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We cannot separate this issue from the increasing pressure local governments are under because of federal and state tax cut policy. As federally funded programs ratchet down, more of the programs necessary to address the root causes of homelessness are either eliminated or passed along to counties and cities. But, like a school nurse trying to treat an uninsured and sick child, there are not enough resources to provide more than band-aid remedies, such as sit-lie, day shelters, bathrooms, etc. And those costs get passed along to the entire society-- a larger cost than was saved in the tax cuts to begin with.

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