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   -=> Rob Mccart wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-   
      
    RM> I think part of the problem with that is a lot of those people want   
    RM> nothing to do with a place where they don't have complete freedom   
    RM> to come and go and do whatever they want. They prefer being homeless   
    RM> to having to follow rules.   
      
    Yeah, it doesn't take being burned by a system many times to feel safer   
    on your own.   
      
      
    RM> On another track, I had a thought about poor people that struck me a   
    RM> while back, it costs less to put someone through College than to put   
    RM> them in jail. In theory, that would mean that offering free education   
    RM> to poor people would eliminate generational poverty and reduce crime   
    RM> rates since they would, in theory, end up with good jobs..   
      
      
   It would cost even less to feed kids while they're in school and provide   
   pre-school during the formative 1-5 years. Extend medicare to those   
   under 18. See what a healthy, well-fed generation does when they get   
   their shot.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    RM> Then the black cloud starts to form in the back of my mind and   
    RM> I think, considering they can't get a huge percentage of those   
    RM> low income people to even finish highschool, would an offer   
    RM> like that do any good for more than a small percentage?   
      
    RM> Just a random thought..  (and see 'Colour and Paint' above)..   
      
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