Beyond the seeming political patronage, we don't focus nearly enough on the details of contracts like this with costs that exceed what the average citizen might imagine we are paying. However, few watchdogs report them and apparently almost no regular citizens even pay attention to them.
In this case it would appear we are going to pay this contractor to provide services similar to those provided to state prisoners at a cost of $958 per day. It costs us a maximum of $70 per day to house state prisoners in state prisons, depending on how you allocate direct and indirect costs. Last I knew we paid sheriffs $26.39 to house state inmates. No matter how you figure it, this difference begs a lot of questions.
Those of us who have been around for a good long while can remember a time when homelessness was a rarity in the United States. If I were to guess about a period to which MAGA people think we can return, that was it. How can they believe making America great again does not include doing something about homelessness, an international embarrassment and human tragedy?
Churches may not do enough to address the problem, but some do what they can. I follow the First United Methodist Church of Baton Rouge and they seem to have an active outreach program for the homeless, so do other churches and St. Vincent DePaul is a Godsend. Others simply ignore them. I guess they figure they are in God's hands and/or that there's no fighting karma.
I believe, Bob, that Landry missed this verse from Matthew: "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me."
Also, as Dr. King knew, many of our Southern brothers and sisters missed it too.
Beyond the seeming political patronage, we don't focus nearly enough on the details of contracts like this with costs that exceed what the average citizen might imagine we are paying. However, few watchdogs report them and apparently almost no regular citizens even pay attention to them.
In this case it would appear we are going to pay this contractor to provide services similar to those provided to state prisoners at a cost of $958 per day. It costs us a maximum of $70 per day to house state prisoners in state prisons, depending on how you allocate direct and indirect costs. Last I knew we paid sheriffs $26.39 to house state inmates. No matter how you figure it, this difference begs a lot of questions.
Those of us who have been around for a good long while can remember a time when homelessness was a rarity in the United States. If I were to guess about a period to which MAGA people think we can return, that was it. How can they believe making America great again does not include doing something about homelessness, an international embarrassment and human tragedy?
Churches may not do enough to address the problem, but some do what they can. I follow the First United Methodist Church of Baton Rouge and they seem to have an active outreach program for the homeless, so do other churches and St. Vincent DePaul is a Godsend. Others simply ignore them. I guess they figure they are in God's hands and/or that there's no fighting karma.
Mighty big government, certainly big enough to support Jeff and his pals.
Thank you Bob and The Illumanator for the reporting and writing.
I believe, Bob, that Landry missed this verse from Matthew: "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me."
Also, as Dr. King knew, many of our Southern brothers and sisters missed it too.
Jeff is flying in MAGA coverup experts as we speak. Somebody please explain to MAGAts what "jumping the shark" means.
Thanks for making the National Cathedral moment more available to other people. It should be seen by all! Thank God for pastoral/prophetic courage!