I really, really like dogs - but our county just spent $23.6 million on a new animal shelter, which will house 68 dogs, 92 cats. If we could get that kind of money to house homeless people, we'd really be able to accomplish something. We're lucky if we can squeeze $1 million a year from the county to house 160 people in two shelters. It seemed like a miracle when we finally got county funding for our homeless shelter, instead of having to depend completely on donations. And yet we're still funding all meals at the shelters by donations.
Tax money feeds the dogs and cats.

-Joe-