[analognoise]

On the other hand, the homeless being in the park generally leads to trash - needles, excrement, etc. The homeless occupying public lands and making them unfit for other people deprives those other people of their right to use the park.

I should be free to walk downtown without stepping in human shit. I should not have to worry about needles and detritus in the public park.

Agree society needs a better solution. Perhaps we can tax the ultra wealthy at an ungodly rate and simply build housing.

[Molitor5901]

I agree with you 100%. We need a better solution. A narrow tax on the wealthy specifically for homelessness would be fantastic.

I am deeply suspicious of "taxes on X" because that money rarely, if ever, goes to where it's most needed. It would be great to create a tax on the wealthy which may only be used for homeless accommodations, first, services for the homeless second, and everything else last. If there was a clear 1:1 application of those tax dollars I think it would receive wide support, but I doubt politicians would allow money to be so limited like that. Not when there are so many other...issues they would rather spend it on.

[UtopiaPunk]

You're not wrong, and neither is Molitor5901. As society currently stands, one group of people is fundamentally in conflict with another group of people. Neither group is doing anything wrong.

The proper solution is to address the needs of the homeless (specifically, provide them a home, or at the barest minimum, some safe place to sleep). Anything else is insufficient and cold-hearted.