PJ Media has a piece describing how federal funds that are supposed to go to programs to end homelessness instead went to anti-capitalist extremists. From the article:
Discovery Institute and the Capital Research Center have released their dual report on how extremist groups have used homeless funding for their own political aims. It's called "INFILTRATED: The Ideological Capture of Homeless Advocacy."
"Using financial data, legal records, and original research, the report uncovers a vast network of homelessness advocates that spend billions in taxpayer dollars and philanthropic grants on everything but obvious solutions," the report states. Indeed, the obvious issues leading to homelessness, namely drug addictions and mental health problems, aren't addressed in the massive expenditures by these organizations and, in effect, worsen the homeless problem even more.
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The reports states that "the groups that have co-opted the homelessness issue in order to advance their own policy agenda, which, if left unchecked, will result in radical transformations for the entire nation."
Some of the groups involved are the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP), Autonomous Tenants Union Network (ATUN), and the Right to the City Alliance ... oh, and Antifa. "One researcher said they found homeless money being used to 'lead protests, launch pressure campaigns, and file frivolous lawsuits.'" And, "[t]he founder of the Seattle-based Discovery Institute, Bruce Chapman, said these 'fringe groups are co-opting the homelessness issue to amplify radical ideologies.'"
Shock level: zero.
ReplyDeleteI support charity for the poor and needy, but having the government involved just invites corruption.
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