I get your motivation regarding permanently housing homeless people, but : 1) Start giving away free housing to people, and other people are going to start asking " why do I have to work for my housing while other people don't " 2) You will incentivize not working to have a place to live, same with food. If you can get all of your life sustaining goods free, MANY people will not work for them. Broadly disincentivize self sustainable (work to live) living, and your society will end up a wreck.
I love how Louis started this channel as a technician for repairing computers and now he’s fighting against the corruption on NYC without any political agenda aside from a human and logical standpoint.
It's refreshing to see someone who sees and hears all the partisanship and cuts right to the point that benefits both of their perspective economically and ethically.
Us latins have so many problems (africans even more) and such a greate city like New York can't manage to fix a single problem like this, the politicians are equal in every country.
Me hago muy triste que saberlo... in Francia tenemos también una grande población debajo del nivel de pobreza pero 50%??? Es muy triste de saber que hermanos católicos y "latinos" (en el sentido original de la palabra) tienen que vivir eso.. tenemos el mismo problema de sin domicilios fijos que los americanos en nuestras grandes ciudades como Paris Marseille Lyon Calais. Pero más y más de gentes particuliarmente ricos dicen que jugan sus falta de hogar, que tienen un domicilio. Me recuerdo de mi madre decir, sobre un hombre, sin gambas, que demandó dinero, iba a gastar todo para beber. Salud a Argentina y todos que la necesita ❤ si Dio quiere, los hijos de putas de banqueros lobyistes y politicianes que orquestran la destrucción de nuestras economías iban todos a a pudrirse en infierno, como lo dicen los evangelios de San Tiago
@@hi-five4960 nah me gusta mucho a los socialistas de america latina tambien, son un poco como nuestros socialistos mediteraneos, particoliarmente espanoles grecquos y italianes , y... they get shit done (mi espanol absolutamente no es perfecto jaja) y en general estoy ok como todos que me tratan con respeto, tengo mas carino por ciertos gruppos
@@yulyasevelova769 maybe someone should start a movement of kidnapping politicians who have salaries over 200k and feeding them through a wood-chipper while streaming it on twitch might scare off any assholes just looking to take advantage of the system
When a "non profit" organization is spending 500 000$ on its director a year... you got to admit that it sounds fishy. I would understand if he earnd one zero less than that and it still would be too much for "non profit" organization besides that with funds like that its quite easy to end homeless problem by building proper shelters and not shithole prisons.. NYC.. A city of dreams for the most corrupt politicians on earth. Easy to exploit and easy to fool citizens into spending money on salaries of family members of politicians. If such information is availible to anyone searching then governors and their friends should be hanged but obviously it won't happen. Because each of Us is interested in ourselvs... which makes it impossible to revolt or protest with other people which are stressed with payments or work.
The problem not with the rich but with low quality third world culture where an abnormal number of people are allowed to fail high school. It opens the gates for addiction and failure later in life. They graduate from school where grades are distributed so people graduate. This is the problem. Homelessness is a consequence
@Safwaan it takes alot of money to run and advertise for an election. Its just sad that most presidents(who are assholes) get funded by Republicans, or liberals. Turning America's Kings, to political pawns.
@@qwertykeyboard5901 Some of the best things about America are socialist policies lol, if you're house starts on fire and you call the firefighters they come and try to put the fire out on our taxpayers dollar as opposed to you footing the bill 100%, that's socialism. Hell even the concept of health insurance is technically socialism as you pay you're submitting funds into a pool that everyone else shares for their own needs. Except the middleman (insurance companies) take a substantial portion of that for themselves and then still charge you deductibles or straight up deny coverage.
this sounds like nonprofits are capitalistic over there... i think they need to limit total wages at like 5% of inflow money, or just block any wages for board members. i dont wanna say no wages for office workers because that would be unfair, but it is BS that they get anything payed out from a nonprofit like that. in lotteries youre barred from playing if theres anyone in your family working for the lottery company. so management needs to be pro bono, and all projects by legislation need to be a bid. you need to bid, i offer this for that much. and theres need to be at least 2 applications. AFAIK thats how it is in hungary government projects (hungary has a whole lot of other problems tho).
@Ass Ketchup Having all volunteer workers for non-profits worked prior to the 1970's when the cost of living increases forced many stay at home moms to get jobs that paid them money. Who do you think did all of that volunteer work previously? It was women who weren't in the workforce. The number stay at home moms/dads isn't great enough to meet the demands of work needed to run even non-profit organizations if they had to count on them as volunteers. Plus, many in those positions have the same student debt loads that their peers in the corporate world do. They can't afford to work as volunteers, nor should they be expected to, unless we as a society are willing to compensate them in some way with more than a few lines on their resume. You seem to think that these organizations can successfully run on a high turnover of unpaid staff. There are many positions that require knowledge of non-profits and job specific knowledge and skills. You won't get that from a summer intern or a recent college graduate.
There is no such thing as an "essential worker". All work is essential to the person needing to make income. And there certainly wouldn't be enough jobs for everyone in these self declared "essential jobs".
When people say essential work, they do not mean essential to the person, but essential to society. If the job doesn't provide value to the society, then it is deemed non essential. E.g. a healthcare worker is essential and a data entry analyst is not
@@difference018 I'm well aware of what they mean, but the fact of the matter is still unchanged. There is no law that states what is essential to society, nor is there even a law that gives them the right to state what is essential to society. The free market determines what is essential. Employee's determine what is essential, based on what work they are willing to take at what pay. Society naturally determines what is essential. On top of that, the federal government can only regulate interstate commerce. Not in-state employment. And no legislative body has actually passed any laws defining nor granting powers in regards to "essential workers". And the reason they haven't is because it would be in violation of numerous laws, both state and federal, along with the constitution itself. The "essential worker" scheme was made up out of whole cloth, and is being exerted by people who don't even have the authority, and would never have the authority, due to the principle conflicts with existing laws and rights. If you believe they should be allowed to do this, that's your belief. But that belief has no authority under laws and rights, which means it does not meet the legal standards for application, which is just another way of saying it's an abuse of power....and it's not even just an abuse of power, it's a creation of power that doesn't even exist. It is lawless and unlawful.
@@TheRealUncleScar That is not what I mean. This is 2021. Technology has advanced to the point where people should be questioning why nonessential X job still needs to exist. Or why we still need to work 40 hours a week.
Just become a nurse a paramedic a cop or a doctor! Just become a line worker , a plumber or an electrician! Just become a bus driver ,a subway engineer or deep pipe repairman for the Dept. Of water. Sorry but wtf did he mean?? What a maroon.
The best part was how disingenuous *and* demonstrably false it was, too. At no point does his solution address what the vast majority of people who don't work "essential" jobs and can't get them because they're not qualified to do them are supposed to do. The fact that there literally aren't enough openings for everyone who's out of work to find a job is more of an icing on the bullshit cupcake he's regurgitating
@@superjoeyman1 No good deed goes unpunished. A good majority of these people are on drugs and are mentally ill. I don't doubt some are SOME genuine hard luck stories, but if rolling the dice on personal property and personal safety (at the minimum) is worth that amount of money to anyone, have at it. I can only imagine the average experience after a month or 2 will be the equivalent of a bad roommate x100.
Send them out of NYC. Then use that money to feed them, clothe them, educate them and pay for a year or two for that and then they will have a chance to stand on their own two feet. If it does not help then they are helpless.
You could have a big house on 40 acres for that amount of money, but that would undermine the communist agenda. And yes apartments are part of the communist agenda, it's communist housing.
Nobody advertises for an "Essential Worker", they advertise for a Doctor or a Nurse or a Fireman, etc, and you need the appropriate qualifications that go with those jobs. That was a very glib statement by Cuomo,
He's already got his meal ticket, as politicians decide who essential workers are and they always decide that they are among them. I'm sure even if he lost his job, though, he would not have to miss a meal.
There were tons of unskilled jobs up for grabs during lockdown.Fedex was overwhelmed with packages,they were offering huge temporary raises.Some package handlers were making up to 28 dollars an hour with overtime.I personally was getting paid 20somthing dollars an hour to do next to nothing for fedex last winter.
Right? Maybe someone who worked for years and put their life savings into their business doesn't deserve to be bankrupted and then told to go be a bag boy or waitress.
I have a Co-Worker that runs a Non-Profit that makes him money. I asked what they did and he literally couldn't tell me. He kept repeating go to the website and see. Cause I totally want to see what some marketing and website design company portrays as what your Non-Profit does
War on proverty was never suppose to be "won", simply maintained. The welfare and foodstamps dont help those people, only keep them in that situation and that is the main goal. Ive seen it in NYC and LA as well. Mafia went from racketeering to politics.
Welfare and food stamps do not keep people in "that" situation. It helps them, it helps their children. to get it is very difficult and demeaning, unnecessarily and purposefully so. But do you know what else they are? Very difficult to corrupt. You don't see relatives of governors working in the welfare department getting paid $500k per year. You don't see tax-dodging wealthy people dumping money into welfare that also happens to contribute to a politician's campaign fund. My sister needed food stamps for a short time for herself and her children after she left a physically abusive relationship. It was a nightmare for her. It was shameful and embarrassing to pay at the grocery store, because we are so worried about poor people "taking advantage" of the system that she had to buy specific things and have those things verified by the cashier and it was slow and it was obvious. Her children grew up healthy, and she recently bought an $800k house. Even if for every one story like hers had 5 others where they never improved their lives, I'd say it was worth it.
You got my like for your spiel on 'consider' vs 'vote for' (I know that was only a side-note, but you're dead on, people don't want to be told who to vote for.)
They're effectively the same but 'consider' has a diplomatic and reverse psychologic spin. saying 'vote for X' doesn't cause a person to vote for X against their will by controlling their mind and body. the statement will still be taken as a request for consideration rather than an un-defyable command.
@@the80386 I couldn't disagree more. When I see or hear "vote for X" I immediately disregard it. It's not a request for consideration, it's a demand, and it's one I have no respect for. Oh, vote for X? Why? Because you told me to? Not a chance. I have never spent any amount of time doing additional research or consideration when someone says "vote for X." But when Louis said "consider Larry Sharpe" in his videos, I actually took some time to do so. I looked up some information, looked at what his stances on issues that mattered to me were. I ultimately decided not to vote for him because of some of those stances, but I still considered him. Normally I never bother looking into the third/alternate party candidates because they have a snowball's chance in hell of winning.
