Homeless - The left usually

Homeless - The left usually portrays homelessness as a byproduct of capitalism.

William Tucker shows how it's really a result of shackling the free market with government interference - and its unintended consequences.

In "New Homeless and Old" (1989), Charles Hoch and Robert Slayton demonstrated how Chicago entrepreneurs once bought abandoned factories and partitioned them into hundreds of small bedroom cubicles, renting them for $2 a night. These "partition hotels" accommodated thousands - until they were condemned in the 1970s. Homeless populations emerged shortly thereafter.

...and much more.

(via Powerline)

Posted by Mitch at December 2, 2002 07:31 AM