Or we could talk about how we have a problem where a certain % of the population can't house themselves, and the rest of us pay more in prisons and ambulances than other cities do in housing them and avoiding the high costs of prison and ambulances.

No one said free.

But no. The thought of someone getting help triggers you emotionally. So you use sarcasm and exaggerations to have to avoid a topic where you probably don't have the data to back your argument.