Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Last week, when Trump federalized Washington, DC's police force and deployed the National Guard to occupy its streets, one of his main orders was to "end vagrancy" by destroying homeless encampments and arresting and forcibly relocating the people taking shelter there. But according to an investigation published on Wednesday by Hanna Homestead of the National Priorities Project, in collaboration with The Intercept, deploying the National Guard and "getting rid of the slums" is costing far more than it would cost to simply provide housing to every homeless person in the city.

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It's always a matter of choice.

The US could end homelessness and hunger and fund education and health care but instead it chooses war, secret police agencies and hate.

Billionaires are the reason why we cannot accomplish these goals.

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-08-26 10:45 AM | Reply

With the way they're spending to achieve nothing, we'll be in Venezuela level inflation before we know it.

#2 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-26 11:29 AM | Reply

FYI: drudge.com

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-26 01:16 PM | Reply

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