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Re: New anti-war slogan
I guess my interactions with crank addicts and homeless people who abuse the county resources at the hospital where I work has left me a little disillusioned. Writing "self-sufficient" was incorrect because as was stated nobody ever really is self-sufficient. I struggle with this idea of hand-outs because on the micro level I see that they don't really help the people who need help. Hand-outs are a temporary solution, a band-aid, something quick to cover an immediate symptom. What many of these homeless, poverty stricken, or drug addicts need are personal skills and property so that they feel like they have a stake in society. But again, I am shaped by my experiences with the people who come to the county Crisis Center.
Benjamin
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- Re: New anti-war slogan,
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