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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>After searching, there seem to be a lot of Housing Projects going on.<br>Some failing, some reasonably successful<span style='color:#1F497D'>…</span>Supportive Housing is more expensive, but the external cost savings<br>pay for it, by reduced Medicare bills, police & jail costs, etc.).<br><br>The full report is here:<br><<a href="http://shnny.org/images/uploads/Charlotte-Moore-Place-Study.pdf" target="_blank">http://shnny.org/images/uploads/Charlotte-Moore-Place-Study.pdf</a>><br><span style='color:#888888'><br><span class=hoenzb>BillK</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>BillK, since you are British I wish to explain one point of view of a severe American problem: poverty in a rich nation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In some ways it comes down to the federal government vs state governments doing welfare (and medical care, but that is a discussion for another time.) Our constitution allows the fed to “promote the general welfare” but it is vaguely worded and often contested. Each state has its own constitution, and each state has its own welfare system. In general, US-ian welfare programs are administered at the state level.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I would argue this needs to be the case, and that all welfare programs should be administered at the state level. Reason: the US federal government is already bankrupt by my definition anyway. It spends more than it takes in, and there is no clear path to a balanced budget. Sooner or later, lenders will stop lending. Then evolution help those who are dependent on the federal government. We see a huge crisis shaping up currently with the federal government taking on the burden of subsidizing health insurance for the poor. What happens when the fed is forced to announce that it can no longer pay? What happens when the fed is responsible for housing that it can no longer pay for?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>My notion is that all these programs should be administered at the state level, for the simple reason that states have a balanced budget requirement and the federal government does not. I hear so many advocates of a single payer health care system, but they persistently fail to acknowledge that the proposed single payer is bankrupt. Why do we never hear of a 50 payer system, where health care for the poor is paid by the states? If we had that, then they would bring costs in line, because they need to.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Poverty in America is a problem which cannot be solved at a federal level: our federal government is bankrupt, with no clear path to solvency.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So my suggestion is that we create a 50 payer system for the poor in housing, food and health care. Make each state decide what constitutes basic housing, basic food subsidies and basic health care. Then with 50 competing systems, we will find which way works best.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>