Tax Dollars at Work

[hmkpoker]

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It's not about Fairy Tale Land whatever that is.

[/ QUOTE ] [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Triumph was kidding about hmkpoker's obsession with Anarchocapitalism, the magical Fairy Tale Land where everything will work perfectly if we just get rid of all government.

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hmmmm...

I guess that's a little better than the comment you deleted before this one, where you just took me out of context and made an attempt at an insult.

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The truly cost-effective method would be to let them starve and die

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You realize this makes you a despicable person, right?

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[The Don]

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You can come and go, and drink as much as you like? A far cry from the accomodations the government provides if you choose something other than their drug-of-choice.

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Key point.

Aside from that, I don't see why the taxpayers have to be burdened with this. I personally have no demand for getting the bums off the streets. If they were on my property, then I would simply handle it myself. If all of the property owners force the bums off of their property then they may decide to reconsider their lifestyle (or move to 'government property', but who really cares about that).

This is standard government procedure; a few people have a problem so everyone else has to pay for it. Nothing like free (well, highly discounted) bum control for those who are vocal/powerful politically.

[SheetWise]

I don't want to simplify this too far -- but if you subsidize something (like a lifestyle), don't you get more of it? I've always noticed that the cities that have visible homeless populations are the ones that treat them the best (ie, provide services for them). The same goes for welfare benefits. It's not too hard for homeless people to migrate -- and word gets around fast. I would assume the same goes for chronic alcoholics.

[hmkpoker]

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I don't want to simplify this too far -- but if you subsidize something (like a lifestyle), don't you get more of it?

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Hold the phone, are you suggesting that rewarding someone for something makes them more likely to do it? That's crazy talk. Get back in the box.

[Stu Pidasso]

Perhaps the drunks in Spokane will move to Seattle.

Stu

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Perhaps the drunks in Spokane will move to Seattle.

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basicly what I said, but much more succinct.