I would like to suggest a modest proposal that Gov. Wilson might consider in light of the state budget crisis.
While his proposed cuts in welfare, food stamps, renter's credits and other assistance for poor and working Californians is clearly most fair and impartial, the serious economic problems we face due to looted thrifts, junk bonds, tax cuts for the wealthy, mass corporate layoffs, etc., call for new solutions.
The homeless population is presently one of the few growth sectors of our economy, and its members are definitely getting a "free ride."
It's high time user's fees were imposed on all prospective homeless sleeping areas, such as freeway underpasses, flood channels, alleys, etc.
