http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/201...o-the-homeless
"Street feeding is one of the worst things to do, because it keeps people in homeless status," he says. "I think it's very unproductive, very enabling, and it keeps people out of recovery programs."
Instead, he thinks food sharing programs should only be located near what he calls the "core areas of recovery": mental health, substance abuse and job readiness services. Otherwise, he says, homeless people may spend more time pursuing food than the services that will help them get back on their feet.
So basically, according to Mr. Bureaucrat, people should stop wasting their own voluntary money to a bandage solution, we should wait for people to waste MORE government money on "real" recovery programs. Somehow being handed food will keep you so comfy that you'll forget to look for the "real" help you need.
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