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Monday, June 9, 2014

The Poor You Will Always Have With You. (Just not at your doorstep . . .)

Well, that's one way to respond to the Lazarus at your gates (doors).

When we lived in Paris, there were three or four homeless hangouts in our area (the second-chic-est area in the city). During the summer, the police would come around to all of them every day and shoo away anybody that was sitting panhandling.

But during the winter, one person took up residence in each of the areas, complete with sleeping bag and a few small possessions, and the police came around every day and said hi, and sometimes brought coffee.

One of them was right in front of a music school, even.

I hope the fact that the Brits thought of it first will keep Paris from ever doing anything like this. I hold out no hope for the US.

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