such a mystery that homelessness started appearing at scale in the early 1980s after some people made some choices about
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homelessness grew in US because of policies to shutter abusive mental health institutions and not having alternative.
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de-institutionalization pre-dated appearance of homeless by two decades under Pat Brown http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/30/science/how-release-of-mental-patients-began.html?pagewanted=all …
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it was certainly pt of it, but it started happening in the early 1960s.pic.twitter.com/znHHY4ooG5
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federal support for the lower-income pt of the housing mkt is impt, but de-institutionalization in CA happened earlier
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complex to be sure. No doubt a sound and equitable housing policy can correct some of this.
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are anti-poverty like expanding EITC, child care tax credits should come out progressive income taxation
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what if we move to a basic income model, enact single payer health and raise taxes on wealthy?
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yes, I know the argument is that conservatives would replace other vital programs or resist high taxes.
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