@@the80386 actually saying 'vote for' sounds more demanding and in your face than consider. Consider actually means 'I understand you may have made up your mind on who you are voting for however listen to this candidate and even if you're not going to vote for them at least if you find what they're saying is useful request the same from your choice of candidate.
Another aspect of the homeless issue is the deinstitutionalization of the mental healthcare system. NYC has people on the streets that CANNOT function in society. I’m sure that was done for our thugs in government to make some extra profit.
@@markae0 You have no idea what you are talking about. My uncle had severe mental illness. He would see snakes coming out of the walls. Do you know how they would “treat” him? They’d put him on some meds that would work for a week, and then within that time attempt to kick him out before he decompensated. What you’re suggesting would have been a death sentence for him as well as whoever the voices told him to push onto the tracks.
@@KOZMOuvBORG Expensive, corrupt, etc. The sad thing is that rather than try to reform these institutions, we basically just got rid of them. There are still a few places, but family members usually have to fight like hell to keep them in there.
@@DiscordOfDave I do know what I am talking about. You wrote "meds... for a week" . You are talking about the rebound effect of the psychiatric drugs. If you stop the drug, like any drug you get withdrawal reaction. Medications for life you might suggest? First prove the brain is broken/damaged before you add the "medication", you can not. There is no bacteria, virus or brain chemical imbalance before psychiatric medication.
I work at a small nyc shelter for the chronically homeless and it's actually one of the nicest and most pleasant places. The amount of waste is legendary though, and while I don't know how much the organization spends per resident, there's no doubt that it would be cheaper to give them all a regular apartment somewhere in brooklyn. Homelessness isn't about economics at the end of the day: it's about scaring people into jobs they don't want to do under threat of a hostile 3rd world lifestyle, and there are shelter systems who simultaneously profit from the existence of this situation while also improving the lives of people who were previously isolated and unhoused.
What is it about your shelter's operations structure that makes it functional? Do you have more security, social workers, house rules, accountability follow-through?
I lived in California in the 60s when they closed Camarillo State Hosp for the mentally ill. It immediately increased the homeless rate by 100 percent. Is there a cure for all this misery? Lets see, what would it cost to provide homes for the homeless, food for the hungry, education to the ignorant, money to the poor, health to the sick, retirement to the aged, and freedom to the imprisoned? I guess every country in the world would like to know the answer to that one. Well, when the Fed comes out with the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) all our troubles will be over, it's free money for all. Basic Income for Life, you will own nothing but you will be happy. By God you better be happy, or else!
NYC HOMELESS INDUSTRY..SCAMMERS AND DECIEVERS. B.R.C. AND C.U.C.S. ACTUALLY SABOTAGE SOME OF THE HOMELESS, TO KEEP THEM IN THE TRAP..AND KEEP THE HOMELESS JOBS PAYING! OVER 2 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET!! ⏰️ WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! THIS IS A SCAM..MANY HOMELESS WORKERS KNOW IT..BUT THEY NEED THAT JOB ON HOMELESS BACKS.FACT.
Homelessness is an industry. There is an ongoing struggle between the ethical folks involved and the corrupt to administer that industry. Corruption is currently winning because of the money involved. Videos like this are the only way that corruption is being called to account. Thanks very much, Louis. You make a difference.
Honestly, it seems like the only way to fix the problem is to cut off the supply of money, double stop. There are too many interests with too much skill in confusing the voting public for taxpayer money to keep going down the sinkhole.
@@alexipestov7002 Not sure that just pulling the plug is an answer. There is an element of good even if it's exploited. Cut funding, the folks grifting move on to a new grift. The homeless pay the price.
@@bschuler6216 I'd argue that it's even more nefarious. The prisons don't pretend they're compassionate and charitable. The homeless industry has an emotional manipulation element that's repulsive.
NYC is spending almost as much to house 1 homeless person as the median American's annual income. You could literally employ someone with a living wage with the cost of those rooms.
So, don't solve the homeless crisis, but create jobs out of thin air for other people and pay them instead? Why is everyone so against a UBI? What's wrong with giving people basic necessities without requiring them to work? No one has ever explained the problem with that to me.
In Finland, they decided in 2007 that want to solve homelessness using a Housing First approach. Think they've been steadily reducing the number of homeless ever since, and reducing the number of shelters.
Dude, like it or not, you’re one of the best investigative journalists around. Don’t change a damn thing! You shouldn’t try to post news every day. When news organizations have deadlines, we lose.
Reminds me of Spotlight, they just took the stories that needed fleshing out and it took as long as it took. These days they need to write multiple articles, and they need a sensational click-inducing title. Bonus points if it can be a covert ad.
@@naamadossantossilva4736 and this brings on a deeper philosophical question of the role of prison: To punish. To remove from society. Or to rehabilitate.
I was homeless after moving to NYC. I had no friends, family, anything. I got lucky and got a job within a week, ended up staying at one of these shelters before I got into the Ali Forney Center. They are truly hell on earth. My years in the city have told me that it doesn’t care about the people that actually keep it running, during Covid especially. I’m scared but im also happy to be moving next week and improving my mental health and not feel guilty about trying to enjoy my life because it means I can’t save any money.
I was in a homeless shelter in LA for a year. Staff would steal thanksgiving turkey's, furniture meant for new apartments and donated make up and clothes. They would ignore hate crimes they witness then block the police at the door when they came to investigate. There was no sh#t on the floor, but there was definitely plenty of other sh#t going on.
@@gncc600 That kind of mentality is what drives people to crime. When there are no other options, you do what you have to do to survive. This wouldn't be necessary if the resources already being paid actually went to where they are suppose to. That and we would be paying less in taxes because we wouldn't have to pay these ridiculous markups.
You know the system is corrupt and tyrannical when it is filled with disincentives to being a good person. We're rooting for and learning from you Louis!
Ain't it funny how that works out. But I'm fairly sure the point of quarantine was to ruin small businesses. I can't count how many times I saw mom and pops shops shut down while the KFC was allowed to keep on keeping on while they both shared the same parking lot.
Every job is essential for whoever needs to make a living from it. This "essential jobs" bullshit needs to end. Politicians shouldn't get to decide who gets to make a living or not.
Louis, damn, you keep topping yourself with these commentaries! Your criticisms here about the contracting out of services with appropriated money is spot on. It's a scam and a racket. Thank you for having the bravery to point this out. Many wouldn't, and if they do, they're waved away dismissively.
One of my friends was a recovering drug addict and when he tried to tell his doctors (at the government founded recovery facility) that he wanted to end his drug prescription they told him that there's no reason to end his addiction. Not long after that, he learned that they where profiting off him and earning a huge amount of money. One time on the local news he saw that his psychologist was one of the top earner of the city.
Cuomo been a HUD planner, HUD Secretary, and NY Governor. Housing/homelessness has not changed in NY state or anywhere in America. Its a big "wow" that he & his family benefit from it.
They all need to be held accountable. In-gov fraud, including leech corporations and non-profits, should he charged with treason against USA and her people.
It's a racket just like down here in cali. Most of the money goes to the bloat and very little goes to helping about 1000 homeless. It is sad and very lucrative.
Yes! Whenever a budget is appropriated to contract out services, it's more to enrich the vultures and "providers" rather than to help those in need. The government can wipe its hands clean and say "hey, we passed a bill to help!" and the contractors get their little pots of gold. Accountability is diffused and hard to pin down.
@@artembolshakov3901 why do you think there are 30K homeless presently? Sure, some willingly want to stay on the streets, some are incapable mentally or physically to get off as well. The vast majority are left on the street because its much more lucrative (bloat) for the politicians, "non" profits, and the contractors who provide the services and resources to these "shelters" and centers, than it is to actually resolve this problem and get these people into sustainable and suitable permanent housing. Thats why homelessness will never be solved. Because they have created an atmosphere that is not only profitable, but actually is INSANELY lucrative to instead maintain the status quo as it exists in its current state
@@nickg1895 as a former Michigander I'm pissed she got off too. Cuomo, Whitmer, Newsom, Wolfe, and Murphy should be in gitmo for their nursing home crimes.
Greed has destroyed this country, and it is an absolute pity. I hope this wakes up others to the flaws and corruption in our country and I beyond appreciate what your doing! Hopefully one day things can change and this country can succeed. The sheep need to be awakened and we need change asap! Thankyou for your time and knowledge it is people like you that are going to make a difference in this world!!!
I can attest to this being business as usual in my area, in 2 states. It's the Dark Money hole. I did the homework on their IRS reporting disclosures, and found the racket is large scale and pervasive, practically no way for another org to get in and do something right. We are stuck living outside. The reported dangers in shelters are very real. A big % of us want nothing to do with destructive behaviors. I want homeless advocacy among us who know the issues 1st hand, to craft a suitable and sustainable solution. It worked in the depression era to have self-governed areas to scale (no more than 25 ppl per "community". Right. Exactly. It's not about the quantity of $$$. At all! We need very little, and alot of us are of the same mindset.
Yeah Louis: I've met a few from the "Charity Industry", and they're all the same. Pious, self important, and great taste in Rolex's & fine clothes. They also like to travel; not to where their generosity is based, but exotic places around the globe, usually in 5* hotels. Somehow, it's more productive to discuss poverty in S Chicago in Bali than a Holiday Inn IN Chicago. Some even bring along their 'Boy Toys', and as a humorous hotel staff in Jakarta joked with me: "We know whose getting laid by whose in the hallways & our 24/7 coffee shop". A worthless group.
@@kristenlueken4023 Maybe I'm drunk, but 40% stolen is outrageous. That's not a "charity" but a profit centre. I just look at the results of "CHARITY": you failed.
I hate the charity industry. The non-profit running the homeless shelter I was in as a kid made a profitable deal with the local slumlords, they'd get some of the apartments for use as a shelter and in return would only let people in the shelters rent from the slumlords who charged upwards of $1300/month for a crappy 1br/1ba apartment without utilities. (1300 is pretty high rent for those apartments in central MA)
@@PauseUn-Pause All these officials need to be investigated,audited,and prosecuted !! We have that same problem bin Los Angeles, and have for 40 years. The shelters make so much money off the homeless,who are citizens,just unable the afford the high rents ( market rents). $3K--$4K, per month,per person in the shelter system ! The state and DOJ in Washington must take charge of both cities' homelessness scandals,and enact a massive building campaign for affordable housing for seniors, working class, middle class, homeless people. Investing in housing is investing in society!😀
I disagree that it's overrated... but humanity has very little utility in our society it seems. It's incredibly important on a grand scale but worthless (or even a handicap) for someone's personal success.
but as a democrat youd have a misery quota. you'd need to make peoples lives xx% worse than the previous year. at least that's what it looks like from the outside.
