taxed for these programs. I'm with you, Jeff. I plan on celebrating the 4th of July with pride and patriotism. God bless us, and GOD BLESS AMERICA, OUR BELOVED COUNTRY!
My charitable giving now only goes to WAG and Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. We may also include Rise Rescue Alliance soon.
Margaret Thatcher's famous quote certainly applies not just to Clallam and Jefferson counties, but the entire state of Washington: "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." But it seems to me that those who favor so-called "progressive" government think there's a bottomless well of taxpayer funds to pay for programs that, in the long run, don't really solve the perceived problem(s), but instead exacerbate them while at the same time creating a "need" for more permanent government/NGO staff to manage them in perpetuity. How in any sane world can someone believe that giving an addict free hard drugs will help them solve their addiction? Or that providing free food ad infinitum without qualifiers will encourage someone to work to become self-sustaining?
Excellent comment Patriot Robert~!
We here do what we can to help the local food bank in Sequim (and others in the area) and there are times when some people do take advantage of the system because they can afford to buy food, but that seems to be rare. We donate to the food bank when we can, but one of the other ways that we help the food bank is to collect some of the food that has expired so we can feed it to some of the animals on our little farm, and that is a win/win outcome because it saves the food bank very costly trash removal fees. So, my point is that you can't ever tell if an individual is taking advantage of a food bank by the vehicle that they are in or the clothes that they wear etc. I understand the concept of vetting folks to make sure that they are in need, but I seriously doubt that would actually work because the crooks would be able to work around that AND most importantly it would make it embarrassing to those who are in need and possibly prevent them from getting the help that they and their families need. True charity needs to be free of strings and delivered without making those in need feel badly. On the other hand, encouraging those who can work and take care of themselves is a HUGE part of helping them to rejoin society~! Very difficult questions indeed... Have a great 4th of July~! Sincerely, Mike
I plan on following up on this harm reduction issue during the public comment section of the commissioners meeting on July 8th. Please I encourage others to comment too. I planted the seed in this week’s board of commissioners meeting during the 2nd public comment (thanks for the cc watchdog shout out) I am struggling to find in the board of health advisory committee meeting where they officially recommended the $50,000 for 2025 and $100,000 for 2026. Does anyone know how to get this official recommendation? I am concerned that the metrics they are using is based on the 30% improvement of drug overdose fatalities from 2023 to 2024 and how they are contributing it to “harm reduction” in general when fatalities are impacted by the administration of naloxone/narcan NOT providing drug paraphernalia! Also, the county could potentially be reimbursed through Medicaid for naloxone with there implementation of their inmate Medicaid billing they just passed. All that to say, more to come on this, but if you agree we want effective funding to get the outcomes of contributing humans to society then please submit a public comment or correspondence at/for the July 8th meeting.
I'll do some digging and be in touch. Thanks for taking this up!
FYI: It looks like the $50,000 "harm reduction" funding request for 2025 is on the upcoming work session on July 7th, 2025: 3e Resolution authorizing the allocation of $50,000 in opioid settlement funds to support the Clallam County Harm Reduction Health Center. The attached agenda item document states it will be put on the regular agenda on July 15th, 2025. I don't see a place on the work session agenda for public comment. Am I missing something? I submitted this email to the county clerk in hopes this information will be considered by the BOC before they take action:
To: Loni Gores, Clerk of the Board
Subject: Public Comment – Agenda Item 3e (Opioid Settlement Funds Allocation – Harm Reduction Health Center)
Dear Ms. Gores,
Please accept the following written public comment for inclusion in the July 7, 2025, work session packet under Agenda Item 3e: Resolution authorizing the allocation of $50,000 in opioid settlement funds to support the Clallam County Harm Reduction Health Center.
Public Comment – Submitted by Dr. Sarah Huling
I respectfully urge the Board to delay approval of the $50,000 allocation of opioid settlement funds to the Harm Reduction Health Center until key questions are answered and the spending is aligned with documented evidence and state guidance.
The proposed allocation is reportedly justified in part by a 30% reduction in opioid-related fatalities from 2023 to 2024. However, available evidence suggests this reduction is due to the widespread administration of naloxone, not the distribution of drug paraphernalia. If harm reduction is being credited for this outcome, then naloxone should be the exclusive focus of harm reduction expenditures.
Additionally, I ask the Board to clarify whether this $50,000 was already incorporated into the approved 2025 budget or if it constitutes a new, supplemental expenditure. If it is new, I recommend that no additional allocation be approved until existing harm reduction funds are reviewed and, if appropriate, reallocated entirely toward naloxone distribution.
