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Summary: The only book on the "homeless" by someone who knows some
Review: The so-called Christians here whose reviews give this book one star are lying about the quality of this book. They can't stand the truth, I guess: these socialist Christians are either lying because they cannot face the truth of these failed Roosevelt-type programs, or they cannot distinguish between true individual compassion -- such as handing a blanket and giving a meal to a cold homeless person and the morally bankrupt government version -- such as putting someone in an inhuman institution that further degrades the homeless.Before government usurped the role of the community-based, entirely voluntary, geniuinely compassion driven care-giving networks, those whose need was genuine *were* cared for. Rather than go through the full explanation--very long--I recommend this book by Dr. Marvin Olaskey, in which he outlines how the system for caring for the TRULY needy (emphasis mine) has actually diminished, and the social fabric consequently frayed, since government took over this role and turned it into a means of social control, with politicians using it as a means of buying votes.
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