Very interesting from a German perspective. The concept of "charity"-organisations running these centers reminds me of the privately owned jails in the US. Both are actually for-profit organisation and both prosper when the social stability is low.
That's not what presidents do... then again I'm not into politics. Last thing I know about presidents they represent the country, actual work is done by government.
Staring into the camera with cold eyes and dimissivly saying "Let them be heroes" as an answer to rising mortality rates also was thing that happend btw. What a functional, stable and totally not evil system of government.
my friend inherited his parents’ hotel, now he uses the spare rooms that are normally used for staff to give some homeless people a few free nights, even weeks, one time as far as i know a month, to stay in the hotel.
He doesn't give a fuck. "As an essential worker, you won't kill anyone" , which makes zero sense. By his own logic, esential workers are a necesary evil, and their kill count is acceptable.
This is my issue with the free healthcare and universities argument. Having grown up in Europe, sure. I'm all for it. I can see the benefit. But we first *absolutely* need to revisit the billing structure of both healthcare and universities before somehow coming up with taxing tools to make them 'free'.
After revisiting the billing structure for healthcare and universities, there may not be much of a need to actually have the govt subsidize it, apart from the .1% of cases that get really expensive.
I think an issue with the US college system might be that everyone expects to be able to attend it on their own terms - I am from a Central European country which has much cheaper tuition for national-grade Unis (I pay about 300€ per semestre) than American colleges. On the other hand, dorms are pretty much nonexistent, and if you fail an exam for the third time, you are banned from studying that subject again at any uni in the country (in theory, usually unis don't talk to each other enough to prevent you changing universities to avoid this). I have not heard a thing about a similarly rigid exmatriculation system from my US friends (it may exist - I just might not be aware of this). I find many of the comparisons between US and EU colleges asinine - yes, US college is quite obviously too expensive, but blindly transitioning to the EU model is not going to be as painless as US college students think, I imagine.
The price of both has simply expanded to consume all the money made available. Consumers aren't able to comparison shop, and the government isn't allowed to negotiate drug prices, so they go up. Students are neither vetted nor allowed to default on loans, so colleges demand they take more and more from the bank for tuition.
The US government already spends so much that it can provide free healthcare for everyone to a European Standard already if they just cut out the b*******
Health insurance IS the reason that hospital visits cost so much money. If nobody had insurance, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies would be forced to charge a fee that people can afford. But when you have the government or massive institutions who everyone has to use a middle man, who often get kickbacks from the drugs they cover in order to make the drugs unaffordable, then the natural progression is going to be unaffordable health care. Couple that with hospitals being forced to take anyone that comes into the ER, no matter how minuscule their "problem" at the ridiculous prices, then the costs are passed on to people who do pay.
As a person who lived in the shelter system when I was a child, thank you. I’ve been saying this for years and people looked at me like I was crazy. There’s always a middle ground and honestly, this is going to rub someone the wrong way, there should be a cap on how long people are in office. People shouldn’t be becoming millionaires off of the money we ( the left right and inbetween and outskirts ) are being taxed. People should also face corruption instead of running or turning a blind eye. I’ve been trying to never put my daughter in the shelter system. ( been working since forever, degrees out the ass, life just being life ).
5:50 I once worked for a "non-profit" where the CEO made over $1,000,000 per year while we struggled to come up with basic services for those who needed it.
Because they need someone to run the ship. No CEO level educated person will do that for less. You would need to find someone who would do CEO work for entry level pay. And I believe theres very few people who would.
@@MrBlue11900”CEO level educated person” lol. An average US pharmacist is better educated than an average US CEO, at least in functional terms (knowledge they can apply).
I did and I saw a ring world, interstellar flight, colonies on other star systems, a world full of scientists, engineers and extremely talented artisans, flying cars, robots everywhere, bionic implants that turn people into almost demi-gods, cities with more GDP than the entire world today, clean streets, low homelessness, low crime...
Honestly this reminds me of the Star Trek DS9 Episode "Past tense" where the cast is transported back in time to San Francisco in 2024, where all the homeless are rounded up in "sanctuary" areas..
Why are we even still talking about this homeless situation after uncovering blatant corruption? Are the people of New York really this complacent with being scammed?
The issue is that there is currently almost no way to actually change this at the moment. The taxpayer is not the one who gets to decide where the homeless go, it's the local government's decision. You can see where that lead.
Especially when everyone can buy a brand new 18-20 feet small camper for less than 30 grand suitable for a single homeless person from several manufacturers. I have seen some new small campers selling for less than 15 grand. Or 60 grand suitable for a family of four or five. Many counties in America have a RV park with rentals for less than a half grand per month with hookup for basic utilities. Used campers tend to drop in value as well if brand new is too expensive. Many living off the grid have converted shipping containers which can be stacked on top of another up to a certain height. How anyone can charge 4 grand per month for a filthy jail cell is pure GREEDY CORRUPTION... Urban America nonsense... Every small college town in America has the night life and wifi millennials desire, you don't have to live in the East Village... Berkshire Hathaway sells brand new small campers for less than 30 grand, cheaper than Ford sells some of their new SUVs...
@@ronclark9724 That's a good idea for some people. We are talking about homeless NYC residents. These people have a backpack or a duffel bag that contain all their worldly possessions. They have a net worth of $30 dollars. Do you understand that there people are destitute? No savings- no credit - no money- no car and no license.
@@peterwelby not saying all but actually a good number do have some money, jobs, bank accounts. but in places like NYC especially, what most would consider in other places i very low or even ok income is nothing there. back when i lived in socal I knew plenty of homeless people that had cellphones and could buy food and other things, but just not enough to have a home or it was very difficult to maintain working/stability (for many reasons but most times mental illnesses). for many i knew it was a chain reaction that once started just spirals and becomes an all but unbreakable cycle. so having some kind of new start and stability actually could be a turning point, especially if combined with counseling and a true support system. it wouldnt help/save everyone but it would be way more successful than this mess
Hey Louis, I've been watching your vids for a while and only just stumbled upon this one. Your persistence with Right to Repair was very admirable. This video really resonates with me as my mother has been in and out of homeless shelters in NYC for the better part of the last three years. I'm not in a situation to house her myself, and with her mental health issues, it's been difficult for me to gauge the reality of the situation at her shelter as I'm not able to physically enter it. I've been calling constantly trying to help her figure out a more permanent situation and have booked several meetings with the shelter's "housing specialist". She's been telling me for ages that she thinks they want to keep her there forever. At first I thought she was overreacting and maybe not doing her part in trying to get the paperwork done to get out of there. I never considered that they might actually be incentivized to keep her in there until seeing this video. It's infuriating, I'm right behind you on anything to get this fixed.
UPDATE: Now that my mother has finally received a CITHYFHEPS voucher, it's nigh impossible to find a landlord that is willing to accept it, despite it being stated that it is illegal for a broker or landlord to decline the voucher. I've tried getting in contact with the shelter or with any CITYFHEPS office and they have done nothing but make me run in circles. Whenever I call the shelter I'm answered rudely as if I'm interrogating the person who answers the phone. When I called and asked to speak to the housing specialist I was given the run around and was told that they can "Neither confirm nor deny that the housing specialist is in today". After asking again I was told they would be in later in the day. It's near impossible to get any answers out of these people who don't seem to want to even give 1% effort at their jobs.
“Go get a job as an essential worker and you won’t kill anybody” I mean at some point wouldn’t there not be enough essential work to go around? Does COVID know you are an essential worker and not infect?
Covid is sentient and knows when you are either a McDonalds or a Walmart worker. It just does. If you in one of them two jobs = you are safe! No need for a jab
It's all about the good old "follow the money". If shady shit happens you just have to find who profits the most from the situation => BOOM, you found the reason shit got messed up.
I remember when I was a Republican, then I did the math on progressive policies, thinking I was going to prove it cost more, and found out that progressive policies are fiscally conservative, and save insane amounts of money, while conservative policies cost significantly more.
"Those are not the only two options here" - applies to so many facets of government incompetence. Polarization Dialectics are used to make it appear as if there are only two solutions to a problem, when in fact, there are many.
I almost entirely agree, though that "shit pile" looks more like a sock to me. Ive had to stay in similar places in Portland, so yeah you are accurate its pretty bad. There was frequent stabbings to the degree that I broke rules and kept a knife myself in case I needed to defend myself Glad I no longer have to live in such conditions, just holy hell was it bad.
The problem is you can't defend yourself against a knife attack even with a knife, and from an attack by someone having a psychotic break with anything. It is not reasonable to expose people down on their luck and needing a place to stay to the danger posed by people with severe mental health issues who ought to be getting proper care in a secure facility designed to prevent them from harming themselves or others.
Louis, being able to say that this goes beyond anyone person's political alignment speaks volumes. You're a level headed gentleman good sir. Id definitely buy you a coffee
My prediction is this: Soon there will come a day when Louis becomes so god damn frustrated with the ineptitude & corruption, he (Louis) is going to have to campaign and win a local legislative seat. I just don't foresee a different rabbit hole (outcome) on his horizon... I witnessed it happen once before and this is the way it starts... at least for people who are pure in heart. I'm not too sure how the corrupt people get into politics - oh wait, it's a family business, right? Louis gonna be like, "be right back, hold my beer"
Honestly, I can see that happening. His approach is very logical and bipartisan, and that's something our current political climate sorely needs. Also, he is levelheaded, yet passionate, which is the perfect combination for any kind of governing figure.
@Donovan Piko To the contrary, a pragmatic logical person remaining in local politics isn't such a bad thing. Understand for each of us, there will come a day when we will die. On that day, the person who dies may not take any accumulated wealth. Having stated this, the only correct thing is to use the power bestowed upon you by the people is try to better the lives of your constituents, in an honest manner. *_TRUST !!_*
the fact that of every 3 dollars you spend on healthcare olny 1 goes to actual treatment the rest is squandered in people sitting in offices pushing paper
In some "charities" ( *cough* CLINTONS *cough* ), it's 97 cents of the dollar go to paper pushers. That amount is very carefully managed because it's the absolute legal minimum they can spend on helping people and maintain their non-profit status.
