Re-read your first sentence. Think about it, then read it again. Note its intrinsic contradiction. Then read the rest of that first paragraph defending it. Pure campaign rhetoric. Thanks for the chuckle.

It's fascinating to read the first-person accounts of panhandlers. Their motivations aren't mysterious, nor their methods. Occam's razor applies. In response, much like the forest service discourages enabling behavior for its deleterious effects on wildlife, some municipalities are addressing the flaws in the supply side of this human equation. We'll see if it works.

Examining the genuine causes of homelessness, so as not to create more of it, requires a kind of thinking that the progressive mind won't entertain. It involves concepts such as responsibility, accountability and choice. Effort, achievement and self-respect. Leadership that eschews dependency. Unfortunately, that conversation won't take place. It would require having expectations. Of one another. To do better.