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# Letter: Homelessness, alcoholism, and foreign aid priorities
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/071803-story-20030718-2/
- Published: 2003-07-18T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:33:43.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless, Homelessness

■ “There will never be a solution to the homeless problem until the central state and county governments devise a program that will get to the root cause of homelessness — alcoholism. After a well-thought-out program is devised, the federal government should stop giving American dollars to foreign countries, which for the most part hate us, until all American problems are solved. America could be a utopian society if it were not for those greedy individuals among us. Charity starts at home and America is our home for one and all.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 18, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/071803.pdf?ref=smdp.com)