The Board should also consider that Clallam County has recently approved Medicaid billing for inmates. This opens a new opportunity to receive Medicaid reimbursement for naloxone administered in appropriate settings, such as through law enforcement, EMS, or post-overdose jail entry. This creates a more responsible, cost-effective model for intervention that focuses on saving lives, interrupting cycles of use, and linking individuals to treatment.
Finally, the One Washington MOU and national guidance from Johns Hopkins and Shatterproof stress the importance of tracking opioid settlement expenditures with clear program descriptions, measurable outcomes, and categorization by approved use. This proposal lacks that level of transparency and specificity.
For all of these reasons, I urge the Board to:
Defer action on this allocation until a program-level breakdown of current harm reduction spending is provided.
Reevaluate whether this allocation complies with the MOU and national tracking guidance.
Ensure any future funding is aligned with evidence-based, reimbursable strategies that prioritize treatment, prevention, and recovery, not prolonged addiction.
Thank you for your consideration and for your service to the community.
Sincerely,
Dr. Sarah Huling, EdD, MBA, BS ARRT, ARDMS
Forks, WA
Attached: https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/opioid-settlement-expenditures-methodology-121124.pdf
Best of luck Dr. Sarah.
I don't believe everyone can be saved.
Society is sick and mother nature is culling the herd. Brace yourselves.
Make good choices people. I'm 100% against this intervention.
MK... I hate to think you are correct but I think you are. It saddens me. I was a rebellious kid. A risk taker. Luckily I grew out of it quickly. The drug world of today is far more lethal.
Being young is all about being ignorant to the realities of the world and we all grew up in different ways and took risks. I don't believe there's a one of us who hasn't escaped the potential for death at some point while growing up due to many variables such as drugs, alcohol, fast cars, etc. I escaped imminent death once at 20 years of age and it's not beyond me that had it happened it would have been the luck of the draw.
The word free is misused and abused. Buy one for $ 20.00 and you get another for free. Sounds better than ten bucks a copy. The toxic COVID injections were free; unless of course you pay taxes. Our local transit is free; again unless you pay taxes. Even prolonging a life of drug abuse is free; or is it ? Taking the results of someone's choices denies them the experience they chose. How does a drug addict hit their own bottom, if that bottom is taken away from them ? That bottom either becomes a new beginning or life's end. You cannot take away a person's death, so supplying free drugs only takes away the possibility of a new beginning. Free from a new beginning.
You develop a tolerance to drugs. As an addict you are "Chasing the Dragon" metaphorically speaking trying to achieve the unachievable by increasing dosage to get to that best of places your cravings require. You risk death with every injection, inhalation or ingestion of pills as Fentanyl is so concentrated. A two milligram dose is considered a fatal measure. For those of you volume challenged a packet of sugar in the restaurant is about 4 grams. That is 4000 milligrams. 2000 lethal doses. You friendly drug dealer is supposed to make sure this concentration diluted in the dose. Cutting it with caffeine makes the burn point lower. Easier to smoke. Cutting it with stimulants help from overdosing with rapid heartbeat. One of latest "cuts" is with Levamisole. Its a parasitic worm treatment for cattle that extends the duration of the "high". But... the side effects are sores and lesions that result in killing the tissue around the sores often leading to amputation.
Read all about it in about 3 minutes right here: https://opentextbooks.clemson.edu/hlth4000holcombtugman/chapter/drug-cutting-agents-in-synthetic-opioids/
Now why as a society would we enable this behavior. Zero tolerance. Treatment or incarceration.
Many will disagree I'm sure. But death is certain if you do it long enough.
Nailed it
Enjoy your well deserved CCWD "day off" and July 4th celebration, Jeff! Let all of us begin to celebrate our upcoming 250th birthday, with the year long festivities kicking off tonight in Iowa. God bless America and the freedom and independence she stands and fights for!
USA! USA! USA!
As long as people continue to mis-label Independence Day, by following the lead to remove any and all identifying characteristics of our Republic, the decline will only accelerate. "Holidays" really mean nothing in recent generations, other than a paid day off from work, with more profits for large corporations as people buy trinkets and noise makers that last about 15 minutes, tops. Tomorrow is not "the Fourth of July", it is America's declaration of independence as a sovereign nation, in proper context.
I have always thought they miss spelled the TRANSIENT CENTER. So this is how the county commissioners are going to improve the economy of Clallam County; Free rides, Free drugs, Free health care, Free food
.I will celebrate my great fortune at being a citizen of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the freedoms it affords us that support and defend it. Thanks Jeff and all who take time to contribute,read, and listen to CCWD. Hope we all take the time to reflect on how lucky we are to have our voice.