I did IT work as an outside contractor for a "non-profit" company that made plug-ins for autocad during the 90's. Dunno why they organized it that way, but the president of the company was driving a new Mercedes top of the line car and replaced it every year with the new model. "Non-profits" are weird.
i told my wife i don't believe any " non- profit" organization and i will not donate to them because i know there is someone in it making bank on it and its bs lol XD whenever i wanted to help somone homeless when i was a kid i donated to the homeless man on street, and now that im older even that is corrupted by someone XD some of them are not even homeless or need help they are scammers. just smaller scammers hahahaha.
Amazing commentary and research, well done. I’m not even American and found this extremely interesting and relatable, as I’m from Portugal, and the nepotism and corruption you just described are every day life here.
It would be even better because when housed those with drug and alcohol issues will have fewer problems and be easier to treat at home. Then the other costs to society from lower educational standards and lower incomes because of those disruptions to education would be substantial.
Yup. I find the term non-profit to basically mean "it's not the goal of the organization to make money so we'll just spend as much as we can and whatever's left can go to the cause."
You are 100% spot on. The way you look at things is the way everyone should think. We should all come together and solve these problems. I am so sick of the corruption in our country. It has to stop. Just follow the money and you will find the corruption.
This very thing is happening all over the country. Arizona is as "non-profit" corrupted as any and is facing the same homelessness crisis. The same corrupted people are figuring ways to line their own pockets at the expense of the needy and they're doing it with impunity created by themselves. It's a needed breath of honest air to see these posts. Please keep it up.
First time viewer and I gotta say I really like your outlook on the infighting we currently have in America with politics and policy. People get too hung up on the political narrative they want to support and miss the forest for the trees when it comes to policy.
Hear ya. And I knocked myself out for over 40 years so that I can have no mortgage or car note. But for sure, it was good planning as the reality of insurance and RE taxes are meant to be the final nails in our coffin. But at least, it was foresight on my part, to quit my spendful ways. In truth, it was a Hindu shrink years ago who told me to pay my house off before anything else. Apparently she knew WTF she was talking about... and luckily she wasn't handing out flowers at the airport. And, so neither am I today... so far.
3:44 Completely agreed, I’ve seen shitty motel rooms look better than this. This is unmaintained and how someone would even consider this 30-40K absolutely astounds me
When I was younger, my family told me to stay away from politics and to never watch news everyday. As I became an adult, I see why... I study political science in college and regret it all to a certain point. Everything political doesn’t always mean political in a government sense. I can never see life again as i did when I was 17...
"Incestuous Relationship" I did a double take on this one. Never thougt I'd hear that in this context. But it is in fact an accurate description of what happens in politics.
I'm in Canada and in my city, I'm trying to do the same as you, awareness and calling out the BS, It's hard, but I will say you're a good man and an inspiration. THANK YOU for being a caring human. you have my full support. Thank you for trying because it's better than not doing anthing at all. When the senate was asking her to go and get an essential job, she should have said, sure, no problem, where do we find these so called essential jobs? and keep saying it until he gets it. hats off to you brother. D.
It’s like when companies do illegal moves, they already calculated the fines into their ROI and decided it was worth doing it and pay a fine than not doing it at all. It’s a different game, different rules for them
I definitely think part of why the bills are insane is lack of price transparency, and also the artificial limitation of certain residency slots to keep certain specialty doctor slots commanding a premium
As a Canadian, visiting cities in the United States was a bad experience. There were so many homeless people asking for money, I needed to rent an electric scooter to avoid them because I got tired of running away. For that reason I have decided not to visit cities like New York or Austin Texas for business. It's really a shame, other countries look at this as a turn off, no one wants to do business there. Clean it up, help your fellow neighbors for shit sakes.
People.should look out for each other when they can and then interests of those in their community. It isnt the government's job to tell people how to live their lives OR if they can. The number one issue we are facing right now, is the media and the government, have convinced people that they actually care about them, and these people believe it so much, that they will attack their own neighbors because their neighbors don't believe what the media and government has told them to believe
Thomas Hameline gets over $400k/yr to be the president of that dump. Citation: bit.ly/fuckcuomo
Go through the 990s for the past ten years.
It sure would suck if a building inspector wrote down all those code violations and got that dump shut down.
@@EricLeafericson They're too busy busting me for selling recycled laptops I have records for on technicalities.
If Democrats aren't buying votes or getting rich, it's not happening.
This is a criminal organization. Is the mafia still around in NYC? I wonder what they have been up to lately.
I get your motivation regarding permanently housing homeless people, but :
1) Start giving away free housing to people, and other people are going to start asking " why do I have to work for my housing while other people don't "
2) You will incentivize not working to have a place to live, same with food. If you can get all of your life sustaining goods free, MANY people will not work for them.
Broadly disincentivize self sustainable (work to live) living, and your society will end up a wreck.
I love how Louis started this channel as a technician for repairing computers and now he’s fighting against the corruption on NYC without any political agenda aside from a human and logical standpoint.
we need more people like that, instead activists for any side...
Dude saw the power he wield and decided to make a difference.
It's refreshing to see someone who sees and hears all the partisanship and cuts right to the point that benefits both of their perspective economically and ethically.
When "I have a platform and I have to use it for good." isn't bullshut.
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Louis airing out all of NYC's bullshit and i love it
First step of fixing problems is aknowledging it's there
Never being able to admit its a democrat problem. Nothing will ever change for these states.
@@user-qt8zt6zg6w it's more like both sides won't admit to shit, that's why many states are shit even if they have a republican or democrat in power.
@@Eric_X so that explains why people are fleeing democrat run states in favor of republican led states. Your part of the problem
really hope he does not "commit suicide"
As an Argentinian in a country with literally 50% of the people being poor, this is heartbreaking
Us latins have so many problems (africans even more) and such a greate city like New York can't manage to fix a single problem like this, the politicians are equal in every country.
Me hago muy triste que saberlo... in Francia tenemos también una grande población debajo del nivel de pobreza pero 50%??? Es muy triste de saber que hermanos católicos y "latinos" (en el sentido original de la palabra) tienen que vivir eso.. tenemos el mismo problema de sin domicilios fijos que los americanos en nuestras grandes ciudades como Paris Marseille Lyon Calais. Pero más y más de gentes particuliarmente ricos dicen que jugan sus falta de hogar, que tienen un domicilio. Me recuerdo de mi madre decir, sobre un hombre, sin gambas, que demandó dinero, iba a gastar todo para beber. Salud a Argentina y todos que la necesita ❤ si Dio quiere, los hijos de putas de banqueros lobyistes y politicianes que orquestran la destrucción de nuestras economías iban todos a a pudrirse en infierno, como lo dicen los evangelios de San Tiago
@@ardugaleen2231 ¿Y si no serán católicos no será malo? Hace me in favor...
@@hi-five4960 nah me gusta mucho a los socialistas de america latina tambien, son un poco como nuestros socialistos mediteraneos, particoliarmente espanoles grecquos y italianes , y... they get shit done (mi espanol absolutamente no es perfecto jaja) y en general estoy ok como todos que me tratan con respeto, tengo mas carino por ciertos gruppos
NYC: we put 1 million dollars into this non-profit and the problem is still growing WHY!?!?!?!?
the non profit: *uses $750,000 to pay 2 people*
@I'm just a comedian The taxes are being stolen by the POLITICIANS, that's why they went up.
Yes, sadly,very accurate !!
And another $200k goes to fancy "fundraising" parties!
@@yulyasevelova769 maybe someone should start a movement of kidnapping politicians who have salaries over 200k and feeding them through a wood-chipper while streaming it on twitch might scare off any assholes just looking to take advantage of the system
When a "non profit" organization is spending 500 000$ on its director a year... you got to admit that it sounds fishy. I would understand if he earnd one zero less than that and it still would be too much for "non profit" organization besides that with funds like that its quite easy to end homeless problem by building proper shelters and not shithole prisons.. NYC.. A city of dreams for the most corrupt politicians on earth. Easy to exploit and easy to fool citizens into spending money on salaries of family members of politicians. If such information is availible to anyone searching then governors and their friends should be hanged but obviously it won't happen. Because each of Us is interested in ourselvs... which makes it impossible to revolt or protest with other people which are stressed with payments or work.
Today Louis troubleshoots the definition of nepotism in politics. Right to repair on a humanitarian level.
Very good!! Such an excellent metaphor
Once again, the manufacturer will not provide the schematics. However, with Louis's resume, he can discover the source of the problem anyways.
The problem not with the rich but with low quality third world culture where an abnormal number of people are allowed to fail high school. It opens the gates for addiction and failure later in life. They graduate from school where grades are distributed so people graduate. This is the problem. Homelessness is a consequence
It's time these suited, booted, crooks are run out of town and real problem-solvers, like Louis, take over.
It's right to repair society/right to repair the world at this point.
Imagine how much better this world would be if knowledgeable and compassionate people like Louis ran the country.
It’s hard to imagine 😰
@Safwaan it takes alot of money to run and advertise for an election. Its just sad that most presidents(who are assholes) get funded by Republicans, or liberals. Turning America's Kings, to political pawns.
We have that, its called socialist countries (like cuba).
@@qwertykeyboard5901 Some of the best things about America are socialist policies lol, if you're house starts on fire and you call the firefighters they come and try to put the fire out on our taxpayers dollar as opposed to you footing the bill 100%, that's socialism. Hell even the concept of health insurance is technically socialism as you pay you're submitting funds into a pool that everyone else shares for their own needs. Except the middleman (insurance companies) take a substantial portion of that for themselves and then still charge you deductibles or straight up deny coverage.
@@qwertykeyboard5901 and yet Cuba isn’t prosperous and shiny as propose. Interesting.
A lot of non profits are like this. We call them “poverty pimps”
Poverty Pimp's is so accurate.
They never seem to do anything for anyone.
