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Maybe we need some sort of 'kibbutz' plan as a last resort for homeless people? (self.showerthoughts)
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Give them places to live and teach them to grow food which will help pay for the whole thing. It may not work for all of them but maybe it would help 35% or so of them? That's a shitload more than we seem able to help now.

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[–] yesman 39 points 1 week ago

Give them places to live and teach them to grow food which will help pay for the whole thing.

The mentality that social programs are expected to justify their existence financially before their effectiveness can even be considered is one of the biggest reasons problems like homelessness are intractable.