Bunks for Drunks

[chanel]

If one lives in Seattle, there are clean, furnished apartments in the downtown area for less than $200 a month. It’s a great deal, with one catch: in order to move in, one has to be an alcoholic. Once someone qualifies and takes up residence at 1811 Eastlake, no one will ever tell him or her to stop drinking.

Some have called it "bunks for drunks." More than $11 million in local, state, and federal money has been used to construct an apartment building for 75 of Seattle’s worst "public inebriates," homeless alcoholics known for harassing people in the streets when not sobering up in jail. The city hopes that keeping them off the streets will save money and protect the public.

Residents of Eastlake can drink as much as they like. They’re not required to attend Alcoholics Anonymous, or any other addiction-treatment program; they’re provided with free meals and round-the-clock medical care.

Citizens Against Government Waste: Bunks for Drunks: Costs of Seattle's Social Experiment

In Seattle - It's good to be a loser.

 

[Samson]

If one lives in Seattle, there are clean, furnished apartments in the downtown area for less than $200 a month. It’s a great deal, with one catch: in order to move in, one has to be an alcoholic. Once someone qualifies and takes up residence at 1811 Eastlake, no one will ever tell him or her to stop drinking.

Some have called it "bunks for drunks." More than $11 million in local, state, and federal money has been used to construct an apartment building for 75 of Seattle’s worst "public inebriates," homeless alcoholics known for harassing people in the streets when not sobering up in jail. The city hopes that keeping them off the streets will save money and protect the public.

Residents of Eastlake can drink as much as they like. They’re not required to attend Alcoholics Anonymous, or any other addiction-treatment program; they’re provided with free meals and round-the-clock medical care.

Citizens Against Government Waste: Bunks for Drunks: Costs of Seattle's Social Experiment

In Seattle - It's good to be a loser.

Hey, we have $750 B in stimulous money to spend.

$11 million is not very effective.

 

[chanel]

Don't worry Samson. I'm sure there will be all kinds of studies done to prove how effective the program is. It can be expanded to include junkies the "undocumented". and child molesters and be the model
of compassion and social justice in cities nationwide.

 

[Samson]

Don't worry Samson. I'm sure there will be all kinds of studies done to prove how effective the program is. It can be expanded to include junkies the "undocumented". and child molesters and be the model
of compassion and social justice in cities nationwide.

Well, that's a huge relief.

I wouldn't want the base of the democratic party to begin to erode.