@@grauerHase They need an FBI raid on their offices and scrutiny of payrolls,lol.
this sounds like nonprofits are capitalistic over there... i think they need to limit total wages at like 5% of inflow money, or just block any wages for board members. i dont wanna say no wages for office workers because that would be unfair, but it is BS that they get anything payed out from a nonprofit like that. in lotteries youre barred from playing if theres anyone in your family working for the lottery company.
so management needs to be pro bono, and all projects by legislation need to be a bid. you need to bid, i offer this for that much. and theres need to be at least 2 applications. AFAIK thats how it is in hungary government projects (hungary has a whole lot of other problems tho).
@Ass Ketchup Having all volunteer workers for non-profits worked prior to the 1970's when the cost of living increases forced many stay at home moms to get jobs that paid them money. Who do you think did all of that volunteer work previously? It was women who weren't in the workforce. The number stay at home moms/dads isn't great enough to meet the demands of work needed to run even non-profit organizations if they had to count on them as volunteers. Plus, many in those positions have the same student debt loads that their peers in the corporate world do. They can't afford to work as volunteers, nor should they be expected to, unless we as a society are willing to compensate them in some way with more than a few lines on their resume. You seem to think that these organizations can successfully run on a high turnover of unpaid staff. There are many positions that require knowledge of non-profits and job specific knowledge and skills. You won't get that from a summer intern or a recent college graduate.
There is no such thing as an "essential worker". All work is essential to the person needing to make income. And there certainly wouldn't be enough jobs for everyone in these self declared "essential jobs".
Ironically, liquor stores were deemed “essential” and abortion services. It shows where the priorities of our government lie.
When people say essential work, they do not mean essential to the person, but essential to society. If the job doesn't provide value to the society, then it is deemed non essential. E.g. a healthcare worker is essential and a data entry analyst is not
@@difference018 I'm well aware of what they mean, but the fact of the matter is still unchanged. There is no law that states what is essential to society, nor is there even a law that gives them the right to state what is essential to society. The free market determines what is essential. Employee's determine what is essential, based on what work they are willing to take at what pay. Society naturally determines what is essential. On top of that, the federal government can only regulate interstate commerce. Not in-state employment. And no legislative body has actually passed any laws defining nor granting powers in regards to "essential workers". And the reason they haven't is because it would be in violation of numerous laws, both state and federal, along with the constitution itself. The "essential worker" scheme was made up out of whole cloth, and is being exerted by people who don't even have the authority, and would never have the authority, due to the principle conflicts with existing laws and rights. If you believe they should be allowed to do this, that's your belief. But that belief has no authority under laws and rights, which means it does not meet the legal standards for application, which is just another way of saying it's an abuse of power....and it's not even just an abuse of power, it's a creation of power that doesn't even exist. It is lawless and unlawful.
@@difference018 the means for survival seems pretty fucking essential to me.
@@TheRealUncleScar That is not what I mean. This is 2021. Technology has advanced to the point where people should be questioning why nonessential X job still needs to exist. Or why we still need to work 40 hours a week.
Cuomo is the embodiment of the "Just buy a house" meme
Except he actually believes it.
Just become a nurse a paramedic a cop or a doctor!
Just become a line worker , a plumber or an electrician!
Just become a bus driver ,a subway engineer or deep pipe repairman for the Dept. Of water.
Sorry but wtf did he mean??
What a maroon.
If he had a valid point, he wouldn't need to talk over her.
thiis
Yea that wasnt a good look for Andy
Gubbermint bayud!!! Antifer
@@june4135 😂
The best part was how disingenuous *and* demonstrably false it was, too. At no point does his solution address what the vast majority of people who don't work "essential" jobs and can't get them because they're not qualified to do them are supposed to do. The fact that there literally aren't enough openings for everyone who's out of work to find a job is more of an icing on the bullshit cupcake he's regurgitating
For $3000-4000 a month I'd let them stay at my house, that's insane.
Somehow, I doubt that.
@@wmluna381 do you... get how much money $3000 is?
@@superjoeyman1 No good deed goes unpunished.
A good majority of these people are on drugs and are mentally ill.
I don't doubt some are SOME genuine hard luck stories, but if rolling the dice on personal property and personal safety (at the minimum) is worth that amount of money to anyone, have at it.
I can only imagine the average experience after a month or 2 will be the equivalent of a bad roommate x100.
Send them out of NYC. Then use that money to feed them, clothe them, educate them and pay for a year or two for that and then they will have a chance to stand on their own two feet. If it does not help then they are helpless.
ya where can i sign up to be a foster host?
Imagine paying 3500-4000 for a homeless shelter... You could literally have an amazing fully furnished apartment for that amount!
Privatization.
You could have a big house on 40 acres for that amount of money, but that would undermine the communist agenda. And yes apartments are part of the communist agenda, it's communist housing.
Nobody advertises for an "Essential Worker", they advertise for a Doctor or a Nurse or a Fireman, etc, and you need the appropriate qualifications that go with those jobs. That was a very glib statement by Cuomo,
He's already got his meal ticket, as politicians decide who essential workers are and they always decide that they are among them. I'm sure even if he lost his job, though, he would not have to miss a meal.
There were tons of unskilled jobs up for grabs during lockdown.Fedex was overwhelmed with packages,they were offering huge temporary raises.Some package handlers were making up to 28 dollars an hour with overtime.I personally was getting paid 20somthing dollars an hour to do next to nothing for fedex last winter.
@@FATMIKED5183 temporary.is not enough
@@Matanumi Then stay there so you keep getting raises?
Right? Maybe someone who worked for years and put their life savings into their business doesn't deserve to be bankrupted and then told to go be a bag boy or waitress.
"Mommy! Mommy! I want to manage non-profit homeless shelters when I grow up! I'll be rich!!!"
Kinda what trumps dad did.
Tell little Timmy that if that's his wish he would have needed to be born into Coumo''s family.
"Oh Child, you can't do that. We don't know any rich, powerful people to appoint you."
I have a Co-Worker that runs a Non-Profit that makes him money. I asked what they did and he literally couldn't tell me. He kept repeating go to the website and see. Cause I totally want to see what some marketing and website design company portrays as what your Non-Profit does
Nursing homes too.
War on proverty was never suppose to be "won", simply maintained.
The welfare and foodstamps dont help those people, only keep them in that situation and that is the main goal.
Ive seen it in NYC and LA as well.
Mafia went from racketeering to politics.
Welfare and food stamps do not keep people in "that" situation. It helps them, it helps their children. to get it is very difficult and demeaning, unnecessarily and purposefully so.
But do you know what else they are? Very difficult to corrupt. You don't see relatives of governors working in the welfare department getting paid $500k per year. You don't see tax-dodging wealthy people dumping money into welfare that also happens to contribute to a politician's campaign fund.
My sister needed food stamps for a short time for herself and her children after she left a physically abusive relationship. It was a nightmare for her. It was shameful and embarrassing to pay at the grocery store, because we are so worried about poor people "taking advantage" of the system that she had to buy specific things and have those things verified by the cashier and it was slow and it was obvious. Her children grew up healthy, and she recently bought an $800k house.
Even if for every one story like hers had 5 others where they never improved their lives, I'd say it was worth it.
It was always there, just by different names.
You got my like for your spiel on 'consider' vs 'vote for' (I know that was only a side-note, but you're dead on, people don't want to be told who to vote for.)
They're effectively the same but 'consider' has a diplomatic and reverse psychologic spin. saying 'vote for X' doesn't cause a person to vote for X against their will by controlling their mind and body. the statement will still be taken as a request for consideration rather than an un-defyable command.
Jevons Paradox
@@the80386 I couldn't disagree more. When I see or hear "vote for X" I immediately disregard it. It's not a request for consideration, it's a demand, and it's one I have no respect for. Oh, vote for X? Why? Because you told me to? Not a chance. I have never spent any amount of time doing additional research or consideration when someone says "vote for X."
But when Louis said "consider Larry Sharpe" in his videos, I actually took some time to do so. I looked up some information, looked at what his stances on issues that mattered to me were. I ultimately decided not to vote for him because of some of those stances, but I still considered him. Normally I never bother looking into the third/alternate party candidates because they have a snowball's chance in hell of winning.
@@the80386 actually saying 'vote for' sounds more demanding and in your face than consider. Consider actually means 'I understand you may have made up your mind on who you are voting for however listen to this candidate and even if you're not going to vote for them at least if you find what they're saying is useful request the same from your choice of candidate.
@@the80386 watch out, we got an internet badass here. Also, it's, "undefiable."
Another aspect of the homeless issue is the deinstitutionalization of the mental healthcare system. NYC has people on the streets that CANNOT function in society. I’m sure that was done for our thugs in government to make some extra profit.
@@markae0 You have no idea what you are talking about. My uncle had severe mental illness. He would see snakes coming out of the walls. Do you know how they would “treat” him? They’d put him on some meds that would work for a week, and then within that time attempt to kick him out before he decompensated. What you’re suggesting would have been a death sentence for him as well as whoever the voices told him to push onto the tracks.
Correct, the asylums got too expensive over time, yet they promised to offer services to assist clients outside but those were also clipped
@@KOZMOuvBORG Expensive, corrupt, etc. The sad thing is that rather than try to reform these institutions, we basically just got rid of them. There are still a few places, but family members usually have to fight like hell to keep them in there.
@@DiscordOfDave I do know what I am talking about. You wrote "meds... for a week" . You are talking about the rebound effect of the psychiatric drugs. If you stop the drug, like any drug you get withdrawal reaction. Medications for life you might suggest? First prove the brain is broken/damaged before you add the "medication", you can not. There is no bacteria, virus or brain chemical imbalance before psychiatric medication.
@@DiscordOfDave You wrote " family..have to fight like hell to keep them in(prison) there." Yes because you can not put innocent people in jail.
I work at a small nyc shelter for the chronically homeless and it's actually one of the nicest and most pleasant places. The amount of waste is legendary though, and while I don't know how much the organization spends per resident, there's no doubt that it would be cheaper to give them all a regular apartment somewhere in brooklyn. Homelessness isn't about economics at the end of the day: it's about scaring people into jobs they don't want to do under threat of a hostile 3rd world lifestyle, and there are shelter systems who simultaneously profit from the existence of this situation while also improving the lives of people who were previously isolated and unhoused.
What is it about your shelter's operations structure that makes it functional?
