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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Replying to @occupytheport @EskSF
it was certainly pt of it, but it started happening in the early 1960s.pic.twitter.com/znHHY4ooG5
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Replying to @occupytheport @EskSF
federal support for the lower-income pt of the housing mkt is impt, but de-institutionalization in CA happened earlier
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @EskSF
complex to be sure. No doubt a sound and equitable housing policy can correct some of this.
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Replying to @occupytheport @EskSF
are anti-poverty like expanding EITC, child care tax credits should come out progressive income taxation
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @EskSF
tax credits are fine, but they are really just a band-aid and don't do enough to eliminate poverty and inequality.
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of course but they are an effective and politically feasible tool http://www.cbpp.org/archives/311eitc.htm …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @EskSF
keep them, but they won't solve the problem. Automation increases under/unemployment, we need more radical actions
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pt of the problem with the "soak the rich" mentality is that it isn't very specific abt design and structure.
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