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Old 08-01-2006, 10:27 AM   #151
MaggieL
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Originally Posted by rkzenrage
This, and that it is a reminder that they are unwilling to do enought to stop the homeless problem.
As if failure to "do enough" were the issue rather than "doing the right thing".

It is incredibly difficult to structure institutional solutions that actually "help" without doing huge amounts of collateral damage through laregly unintended consequences. I'm awestruck by the simple wisdom of the UK "only one night" rule that Wolf mentioned earlier.

Government-managed "help" entirely too often simply creates new ecological niches in which people take up permanent residence. You can call it "help", but it's too seldom actually helpful.
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