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At his Wednesday afternoon press conference, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced that the millions of dollars the state is already spending on homelessness isn鈥檛 enough. He wants to spend $800 million more.

Throwing more money to fix homelessness? Hasn鈥檛 that made the problem worse and not better? Already, those in Seattle and King County are being taxed to spend $100,000 annually per homeless person.

No, says Inslee. It鈥檚 not enough. It鈥檚 not enough. It鈥檚 simply not enough.

But you should know something about the numbers that is rarely discussed. It鈥檚 from the 2020 Homeless Assessment Report to Congress from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development —

Among the top four most populated states in the United States: California (1); Texas (2); Florida (3), and New York (4).

Similarly, these states rank in the top four for their homeless population.

But where does Washington 鈥� 13th in the country for general population 鈥� rank for homeless? We鈥檙e No. 5.

What? Why would much larger states 鈥� Pennsylvania, Illinois, and six others 鈥� have fewer homeless people than Washington?

It鈥檚 about our local policies, and it鈥檚 about our local politics.

Drugs are legal for personal possession here. There鈥檚 no fear of any punishment in Washington, so come on in. Mexican cartels can bring drugs into our state because our sanctuary status limits police investigations, so come on in.

When drug vagrants choose to migrate here, it鈥檚 because drugs are legal, crimes are not punished, and they can shoplift with impunity.

In fact, do you know how many times Gov. Inslee referenced drugs during his Wednesday press conference about homelessness? Zero.

Instead, policies and politics embraced by most of our local leaders say, 鈥淟et鈥檚 create a problem. And then, let鈥檚 tax people to fix the problem that we created.鈥�

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