Do you have more security, social workers, house rules, accountability follow-through?
so capitalism
I lived in California in the 60s when they closed Camarillo State Hosp for the mentally ill. It immediately increased the homeless rate by 100 percent. Is there a cure for all this misery? Lets see, what would it cost to provide homes for the homeless, food for the hungry, education to the ignorant, money to the poor, health to the sick, retirement to the aged, and freedom to the imprisoned? I guess every country in the world would like to know the answer to that one. Well, when the Fed comes out with the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) all our troubles will be over, it's free money for all. Basic Income for Life, you will own nothing but you will be happy. By God you better be happy, or else!
NYC HOMELESS INDUSTRY..SCAMMERS AND DECIEVERS. B.R.C. AND C.U.C.S. ACTUALLY SABOTAGE SOME OF THE HOMELESS, TO KEEP THEM IN THE TRAP..AND KEEP THE HOMELESS JOBS PAYING! OVER 2 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET!! ⏰️ WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! THIS IS A SCAM..MANY HOMELESS WORKERS KNOW IT..BUT THEY NEED THAT JOB ON HOMELESS BACKS.FACT.
Where is the shelter, Manhattan?
Homelessness is an industry.
There is an ongoing struggle between the ethical folks involved and the corrupt to administer that industry.
Corruption is currently winning because of the money involved.
Videos like this are the only way that corruption is being called to account.
Thanks very much, Louis.
You make a difference.
Honestly, it seems like the only way to fix the problem is to cut off the supply of money, double stop. There are too many interests with too much skill in confusing the voting public for taxpayer money to keep going down the sinkhole.
@@alexipestov7002
Not sure that just pulling the plug is an answer.
There is an element of good even if it's exploited.
Cut funding, the folks grifting move on to a new grift.
The homeless pay the price.
Yes. The homeless industry is identical to the for profit prison industry.
@@alexipestov7002 Look at big fund money. That’s the root.
@@bschuler6216
I'd argue that it's even more nefarious.
The prisons don't pretend they're compassionate and charitable.
The homeless industry has an emotional manipulation element that's repulsive.
NYC is spending almost as much to house 1 homeless person as the median American's annual income. You could literally employ someone with a living wage with the cost of those rooms.
Where I live you have buy a house for what they spend on one person... its insane
That's literally luxury apartment pricing in NYC.
@@mromutt It would have paid my mortgage 7x over.
So, don't solve the homeless crisis, but create jobs out of thin air for other people and pay them instead?
Why is everyone so against a UBI? What's wrong with giving people basic necessities without requiring them to work? No one has ever explained the problem with that to me.
@@PistonAvatarGuy Only criticism I can think of is that it hasn't been tested on a large scale, which is not a good argument for not doing it.
In Finland, they decided in 2007 that want to solve homelessness using a Housing First approach. Think they've been steadily reducing the number of homeless ever since, and reducing the number of shelters.
ya and that reduces crime and expensive hospital visits
Why can't the whole world just be like Finland...
@@xiiaohao3871 You'd have to be more like Finns first.
@@SA-rb5xq I'm already trying
Aren’t immigrants flooding Finland though? Can you make houses for everyone if foreigners keep pouring in?
Dude, like it or not, you’re one of the best investigative journalists around. Don’t change a damn thing! You shouldn’t try to post news every day. When news organizations have deadlines, we lose.
The news just pushes agendas.
@@measlesplease1266 If they are venal thier owner can make them do so.
Reminds me of Spotlight, they just took the stories that needed fleshing out and it took as long as it took. These days they need to write multiple articles, and they need a sensational click-inducing title. Bonus points if it can be a covert ad.
"This looks like a prison" No, prisons look a lot better than that.
in isolation you even get your own room,just for you!.lol.
Next: look up some TH-cam documentaries about Finnish or Norwegian prisons
@@turtleb01 They are WAY more humane than American prisons ! And they don't promote and encourage criminal behavior while inside prison.
@@yulyasevelova769 They also don't punish correctly.
@@naamadossantossilva4736 and this brings on a deeper philosophical question of the role of prison:
To punish.
To remove from society.
Or to rehabilitate.
I was homeless after moving to NYC. I had no friends, family, anything. I got lucky and got a job within a week, ended up staying at one of these shelters before I got into the Ali Forney Center. They are truly hell on earth. My years in the city have told me that it doesn’t care about the people that actually keep it running, during Covid especially. I’m scared but im also happy to be moving next week and improving my mental health and not feel guilty about trying to enjoy my life because it means I can’t save any money.
I was in a homeless shelter in LA for a year. Staff would steal thanksgiving turkey's, furniture meant for new apartments and donated make up and clothes. They would ignore hate crimes they witness then block the police at the door when they came to investigate. There was no sh#t on the floor, but there was definitely plenty of other sh#t going on.
That's not right
@@gncc600 - Let me guess: You call yourself a Christian.
@@gncc600 That kind of mentality is what drives people to crime. When there are no other options, you do what you have to do to survive. This wouldn't be necessary if the resources already being paid actually went to where they are suppose to. That and we would be paying less in taxes because we wouldn't have to pay these ridiculous markups.
@@gncc600 I think they call that victim-blaming
@@gncc600 You sound like you would be one of the staff at the homeless shelter he stayed at.
Straight to the point where people can point and agree, "That's BULLSHIT!"
That's why we like you Rossman.
You know the system is corrupt and tyrannical when it is filled with disincentives to being a good person. We're rooting for and learning from you Louis!
Typical criminal organization (Government) loss.
If everybody got "essential" jobs, what would the point of the quarantine be?
Ain't it funny how that works out.
But I'm fairly sure the point of quarantine was to ruin small businesses. I can't count how many times I saw mom and pops shops shut down while the KFC was allowed to keep on keeping on while they both shared the same parking lot.
Every job is essential for whoever needs to make a living from it. This "essential jobs" bullshit needs to end. Politicians shouldn't get to decide who gets to make a living or not.
@@scurvofpcp It did happen. In my country big businesses also got ruined.
@@powmod1 I agree 90% on that. Some places like night clubs really make no sense during a pandemic.
@@scurvofpcp I can't say what's happening in the USA. In Argentina everybody is getting fucked. Here, even Walmart left the country.
Louis, damn, you keep topping yourself with these commentaries! Your criticisms here about the contracting out of services with appropriated money is spot on. It's a scam and a racket. Thank you for having the bravery to point this out. Many wouldn't, and if they do, they're waved away dismissively.
One of my friends was a recovering drug addict and when he tried to tell his doctors (at the government founded recovery facility) that he wanted to end his drug prescription they told him that there's no reason to end his addiction. Not long after that, he learned that they where profiting off him and earning a huge amount of money. One time on the local news he saw that his psychologist was one of the top earner of the city.
Cuomo been a HUD planner, HUD Secretary, and NY Governor.
Housing/homelessness has not changed in NY state or anywhere in America. Its a big "wow" that he & his family benefit from it.
They all need to be held accountable. In-gov fraud, including leech corporations and non-profits, should he charged with treason against USA and her people.
Looks like a prison, costs more than a hotel.. Great Job!
I can see why homeless people would prefer to live in prison.
their acting as beta testers before the government decides we all need to live like that.
But does it cost more than a prison?
Sounds like a kind of deal our government would strike.
“I don’t care if you take home $500k a year but run a fucking for profit business” lmao YES! Thank you! This needs to be shouted from the rooftops
Show up to your government approved essential job... At Walmart or McDonalds.
It's a racket just like down here in cali. Most of the money goes to the bloat and very little goes to helping about 1000 homeless. It is sad and very lucrative.
Yes! Whenever a budget is appropriated to contract out services, it's more to enrich the vultures and "providers" rather than to help those in need. The government can wipe its hands clean and say "hey, we passed a bill to help!" and the contractors get their little pots of gold. Accountability is diffused and hard to pin down.
@@curiousone6435 yeah, it was really depressing looking into it. It is also policies for out here in cali.
Like the pandemic relief fund to help the citizen going overseas to help the companies that were just a front of the politician's pockets.
Yeah there's bloat, but don't understate the problem: isn't it 30k people on the streets of LA alone?
@@artembolshakov3901 why do you think there are 30K homeless presently? Sure, some willingly want to stay on the streets, some are incapable mentally or physically to get off as well. The vast majority are left on the street because its much more lucrative (bloat) for the politicians, "non" profits, and the contractors who provide the services and resources to these "shelters" and centers, than it is to actually resolve this problem and get these people into sustainable and suitable permanent housing. Thats why homelessness will never be solved. Because they have created an atmosphere that is not only profitable, but actually is INSANELY lucrative to instead maintain the status quo as it exists in its current state
$4000 x 12 months = $48,000 a year!!!
The average salary in the United States is $31,000 a year! How can government be so stupid!
The fact that Cuomo is going to get off Scott free for the nursing homes is bull, it’s straight bull.
just remember orange man bad and all else will be well
@@stevenp9209 lmao stfu
Gretchen Whitmer got off Scott free as well.
Yep. I lean left, but fuck Cuomo
@@nickg1895 as a former Michigander I'm pissed she got off too. Cuomo, Whitmer, Newsom, Wolfe, and Murphy should be in gitmo for their nursing home crimes.
Yes Louis, there is a whole World out there that is in need of repair
Greed has destroyed this country, and it is an absolute pity. I hope this wakes up others to the flaws and corruption in our country and I beyond appreciate what your doing! Hopefully one day things can change and this country can succeed. The sheep need to be awakened and we need change asap! Thankyou for your time and knowledge it is people like you that are going to make a difference in this world!!!
I can attest to this being business as usual in my area, in 2 states. It's the Dark Money hole. I did the homework on their IRS reporting disclosures, and found the racket is large scale and pervasive, practically no way for another org to get in and do something right.
We are stuck living outside.
The reported dangers in shelters are very real.
A big % of us want nothing to do with destructive behaviors.
I want homeless advocacy among us who know the issues 1st hand, to craft a suitable and sustainable solution. It worked in the depression era to have self-governed areas to scale (no more than 25 ppl per "community".
Right. Exactly.
It's not about the quantity of $$$.
At all!
We need very little, and alot of us are of the same mindset.
Commendable comment. I hope u can gather and create what your talking about. I live in Nyc like Rossman.. it's bad.
