1. Homeless Services Are Allegedly Prioritized by Identity, Not Need
Some cities (especially Portland, Oregon) use a point‑based scoring system to allocate homeless services.
Points are allegedly awarded for:

LGBTQ+ identification
Race/minority status
Language background
Interest in “culturally specific services”
These factors sometimes score equal to or higher than:

Senior status (55+)
Disability
Long‑term homelessness
Zero income
This is an expression of intersectionality ideology, where identity outweighs material need.

2. Portland as a Case Study of Policy Failure
Portland reportedly allocated $1.3 billion to homelessness programs by 2024.
The text claims spending reached roughly $200,000 per homeless person.
Despite this:

Homeless deaths allegedly increased fourfold from 2019 to 2023.
Heavy spending paired with ideological frameworks led to worse outcomes, not improvement.

3. DEI Is Framed as Actively Harmful
DEI systems are:

Bureaucratic
Performative
Detached from practical outcomes
DEI:

Creates perverse incentives
Encourages people to self‑identify strategically
Distracts governments from solving root problems (housing, safety, treatment)

4. BBCE (Broad‑Based Categorical Eligibility) Enables SNAP Abuse
A major portion of the text focuses on SNAP program fraud.
BBCE allegedly allows individuals to qualify for food stamps if they receive any minor government benefit, such as:

Informational pamphlets
Hotlines
This bypasses traditional income and asset checks.
Millionaires, lottery winners, and individuals with large assets can legally receive SNAP benefits.

5. Scale and Types of SNAP Fraud Highlighted
EBT card skimming and cloning
Benefit trafficking (selling benefits for cash)
Improper payments due to verification failures
Multi‑state enrollment
Use of deceased identities
Retail collusion
Involvement of international crime networks

6. Luxury Vehicle Ownership as Evidence of Abuse
Cites that thousands of SNAP recipients own luxury vehicles (Teslas, Porsches, Lamborghinis, etc.).
Uses these examples to argue there has been:

No accountability
No data transparency
Intentional evasion of eligibility rules

7. Trump Administration Portrayed as Corrective Force
Credits to the Trump administration for:

Removing 4.3 million people from SNAP
Increasing audits and enforcement
Targeting BBCE reform
Democrats are portrayed as opposing reform to maintain voter support.

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1. Homeless Services Are Allegedly Prioritized by Identity, Not Need
<ul>
<li>Some cities (especially Portland, Oregon) use a point‑based scoring system to allocate homeless services.</li>
<li>Points are allegedly awarded for:
<ul>
<li>LGBTQ+ identification</li>
<li>Race/minority status</li>
<li>Language background</li>
<li>Interest in &ldquo;culturally specific services&rdquo;</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>These factors sometimes score equal to or higher than:
<ul>
<li>Senior status (55+)</li>
<li>Disability</li>
<li>Long‑term homelessness</li>
<li>Zero income</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>This is an expression of intersectionality ideology, where identity outweighs material need.</li>
</ul>
<hr>
2. Portland as a Case Study of Policy Failure
<ul>
<li>Portland reportedly allocated $1.3 billion to homelessness programs by 2024.</li>
<li>The text claims spending reached roughly $200,000 per homeless person.</li>
<li>Despite this:
<ul>
<li>Homeless deaths allegedly increased fourfold from 2019 to 2023.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Heavy spending paired with ideological frameworks led to worse outcomes, not improvement.</li>
</ul>
<hr>
3. DEI Is Framed as Actively Harmful
<ul>
<li>DEI systems are:
<ul>
<li>Bureaucratic</li>
<li>Performative</li>
<li>Detached from practical outcomes</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>DEI:
<ul>
<li>Creates perverse incentives</li>
<li>Encourages people to self‑identify strategically</li>
<li>Distracts governments from solving root problems (housing, safety, treatment)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<hr>
4. BBCE (Broad‑Based Categorical Eligibility) Enables SNAP Abuse
<ul>
<li>A major portion of the text focuses on SNAP program fraud.</li>
<li>BBCE allegedly allows individuals to qualify for food stamps if they receive any minor government benefit, such as:
<ul>
<li>Informational pamphlets</li>
<li>Hotlines</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>This bypasses traditional income and asset checks.</li>
<li>Millionaires, lottery winners, and individuals with large assets can legally receive SNAP benefits.</li>
</ul>
<hr>
5. Scale and Types of SNAP Fraud Highlighted
<ul>
<li>EBT card skimming and cloning</li>
<li>Benefit trafficking (selling benefits for cash)</li>
<li>Improper payments due to verification failures</li>
<li>Multi‑state enrollment</li>
<li>Use of deceased identities</li>
<li>Retail collusion</li>
<li>Involvement of international crime networks</li>
</ul>
<hr>
6. Luxury Vehicle Ownership as Evidence of Abuse
<ul>
<li>Cites that thousands of SNAP recipients own luxury vehicles (Teslas, Porsches, Lamborghinis, etc.).</li>
<li>Uses these examples to argue there has been:
<ul>
<li>No accountability</li>
<li>No data transparency</li>
<li>Intentional evasion of eligibility rules</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<hr>
7. Trump Administration Portrayed as Corrective Force
<ul>
<li>Credits to the Trump administration for:
<ul>
<li>Removing 4.3 million people from SNAP</li>
<li>Increasing audits and enforcement</li>
<li>Targeting BBCE reform</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Democrats are portrayed as opposing reform to maintain voter support.</li>
</ul>
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America’s Homeless Crisis Goes Full DEI in Portland

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