text: McDermott:  Why do you smear of the homeless?  Why do you assume that I am a criminal, have. vandalistic tendencies, or am mental unstable just because i'm homeless?  I recognize that the point of your paragraph was aimed at your perception of frivolous government spending of our tax dollars, but sending unnecessary (and incorrect) metamessages like you did distracts from your intent. I have no solutions for both - either the spending or the homeless.