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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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