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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll say it - DC's policies are precisely why many of the poor have remained in DC.  DC government has historically acted as an enabler, with welfare for life, public housing and many other programs that made it possible for a great many otherwise capable and able-bodied people to not have to try hard, not have to educate themselves or equip themselves with necessary skills, and not have to work if they didn't want to.[/quote]

Which is why it should be District policy to give generous housing vouchers to the needy. They'll use them to move to the suburbs where the jobs are, and where the super-functional school systems are.

Add to this that suburbanites have got the whole poverty thing figured out, and it's a guaranteed recipe for success. I mean, we bleeding-heart liberals in the District have thought these problems were deeply-rooted and intractable, but have had to live with a half century of hearing our suburban neighbors crowing about how poverty is extremely simple to solve--just make 'em work.

Well, with the gentrification of the city and the continuing suburbanization of poverty, it's looking increasingly like our suburban neighbors are going to get a chance to show us how it's done. I for one am looking forward to getting the chance to see them work their magic![/quote]

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