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NewDeal_Dem

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1. K&R. I've encountered similar issues, though not quite to that degree. They're doing it on purpose

Reply to daredtowork (Original post)

Wed Dec 10, 2014, 10:48 PM

Dec 2014

defunding everything & making access well-nigh impossible, to keep people off the system & in some cases to kill them, though they'd never acknowledge it.

And good luck ever getting back on your feet again -- the goal is to keep you one step from the pavement, I believe.

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Oakland Social Services "Kettling" the Poor [View all] daredtowork Dec 2014 OP

K&R. I've encountered similar issues, though not quite to that degree. They're doing it on purpose NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #1

The goal seems to be to drive people into homelessness daredtowork Dec 2014 #2

The goal is definitely to make it too difficult to get help, that's for sure. And some portion of NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #3

That's because the State's priority is to preserve the pot of money it has daredtowork Dec 2014 #4

Thanks. I hope I can; otherwise I die. Which I already did twice according to NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #5

Wa - good luck! daredtowork Dec 2014 #6