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Now that I think about it, it isn't such a bad idea after all. You're basically moving transient welfare programs from municipal to state concerns. It would be

Now that I think about it, it isn't such a bad idea after all. You're basically moving transient welfare programs from municipal to state concerns. It would be really nice if the government of California could set something up.

deadmetheny 9y ago
Hacker News decides the solution to San Francisco's homeless problem is to put them on a bus and send them somewhere else.
- TheAdamAndChe 9y ago
  Nothing like a good old oversimplification to brush away a proposal to improve the lives of people. Poverty and homelessness are complex issues, especially when regional inequality gets involved. If a certain city or state is too expensive for the poor to comfortably live in, why would it be bad to send them somewhere that would be easier to live? Why could it not be part of a number of steps to tackle the problem of poverty and homelessness?