Which they wouldn’t fund, so that’s out.

Republicans love to fund locking people up, funneling tax dollars to private companies in the process

Yeah, it’s always interesting how they have no problem paying $80k+ per year to keep someone incarcerated, but $2k a month or whatever in ‘free’ housing to help people stay out of prison is just a bridge way too far.

Work farms ("poorhouses"). The US has done it before.

You’re probably not wrong, but I get very tired of Republicans bitching about the homeless/mental issues and offering no solutions at all. We get it, it’s a problem- but how do we solve it?