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Old 03-26-2009, 09:36 AM
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I oppose this measure, it will only make things worse for everyone in those communities, will add to the already sky-high costs of some of these programs, adding extra staff, etc.

Kevin, you have a good point, but I don't really think that adding more government programs on top of government programs that have already been "tweaked" by just about every congress since they began, will work to help fix said government programs. It just seems like more red tape that eventually people will find loopholes in/their way around.
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Old 03-26-2009, 09:43 AM
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I think the reason why I am 'for' it (altho I am interested in the details) is that i have personally have seen and dealt with clients and neighbors who had deep ties with drugs where if they weren't selling, they were using or whose kids were deeply involved as the drug trade was a supplemental income.

In some places, there are rules that more or less state that if a Section 8 residence has X amount of police calls due to drug activity, they can be evicted.
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Old 03-26-2009, 09:53 AM
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I oppose this measure, it will only make things worse for everyone in those communities, will add to the already sky-high costs of some of these programs, adding extra staff, etc.

Kevin, you have a good point, but I don't really think that adding more government programs on top of government programs that have already been "tweaked" by just about every congress since they began, will work to help fix said government programs. It just seems like more red tape that eventually people will find loopholes in/their way around.
It'll save money on the one hand because you're right, folks will be turned away. On the other, it'll probably result in more crime and more homelessness as people aren't going to let themselves starve or go cold turkey.

It all depends on what you think welfare should be -- a hand up or a means to keep the poor fat dumb and happy. I think it should be the former. Further, I think this policy could really work if we were to adopt a Netherlands-style drug policy.
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