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The real issues are systemic and much broader than can be dealt with in a single discussion. Suffice to say that the community knows what is needed to effectively deal with the issues and they have done incredibly well with the resources they have been given. Perhaps we might consider supporting them in those efforts rather than reinventing the wheel in the interest of "..... Knows Best".

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