Numbers and Homelessness

 I watched a podcast last week....detailing questions posed to a homeless guy in LA....who'd been told that in inner-city...via the city, state, federal and private donations....per homeless person, there was around $120,000 flowing to each person.

So the homeless (Vet, from what I could determine)...analyzed this, and asked how this was possible.  He just didn't see between food, shelter and 'care' (clothing, meds)....he didn't think he was getting more than $30k a year himself.

I pondered upon this.

I asked Qrok how many charity operations in LA...exist....just for homeless folks.  It's around 200 total.

So each one has a design, a purpose, and a CEO-like person (getting paid probably in the $100k minimum range).  

All of this brings into play...a complicated mess, and each having some mission-statement....how they are saving x-thousand people, but they are sharing among themselves....x-thousand.  It's like a grocery store group (a dozen) who each say they have 20,000 consumers a week coming in, but for each of the dozen....it's the same 20,000 folks.

Same story in SF, Seattle, and NY City?  Yeah, I would imagine.