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182530, while I know it's politically very unpalatable
Posted by johnny_domino, Wed May-17-06 05:29 PM
and seems "unfair", what are the other ethical and logistical reasons you don't think it would work?


>For example, and I'll shut-up soon, he wrote about the
>homeless problem, and in theory his solution was very
>interesting. Long story short: only a small fraction of a
>city's homeless are perpetually homeless. These are the ones
>that are the most expensive burden, in terms of medical and
>psychological care. So instead of focusing money to feed and
>house the thousands who will most likely only be homeless for
>48 hours at most, we should just pay for apartments and
>round-the-clock nurse care for the most hopeless cases,
>because from an economic stand point, this makes the most
>sense. And it's fascinating to think about. But if you
>actually try to think about applying this theory to reality,
>it becomes obvious that it cannot work, for different ethical
>and logistical reasons. So you have some great food for
>thought, but that's about it.