We need to stop sending money out of our country to build and fund wars of other countries before we fix our unhoused and our hunger problem. A fine balance needs to be made to meet the needs of others outside our country, and greater sense of humanity needs to be upheld. However, programs need to be fully funded to help house the unhoused and feed the hungry. These programs need to be able to give those in need a hand up and not a handout. There needs to be tiers created to move those in need into the system and out of the system to a better quality of self-sustaining life. If programs are designed with the correct progressive steps and oversight those affected should be able to contribute to the growth of our communities and increase in taxes collected over time. Thus, allowing them to pay back into the system to help others. If done correctly we should be able to reduce the dependency on social programs.