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« on: December 19, 2013, 07:34:48 AM »

Wow, I'm astonished.  Usually the right puts aside the whole "fiscal concern" aspect of their ideology in order to make sure poors are punished for their economic situation.  Seems like Utah is SO conservative that they've actually crunched the numbers and have seen that socialism is the most responsible and cost-effective choice. 

Chalk one up for the whole "horseshoe theory" of the political right and left, eh?
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« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2013, 09:05:21 AM »

I suspect "good Mormon values" had a play in this?

Yeah, not surprising at all.  I believe it was Mark Twain in one of his books that remarked about how clean and orderly Salt Lake city was.  Even back then Mormons went to great lengths to keep their cities nice and free of things like public drunkenness and crime.

Man, that would be the uber-cynical point of view of this whole thing, wouldn't it?  Could Utah be doing this because the poors are unpleasant for the dapper and well-dressed denizens to look at when they hit the town for weekend family time? 
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« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2013, 12:01:58 PM »

Man, that would be the uber-cynical point of view of this whole thing, wouldn't it?  Could Utah be doing this because the poors are unpleasant for the dapper and well-dressed denizens to look at when they hit the town for weekend family time? 

That most certainly was not what I was saying or what I gleaned from Mark Twains writings.  By addressing the issues one of the side effects is things are more pleasant for everyone.  If you choose to believe that is the sole motivation behind offering this type of assistance that is an inference you will have to make on your own.  I  made no such observation.

I'm not really looking at it that way.  I'm just pointing out it's probably the most cynical and pessimistic of rationales for this policy. 

Honestly, I think it's entirely fiscal.  I guess that's... kind of okay? 
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