Mr R. (part 2)
- It is estimated there are over 100,000 hidden homeless in the state. People living doubled up with relatives, friends, etc. sleeping ion their couch, in the spare bedroom, in the garage.  This is why we cant solve the problem of the 15,000, because we have 100,000 we are basically ignoring that keep feeding into and becoming the 15,000.
- According to the Hawaii food bank, over 278,000 people got their food from the food bank in 2015.  That is 1/5 of the states population. If we have 278,000 people that can not afford to properly feed themselves, then are you really surprised that we have 15,000 homeless ?  Personally i am surprised it is not 50,000.
- you can look up how much money some of the government employees make :
http://www.civilbeat.org/2017/08/new-hawaii-salary-database-how-much-do-we-pay-our-public-servants/
- some of them with full time jobs are below the poverty line, qualify for food stamps and section 8 housing.