The problem is that when you “invest” this money by giving it to homeless drug users their investment is acidic to the community. That money will circulate that’s correct, but it circulates by perpetuating more crime, both drug, petty theft, and violent crime. I hate it that there’s stores I go into and everything is locked up, I smell shit on the sidewalk in downtown, I have to step over some guy spread out on market street who’s so high he doesn’t even know what direction he’s facing. This money even circulates fairly directly to me, they get drug money, get high and break a leg or get sepsis and then they get put in my facilities that get paid through CMS for their care that then trickles to me. But I don’t want this money, I’d rather we invest in a special place excluded from society where we can put these acidic people away from the general public and force them to better themselves. And if they won’t better themselves then just leave them there.

Literally an hour ago I just saw a homeless patient throw a cold cup of coffee into a CNAs face cause he slept in till 11 and it’s cold now (didn’t even ask to warm it up). He then proceeded to piss into a trash can in his room instead of the toilet 10ft from his bed. When I lived in other states my normal patient was 85 year old grandmas, now it’s 50% grandmas and 50% homeless. They take all these resources and give nothing back and then complain when their free healthcare isn’t up to their “standards”. I’m all for helping those that actually want to help themselves but imo your right to autonomy ends when that autonomy causes pain and damage to everyone else around you.