Yeah Louis: I've met a few from the "Charity Industry", and they're all the same. Pious, self important, and great taste in Rolex's & fine clothes. They also like to travel; not to where their generosity is based, but exotic places around the globe, usually in 5* hotels. Somehow, it's more productive to discuss poverty in S Chicago in Bali than a Holiday Inn IN Chicago. Some even
bring along their 'Boy Toys', and as a humorous hotel staff in Jakarta joked with me: "We know whose getting laid by whose in the hallways & our 24/7 coffee shop". A worthless group.
At some point I wish I could rip them off for some easy money but man I can't stand to live in those 2 cities. It's man eating man out there.
@@kristenlueken4023 Maybe I'm drunk, but 40% stolen is outrageous. That's not a "charity" but a profit centre. I just look at the results of "CHARITY": you failed.
I hate the charity industry. The non-profit running the homeless shelter I was in as a kid made a profitable deal with the local slumlords, they'd get some of the apartments for use as a shelter and in return would only let people in the shelters rent from the slumlords who charged upwards of $1300/month for a crappy 1br/1ba apartment without utilities. (1300 is pretty high rent for those apartments in central MA)
I can't believe how I didn't see this video before, TH-cam buried it.
The scammers are making money off the homeless. Why would they give it up.
Cut them at the money then
@@PauseUn-Pause Because in doing that you remove the small amount of resources the homeless have access to and that's not a good idea.
Try them for treason, in all states! America is turning into a crusty piece of locker shit.
@@PauseUn-Pause All these officials need to be investigated,audited,and prosecuted !! We have that same problem bin Los Angeles, and have for 40 years. The shelters make so much money off the homeless,who are citizens,just unable the afford the high rents ( market rents). $3K--$4K, per month,per person in the shelter system ! The state and DOJ in Washington must take charge of both cities' homelessness scandals,and enact a massive building campaign for affordable housing for seniors, working class, middle class, homeless people. Investing in housing is investing in society!😀
Man I'd love being a politician, easiest job in the world! You just show up to work and say stuff!
You can do it as long as you have zero moral compass and $ is your God. You can thrive
You just need to lose small thing called Humanity.
I disagree that it's overrated... but humanity has very little utility in our society it seems. It's incredibly important on a grand scale but worthless (or even a handicap) for someone's personal success.
but as a democrat youd have a misery quota. you'd need to make peoples lives xx% worse than the previous year. at least that's what it looks like from the outside.
@asdrubale bisanzio this seems true: humanity has to be assigned a certain value for moral superiority to work
Very interesting from a German perspective. The concept of "charity"-organisations running these centers reminds me of the privately owned jails in the US. Both are actually for-profit organisation and both prosper when the social stability is low.
TRUE
Louis Rossmann for President.
Nah, too soon. He'd be lost in the corruption and wouldn't know how to play the game.
Rossmann for mare.
Meet Kevin for president
Philip defranco as vp
Louis Rossman speaker of the house.
@@jeffmartin134 not defranco. Dude’s biased as fuck
That's not what presidents do... then again I'm not into politics. Last thing I know about presidents they represent the country, actual work is done by government.
I can't believe that they actually have cooped the word essential to mean wage slave
essential worker: works for a company that spends a suspiciously large amount of money on lobbyists.
they mean supermarket slaves here right?
in my country essential would mean helathcare worker or something but holy smokes...
Staring into the camera with cold eyes and dimissivly saying "Let them be heroes"
as an answer to rising mortality rates also was thing that happend btw.
What a functional, stable and totally not evil system of government.
my friend inherited his parents’ hotel, now he uses the spare rooms that are normally used for staff to give some homeless people a few free nights, even weeks, one time as far as i know a month, to stay in the hotel.
How many overdoses happened there
That Cuomo opening gives me chills…
He doesn't give a fuck. "As an essential worker, you won't kill anyone" , which makes zero sense. By his own logic, esential workers are a necesary evil, and their kill count is acceptable.
I'd say government workers aren't essential.
This is my issue with the free healthcare and universities argument. Having grown up in Europe, sure. I'm all for it. I can see the benefit.
But we first *absolutely* need to revisit the billing structure of both healthcare and universities before somehow coming up with taxing tools to make them 'free'.
After revisiting the billing structure for healthcare and universities, there may not be much of a need to actually have the govt subsidize it, apart from the .1% of cases that get really expensive.
I think an issue with the US college system might be that everyone expects to be able to attend it on their own terms - I am from a Central European country which has much cheaper tuition for national-grade Unis (I pay about 300€ per semestre) than American colleges. On the other hand, dorms are pretty much nonexistent, and if you fail an exam for the third time, you are banned from studying that subject again at any uni in the country (in theory, usually unis don't talk to each other enough to prevent you changing universities to avoid this). I have not heard a thing about a similarly rigid exmatriculation system from my US friends (it may exist - I just might not be aware of this). I find many of the comparisons between US and EU colleges asinine - yes, US college is quite obviously too expensive, but blindly transitioning to the EU model is not going to be as painless as US college students think, I imagine.
The price of both has simply expanded to consume all the money made available. Consumers aren't able to comparison shop, and the government isn't allowed to negotiate drug prices, so they go up. Students are neither vetted nor allowed to default on loans, so colleges demand they take more and more from the bank for tuition.
The US government already spends so much that it can provide free healthcare for everyone to a European Standard already if they just cut out the b*******
Then again the pricing issues would probably get fixed overnight if the government was the one paying
Health insurance IS the reason that hospital visits cost so much money. If nobody had insurance, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies would be forced to charge a fee that people can afford. But when you have the government or massive institutions who everyone has to use a middle man, who often get kickbacks from the drugs they cover in order to make the drugs unaffordable, then the natural progression is going to be unaffordable health care. Couple that with hospitals being forced to take anyone that comes into the ER, no matter how minuscule their "problem" at the ridiculous prices, then the costs are passed on to people who do pay.
As a person who lived in the shelter system when I was a child, thank you. I’ve been saying this for years and people looked at me like I was crazy. There’s always a middle ground and honestly, this is going to rub someone the wrong way, there should be a cap on how long people are in office. People shouldn’t be becoming millionaires off of the money we ( the left right and inbetween and outskirts ) are being taxed. People should also face corruption instead of running or turning a blind eye. I’ve been trying to never put my daughter in the shelter system. ( been working since forever, degrees out the ass, life just being life ).
5:50 I once worked for a "non-profit" where the CEO made over $1,000,000 per year while we struggled to come up with basic services for those who needed it.
Because they need someone to run the ship. No CEO level educated person will do that for less. You would need to find someone who would do CEO work for entry level pay. And I believe theres very few people who would.
@@MrBlue11900 That's fine, but when your CEO is making $1,000,000 per year, you're hardly non-profit.
@@MrBlue11900”CEO level educated person” lol. An average US pharmacist is better educated than an average US CEO, at least in functional terms (knowledge they can apply).
Imagine being a politician and not corrupt.
You are either dead or in jail
@@ututheavenger beat me too it
@Gen B sadly most people are still living in a fairy tale and continue holding us back from defeating these lunatics.
Pure Sci-Fi.
I did and I saw a ring world, interstellar flight, colonies on other star systems, a world full of scientists, engineers and extremely talented artisans, flying cars, robots everywhere, bionic implants that turn people into almost demi-gods, cities with more GDP than the entire world today, clean streets, low homelessness, low crime...
Thank you for bringing attention to this issue.
Honestly this reminds me of the Star Trek DS9 Episode "Past tense" where the cast is transported back in time to San Francisco in 2024, where all the homeless are rounded up in "sanctuary" areas..
YES that episode was terrifying! Star Trek hits it on the nail so many times
My friends.
I've found you at last.
Why are we even still talking about this homeless situation after uncovering blatant corruption? Are the people of New York really this complacent with being scammed?
The issue is that there is currently almost no way to actually change this at the moment. The taxpayer is not the one who gets to decide where the homeless go, it's the local government's decision. You can see where that lead.
Especially when everyone can buy a brand new 18-20 feet small camper for less than 30 grand suitable for a single homeless person from several manufacturers. I have seen some new small campers selling for less than 15 grand. Or 60 grand suitable for a family of four or five. Many counties in America have a RV park with rentals for less than a half grand per month with hookup for basic utilities. Used campers tend to drop in value as well if brand new is too expensive. Many living off the grid have converted shipping containers which can be stacked on top of another up to a certain height. How anyone can charge 4 grand per month for a filthy jail cell is pure GREEDY CORRUPTION... Urban America nonsense... Every small college town in America has the night life and wifi millennials desire, you don't have to live in the East Village... Berkshire Hathaway sells brand new small campers for less than 30 grand, cheaper than Ford sells some of their new SUVs...
Welcome to America
@@ronclark9724 That's a good idea for some people. We are talking about homeless NYC residents. These people have a backpack or a duffel bag that contain all their worldly possessions. They have a net worth of $30 dollars. Do you understand that there people are destitute? No savings- no credit - no money- no car and no license.
@@peterwelby not saying all but actually a good number do have some money, jobs, bank accounts. but in places like NYC especially, what most would consider in other places i very low or even ok income is nothing there. back when i lived in socal I knew plenty of homeless people that had cellphones and could buy food and other things, but just not enough to have a home or it was very difficult to maintain working/stability (for many reasons but most times mental illnesses). for many i knew it was a chain reaction that once started just spirals and becomes an all but unbreakable cycle. so having some kind of new start and stability actually could be a turning point, especially if combined with counseling and a true support system. it wouldnt help/save everyone but it would be way more successful than this mess
Lol "shithole" you're being generous today louis
No, he's being literal.
kinda misusing the term though. 'Shithole' was reserved for my dear home country Belgium by mr. Trump if I recall right
@@benrex7775 I think OP is trying to say that it's much worse than a shithole and that Louis was being generous by calling it one.
@@boeckxt That was India not Belgium
@@boeckxt Didn't know that. And it makes sense.
Hey Louis, I've been watching your vids for a while and only just stumbled upon this one. Your persistence with Right to Repair was very admirable.
This video really resonates with me as my mother has been in and out of homeless shelters in NYC for the better part of the last three years. I'm not in a situation to house her myself, and with her mental health issues, it's been difficult for me to gauge the reality of the situation at her shelter as I'm not able to physically enter it. I've been calling constantly trying to help her figure out a more permanent situation and have booked several meetings with the shelter's "housing specialist". She's been telling me for ages that she thinks they want to keep her there forever.
