THE MAC I HAVE TO TALK TO THIS
DJ.
AS MY HOMETOWN OF NEW ORLEANS
EARNS A TITLE THAT NO ONE IS
PROUD OF, GETTING SO BAD THAT
STARBUCKS IS CLOSING SHOP
BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE ANYMORE.
LOCAL SAY THE HOMELESS PEOPLE
ARE THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE
AREA.
GIVING AWAY CASH UP TO $12,000
TO GET HELP TO GET THEM OFF THE
STREETS.
140 WOMEN, TRANSGENDER AND
GENDER NONCONFORMING PEOPLE WILL
GET THE MONEY.
THE HOMELESS POPULATION HAS
DOUBLED FROM 2020 UNTIL 2021 AND
THE MURDER RATE IS ON PACE TO
HIT A NEW RECORD THIS YEAR.
ANITA, I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHERE
TO BEGIN WITH THIS.
BUSINESSES ARE CLOSING BECAUSE
THEY ARE NOT SAFE.
STARBUCKS, I HATE TO SAY THEY
BROUGHT THIS ON THEMSELVES, BUT
ANYONE COULD USE THEIR
BATHROOMS, ANYONE IS WELCOME AND
NOW THEY ARE SEEING THE FRUITS
OF THAT LABOR.
WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOORS TO
ANYONE, ANYONE WILL SHOW UP.
HOW DO MOM-AND-POP BUSINESSES
DEAL WITH THIS?
>> I LOVE NEW ORLEANS.
IT IS SUCH A GREAT, GREAT CITY.
THIS IDEA OF GIVING PEOPLE
MONEY, IT REALLY HAS MIXED
REVIEWS.
ONE OF -- IN DENVER WHERE THEY
ARE GIVING PEOPLE MONEY, THE
HOMELESS, THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE
DOING THIS.
IT HAS MIXED REVIEWS.
I JUST THINK WHY NOT TAKE THE
MONEY AND HELP TO GIVE PEOPLE
JOBS.
HELP PEOPLE WITH A PURPOSE.
IT IS A DISINCENTIVE TO WORK.
THEY SHOULD BE LOOKED AT A
LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY.
GIVE SOMEONE A JOB.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FUTURE.
>> YOU HAVE SAT IN ON THESE
MEETINGS.
WHEN HAS FREE MONEY EVER WORKED?
IT DOES NOT.
IT IS THE CLASSIC ENABLER.
HE JUST THROWS MONEY ON IT AND
IT IS OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY THAT
IS DOING THIS.
WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO A HOMELESS
PERSON THAT IS A DRUG ADDICT,
YOU HAVE JUST MADE THE DRUG
DEALER VERY WEALTHY.
TO THE PERSON THAT HAS MENTAL
ISSUES AND YOU GIVE THEM MONEY,
THEY WILL NOT DO WHAT THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO DO WITH IT BECAUSE
OF THEIR MENTAL ISSUES.
MAYBE THAT POPULATION MAY BE
ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT,
BUT AGAIN, HUMAN NATURE IS
TERRIBLE.
WHEN THEY GET FREE MONEY.
PEOPLE BUYING CARS AND GOING ON
TRIPS INSTEAD OF PAYING THEIR
RENT.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A ROOM, A
MEETING WHERE YOU HAVE SUPPORTED
ANYTHING LIKE THIS?
>> THE DEMOCRATS, THIS IS THERE
GO TO THING.
GIVE HOMELESS PEOPLE $12,000.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT
CAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF
THEMSELVES.
OF COURSE WE WANT TO BE HUMANS
AND COMPASSIONATE AND HELP TAKE
CARE OF THOSE PEOPLE AND GET
THEM BACK UP ON THEIR FEET.
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS WE WILL
SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND
HANDED OUT LIKE CANDY.
GOOD LUCK, GO FOR IT.
THE NET RESULT WILL BE MORE
HOMELESS PEOPLE FLOCKING TO
DOWNTOWN DENVER TO GET THE CASH
THEY ARE HANDING OUT OR FREE.
THIS UNIVERSAL INCOME IS NEVER
PROVEN OUT, IT HAS NEVER WORKED.
YOU LOOK AT THESE BIG CITIES
LIKE SEATTLE AND PORTLAND IN
DENVER COLORADO AND IF THEY WANT
TO HAVE A DIFFERENT RESULT, THEY
WILL HAVE TO ELECT DIFFERENT
PEOPLE AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
>> THEY ARE EXCLUDING A GROUP.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT THEY WILL
DO TO THE OTHER GROUP THAT IS
GETTING MONEY?
WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN?
MORE ATTACKS OF VIOLENCE, MORE
OUTRAGE.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GIVE ME A
DIAGNOSIS.
IT IS A QUOTE.
CHALLENGES TO PERSONAL SAFETY
SECURITY RACISM AND A GROWING
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND THE
ISSUES MAGNIFIED ARE PLAYING OUT
WITHIN OUR STORES.
CAN YOU GIVE ME THE DIAGNOSIS OF
RACISM, DOCTOR, THAT SOMEHOW
WOULD MAKE A COFFEE SHOP CLOSE
DOWN WHERE DO YOU SEE RACISM IN
THE SITUATION AT ALL AS A
DOCTOR?
>> WELL, I DON’T.
YOU CANNOT ACTUALLY TIE THESE
TOGETHER BECAUSE IT DOES NOT
MAKE SENSE.
IT SEEMS TO BE A SIMPLE THING.
DEMOCRATS CALLING THE REPUBLICAN
GOVERNORS RACES BECAUSE THEY ARE
NEEDING HELP AND THEY ARE TRYING
TO SHOW WHAT RESOURCES ARE
NEEDED FOR IMMIGRATION.
ANYTIME YOU SPEAK OUT ABOUT
ANYTHING THEIR REFLEXES TO CALL
YOU A RACIST.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOME
THINGS.
LET’S TALK ABOUT THE HOMELESS
STATISTICS FOR THAT.
25% OF THEM ARE SERIOUSLY
MENTALLY ILL.
UP TO 50% HAVE SOME MENTAL
ILLNESS.
LESS THAN HALF HAVE A HIGH
SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
GIVING THEM MONEY WITHOUT ANY
OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT
WILL DO NOTHING.
IT WILL BE WASTED.
IT WILL BUY MORE DRUGS OR IT
WILL JUST BE STOLEN FROM THEM.
THEY CANNOT PROTECT THEMSELVES.
WITHOUT PUTTING IN PLACE THE
SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH
AS YOU EVALUATE THEM, GIVE THEM
SUPPORTED TREATMENT, SHOWER,
CLOTHING IN A PLACE TO STAY, AND
THEN A NUMBER AND A CONTACT FOR
SOMEONE THEY CAN CONTACT IF THEY
ARE STRUGGLING.
THE MONEY IS GOING NOWHERE.
MORE WASTED DOLLARS.
>> HAVE THEM SHOW UP AND
ACTUALLY DO A TASK, DO A JOB,
THEN HAND THEM A CHECK.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN TOOK AWAY THE
WORK REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT CAME
TO THAT.
THEY TAKE AWAY THE INCENTIVE TO