07-07-2025, 09:36 AM
Yes, average wage has gone up. But it hasn't kept pace with the cost of living, with rents, with energy costs, and with groceries.
If you then put the burden of health costs or addiction on top of that then the situation can become dire. And the fact is most homeless are not there by choice but by disease, physical, mental, or addiction.
Or, because of the abuse of others, domestic, familial, or social...
I don't think increasing wages or removing tax deductions is the answer. I think equity is. Equal access to housing, healthcare, education, and most of all support networks. As the population increases so do the problems. We need a city mission in every community...
If you then put the burden of health costs or addiction on top of that then the situation can become dire. And the fact is most homeless are not there by choice but by disease, physical, mental, or addiction.
Or, because of the abuse of others, domestic, familial, or social...
I don't think increasing wages or removing tax deductions is the answer. I think equity is. Equal access to housing, healthcare, education, and most of all support networks. As the population increases so do the problems. We need a city mission in every community...