At first I thought she was overreacting and maybe not doing her part in trying to get the paperwork done to get out of there. I never considered that they might actually be incentivized to keep her in there until seeing this video. It's infuriating, I'm right behind you on anything to get this fixed.
UPDATE: Now that my mother has finally received a CITHYFHEPS voucher, it's nigh impossible to find a landlord that is willing to accept it, despite it being stated that it is illegal for a broker or landlord to decline the voucher.
I've tried getting in contact with the shelter or with any CITYFHEPS office and they have done nothing but make me run in circles. Whenever I call the shelter I'm answered rudely as if I'm interrogating the person who answers the phone.
When I called and asked to speak to the housing specialist I was given the run around and was told that they can "Neither confirm nor deny that the housing specialist is in today". After asking again I was told they would be in later in the day. It's near impossible to get any answers out of these people who don't seem to want to even give 1% effort at their jobs.
“Go get a job as an essential worker and you won’t kill anybody” I mean at some point wouldn’t there not be enough essential work to go around? Does COVID know you are an essential worker and not infect?
Covid is sentient and knows when you are either a McDonalds or a Walmart worker. It just does. If you in one of them two jobs = you are safe! No need for a jab
It's all about the good old "follow the money".
If shady shit happens you just have to find who profits the most from the situation
=> BOOM, you found the reason shit got messed up.
I remember when I was a Republican, then I did the math on progressive policies, thinking I was going to prove it cost more, and found out that progressive policies are fiscally conservative, and save insane amounts of money, while conservative policies cost significantly more.
All charities are all about this. Its why the laws are as intended.
"Those are not the only two options here" - applies to so many facets of government incompetence. Polarization Dialectics are used to make it appear as if there are only two solutions to a problem, when in fact, there are many.
I almost entirely agree, though that "shit pile" looks more like a sock to me.
Ive had to stay in similar places in Portland, so yeah you are accurate its pretty bad.
There was frequent stabbings to the degree that I broke rules and kept a knife myself in case I needed to defend myself
Glad I no longer have to live in such conditions, just holy hell was it bad.
The problem is you can't defend yourself against a knife attack even with a knife, and from an attack by someone having a psychotic break with anything. It is not reasonable to expose people down on their luck and needing a place to stay to the danger posed by people with severe mental health issues who ought to be getting proper care in a secure facility designed to prevent them from harming themselves or others.
They are addressing the homeless problem by covering the sidewalks with shanties.
These ppl don’t care about the homeless crisis at all. It’s so frustrating. And those spots are def gonna be COVID breeding grounds. Really shitty :/
Louis, being able to say that this goes beyond anyone person's political alignment speaks volumes. You're a level headed gentleman good sir. Id definitely buy you a coffee
My prediction is this:
Soon there will come a day when Louis becomes so god damn frustrated with the ineptitude & corruption, he (Louis) is going to have to campaign and win a local legislative seat. I just don't foresee a different rabbit hole (outcome) on his horizon... I witnessed it happen once before and this is the way it starts... at least for people who are pure in heart. I'm not too sure how the corrupt people get into politics - oh wait, it's a family business, right?
Louis gonna be like, "be right back, hold my beer"
"Mr. Rossmann for President!!"
Honestly, I can see that happening. His approach is very logical and bipartisan, and that's something our current political climate sorely needs. Also, he is levelheaded, yet passionate, which is the perfect combination for any kind of governing figure.
Or..more likely..he'll "accidentally" kill himself.
@Donovan Piko To the contrary, a pragmatic logical person remaining in local politics isn't such a bad thing. Understand for each of us, there will come a day when we will die. On that day, the person who dies may not take any accumulated wealth. Having stated this, the only correct thing is to use the power bestowed upon you by the people is try to better the lives of your constituents, in an honest manner.
*_TRUST !!_*
Thanks for bringing this to the Public Louis. On the right side of history helping everyday folk. 💙
He's gonna put a bunch of Delta patients in there with the homeless. Worked so good last time!
nah, not gonna work. homeless are a hardy breed. they'll pass stuff onto to rona patient that will plague them for life.
@@blest5132 You again. Louis Rossman nails it ! Blast this scandalous theft and corruption wide open ! In both L.A. and NY.
😂
1:13 the perspective we need to see more of on so many issues. I have been trying to making this point for years.
the fact that of every 3 dollars you spend on healthcare olny 1 goes to actual treatment the rest is squandered in people sitting in offices pushing paper
In some "charities" ( *cough* CLINTONS *cough* ), it's 97 cents of the dollar go to paper pushers. That amount is very carefully managed because it's the absolute legal minimum they can spend on helping people and maintain their non-profit status.
@@45calGunslinger now thats what i call ratio'd
When someone says "non-profit" 99.99% of the population have no idea what that means.
I did IT work as an outside contractor for a "non-profit" company that made plug-ins for autocad during the 90's. Dunno why they organized it that way, but the president of the company was driving a new Mercedes top of the line car and replaced it every year with the new model. "Non-profits" are weird.
i told my wife i don't believe any " non- profit" organization and i will not donate to them because i know there is someone in it making bank on it and its bs lol XD whenever i wanted to help somone homeless when i was a kid i donated to the homeless man on street, and now that im older even that is corrupted by someone XD some of them are not even homeless or need help they are scammers. just smaller scammers hahahaha.
The root of the problem of homeless in American today is wages are so low you its become increasingly untenable to live anywhere
The real estate market because it is so inflated in New York adds to the homeless problem
That statement about "essential workers" really P.O'.ed me! He had no plan for small businesses...
He did have a plan. Shut them down and give the money to Amazon and Walmart.
@@lupusalbus3795 working at fast food and Walmart means you are an essential worker.
Does anyone else love when he says something is “Disgusting”.
I applied for the Governor job, haven’t heard back from them yet.
Well your're just in luck. Maybe you'll hear back now with the Cuomo resignation
Louis, you have really been preaching the truth lately. i hope more new yorkers can learn from these videos and start to want change .
Amazing commentary and research, well done. I’m not even American and found this extremely interesting and relatable, as I’m from Portugal, and the nepotism and corruption you just described are every day life here.
It would be even better because when housed those with drug and alcohol issues will have fewer problems and be easier to treat at home. Then the other costs to society from lower educational standards and lower incomes because of those disruptions to education would be substantial.
I've worked for enough non profits to know that Most of the donation money goes to fat staff salaries and perks with big fat bonuses!
Yup. I find the term non-profit to basically mean "it's not the goal of the organization to make money so we'll just spend as much as we can and whatever's left can go to the cause."
Exactly!
You are 100% spot on. The way you look at things is the way everyone should think. We should all come together and solve these problems. I am so sick of the corruption in our country. It has to stop. Just follow the money and you will find the corruption.
"By the way, you want to go to work? Go take a job as an essential worker."
All I can think is "You first mate."
This very thing is happening all over the country. Arizona is as "non-profit" corrupted as any and is facing the same homelessness crisis. The same corrupted people are figuring ways to line their own pockets at the expense of the needy and they're doing it with impunity created by themselves.
It's a needed breath of honest air to see these posts. Please keep it up.
First time viewer and I gotta say I really like your outlook on the infighting we currently have in America with politics and policy. People get too hung up on the political narrative they want to support and miss the forest for the trees when it comes to policy.
My mortgage, insurance and car payment are less then that.
Hear ya. And I knocked myself out for over 40 years so that I can have no mortgage or car note. But for sure, it was good planning as the reality of insurance and RE taxes are meant to be the final nails in our coffin. But at least, it was foresight on my part, to quit my spendful ways. In truth, it was a Hindu shrink years ago who told me to pay my house off before anything else. Apparently she knew WTF she was talking about... and luckily she wasn't handing out flowers at the airport. And, so neither am I today... so far.
I respect you for having the time to make this and share this, people need to be aware.
3:44 Completely agreed, I’ve seen shitty motel rooms look better than this. This is unmaintained and how someone would even consider this 30-40K absolutely astounds me
“This is the Louis Rossmann Podcast, would you like to hear a tale of corruption? Because man I have a story for you.”
ok I'll bite, never seen Louis name massacred like this. Louis Rossmann fyi. Have a fine day!
@@Kazeshini11 thank you, sorry I wasn’t thinking while I was writing that
When I was younger, my family told me to stay away from politics and to never watch news everyday. As I became an adult, I see why... I study political science in college and regret it all to a certain point. Everything political doesn’t always mean political in a government sense. I can never see life again as i did when I was 17...
Hope Springs Eternal....
Thats *not* a bumper sticker either :)
Your family was wrong. It is to your benefit to understand politics, know your environment and what is going on around you.
Came from the vid you posted like a day ago, sucks I missed this when it came out. I've learned so much.
I have an issue with any system that incentivizes the promotion and exploitation of homelessness.
"Incestuous Relationship" I did a double take on this one. Never thougt I'd hear that in this context. But it is in fact an accurate description of what happens in politics.
I'm in Canada and in my city, I'm trying to do the same as you, awareness and calling out the BS, It's hard, but I will say you're a good man and an inspiration. THANK YOU for being a caring human. you have my full support. Thank you for trying because it's better than not doing anthing at all.
When the senate was asking her to go and get an essential job, she should have said, sure, no problem, where do we find these so called essential jobs? and keep saying it until he gets it.
hats off to you brother.
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You didn’t think they planned all this BS? The building owners knew they were getting bailed out. why you think they never dropped their asking prices
It’s like when companies do illegal moves, they already calculated the fines into their ROI and decided it was worth doing it and pay a fine than not doing it at all. It’s a different game, different rules for them
I definitely think part of why the bills are insane is lack of price transparency, and also the artificial limitation of certain residency slots to keep certain specialty doctor slots commanding a premium
As a Canadian, visiting cities in the United States was a bad experience. There were so many homeless people asking for money, I needed to rent an electric scooter to avoid them because I got tired of running away. For that reason I have decided not to visit cities like New York or Austin Texas for business. It's really a shame, other countries look at this as a turn off, no one wants to do business there. Clean it up, help your fellow neighbors for shit sakes.
People.should look out for each other when they can and then interests of those in their community. It isnt the government's job to tell people how to live their lives OR if they can. The number one issue we are facing right now, is the media and the government, have convinced people that they actually care about them, and these people believe it so much, that they will attack their own neighbors because their neighbors don't believe what the media and government has told them to believe