Whoever coined the phrase "There's no such thing as a free lunch" was obviously not from Clallam County, where bums and addicts get free pizza, free boofing kits, free syringes, free food, free luxury apartments, and even talk of free staff to inject them with fentanyl. What's next? Massages with "happy endings". Can anyone think of a better way to keep these useless bums addicted and worthless? Why go to such great lengths to not only cater to the addicts but effectively invite them from all corners of the country (world if Kamala had been elected)? Altruism with other people's money is the surface thought, but I think it goes something like $320K from taxpayers, means $100K for me, $100K for you, and $120K for the programs. Sshhh.
I've been a type 1 diabetic since I was 6. I remember my parents couldn't afford to change my needle out for every injection so when my mother gave me an injection she would mark it on the cap with a permanent marker and after 4 or 5 uses, we could then discard it. I had to do it to survive.
As an adult I've had to pay ungodly amounts of cash to survive being a diabetic. I've gone without insulin and been taken to the emergency room just so I could be given the bottle of insulin they injected me with because once they use it on one person they can't re-use it for someone else. I had to do this to survive!
It really is a slap in the face, to have a disease that I didn't sign up for cost so much while others choose to inject themselves with drugs and can get it for free
They planned illegal immigration. They set up the "climate migrant" scam to account for their illegal immigration. People from the NODC and SERN should be in jail. So should the people in FEMA, that funded the climate migrant scam.
Good job Jeff! Happy 4th.
I have a coworker that worked at PBH for several years. The CEO , Wendy Sisk, makes $250k/year and treats herself to yearly $25k bonuses around the holidays along with most of the upper level staff. Why would you want to cure the root problem that would in turn cut off the publicly funded gravy train. This county has turned into a communist trash can.
I'd love to know how much of my tax money goes towards the kiosk on my street full of free Naloxone and covid tests. (Distributed by the Clallam County Health Department) I don't recall voting to fund individual's overdoses.
It's all so tiresome...
Jeff: That's a very nice sign across from Bekkevar"s
NOTHING should be "free". It's a barrier to get out of homelessness. Free is patronizing, and it hurts the pride of the receiver. Its a downward cycle. It gives an exception to a person to NOT be part of society. We all must follow rules -- it is how we are human.
I totally UNDERSTAND the idea of a needle exchange as harm reduction. Given that in the old days of run-away heroin addicts needles would be shared, and re-used and re-used, and re-used. When HIV became rampant the vector was traded and re-used needles. Got it. But the initial programs (like with the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic) was "bring a needle get a needle". Nothing was free. How have we forgotten what was accepted by previous generations.
The vagrants have always been among us. At the last turn of the century (1800's to 1900's) police stations would regularly house these homeless. But they were often required to clean up in exchange. Hobos took pride in the fact they pitched in when a farmer let them stay in the barn. When did we become so permissive that we just booted people from engaging in society?
It is crazy to have free needles given away, when we are awash in discarded needles. Want a free needle? Bring in four discarded ones. Go out there and find them... save them, put them into an empty plastic bottle. I don't care if you are a junkie, but you can be a responsible junkie. Free food? Nope, bring me a bag of trash that you find in the community. As a friend of mine, who grew up in abject poverty (10 kids slept in one room) "Clean doesn't cost money. Soap is always affordable." Its crazy to have food kitchens/free food without some participation -- just like you don't go into someone's house have dinner, and not help clear the table.
(If some of you do, I'd sincerely urge you to rethink your priorities.)
Everyone has the ability and requirement to contribute to society. Its the idea of "many hands lighten the load". We need to remember that homeless are still people. And, should still be expected to contribute.
The worse spoiled/entitled children never had responsibilities -- didn't have to clean, wash/dry dishes, do "chores" --- are these the useless people who think the IDEAL is to just give away, free, entitlement? That's become the model of the "homeless industry": Free Free Free "oh you poor person are too stupid/lazy/drugged out/whatever to help yourself".
People don't do well with being treated as if they were infants. Lets stop making excuses for them, and make them find their pride (the word is used correctly, not as it's been perverted).
Bottom line-----dependant people are easy to control.
...and get to vote for you.
It's soft slavery. Disgusting.
Okay that drug plan to give people fentanyl is disgusting.
The current date is 2025 and we live in the United States. Our leaders pretend that we are in England and the date is 1825. Churches provide free dinners. SNAP provides free chow. The school system provides free food. Missions also assist as well as WIC programs along with those wooden pantries. I don't understand why any human would be starving though perhaps a little hunger might teach independence.
Baffles all logic!