Kansas City Homeless Conspiracy Exposed?!?

The theory . . .

Homeless services are just a job creation program.

There's a bit of truth to that . . . HOWEVER . . . Look closely on local streets and notice there is no shortage of suffering and outright poverty . . . And it seems to be getting worse.

And so . . .

We don't buy these low-ball numbers because KCMO has THOUSANDS of people living off the grid in homeless camps . . . But we do agree that so many local organizations aren't do much but subsidizing an growing industry . . . Check-it:

According to the most recent figures from Zero KC, Kansas City’s local data hub affiliated with the national Built for Zero Initiative, fewer than 3,000 people are currently experiencing homelessness in Kansas City. Yet more than 200 organizations claim to be serving this population. The ratio alone ought to provoke inquiry, if not outright revolt. That’s one organization for every 15 unhoused individuals. By those numbers, each nonprofit could practically assign staff by name to every tent and corner in the city.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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