Catherine’s example: $70,000. Yeah, let us buy one for every homeless person. My Hermann house which is perfectly livable cost us $79,000.
But then, add to that $70,000 another $30,000 in gubmnt graft, corruption, and red tape.
Decades ago when we were renovating our 1900 square-foot house, the public housing units down the street we’re being renovated as well. We had $100,000 into our house. Their renovation costs were $120,000 for units that averaged 600 sq ft.*
* These costs are approximate because I no longer remember the specifics, but the main point, that the government cannot do anything inexpensively and we are all paying for that, is correct.