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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: Portland's $16 MILLION Homeless FAILURE: Tax Dollars WASTED on Tents They Later Remove
Description: Portland officials finally admit what we've been saying all along: handing out free tents creates more homeless encampments. After spending millions on a failed approach, Multnomah County now reverses course on their tent distribution policy—yet allows non-profits to continue the enabling cycle. This video exposes the $16 million being wasted on 'Rapid Response' teams that remove the very tents taxpayers funded, while addicts openly admit they'll 'make effing tents' rather than accept shelter. Meanwhile, officials dance around the real issues of addiction and mental illness that require involuntary commitment. When will Portland acknowledge that their 'compassionate' policies have created th...