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Old 01-28-2008, 10:21 PM   #205
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Originally Posted by sadora View Post
What I was trying to get at from my original post is that you can't abandon the street people because it would be inhumane to do so, especially in weather like today, but having a system in place makes it possible for a high percentage of these people to take advantage of it. Like I said before, I don't care if not having any sympathy for these people makes me an ass, they're just an unavoidable nuisance that will never go away and will continue to get worse as the city grows.
High percentage? You may want to re think that.

"Fifty per cent of the homeless population are working," said Homeless Awareness Calgary Committee co-ordinator Larissa Kennedy.

http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/11570
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