Center on Wealth & Poverty at Discovery Institute
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Connecting the practical truths of economics with the perennial truths of ethics.
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http://wealthandpoverty.center 25-06-2012 22:12:59
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NEW: I finally had an opportunity to ask Governor Bob Ferguson(Governor Bob Ferguson) about WA's homeless crisis and the possibility of more federal funding cuts impacting the state's response. Ferguson didn't say policies like "Housing First" would be shelved. But he did double down
"Bob said it wasn't 'compassion to give a street drunk a bed and a meal and some money. He knows how to work the system too well. You've got to get him out of his addiction.'" Read this week's column from Senior Fellow Marvin Olasky ⤵️ fixhomelessness.org/2025/rememberi…
"What I learned from Bob helped me to understand the long debate among Christians as to how those with God-given means should help those stuck in mean lives." This week's column from Marvin Olasky ⤵️ fixhomelessness.org/2025/warm-hear…
"We walk with you for life." Brian Chandler shares his powerful story out of addiction, and his journey serving the homeless in the latest episode of Restorations with Caitlyn McKenney. youtube.com/watch?v=tXXUx7…
Almost missed this email from the Northwest Regional Emmy Awards. For the third year in a row, Discovery Institute(Center on Wealth & Poverty at Discovery Institute) has been nominated for a news industry award. I guess we are journalists after all. 😂👍🏽 Congrats to all the other nominees.
BREAKING: The foster grandmother of Tyshawn and Marcelles Orr says her boys are the ones seen in a disturbing video released this morning by SEATTLESUBMISSIONS. It shows Tyshawn (red hoody) chasing a homeless man with a knife. Marcelles(black hoody) is the one with a massive afro.
"Back then, one farmer fed just two people. Today, each farmer feeds 125. Will AI do for workers today what AH did for farmers over the last 225 years?" Don't miss the latest from Gale Pooley ⤵️ wealthandpoverty.center/2025/04/14/ah-…
Marcelles Orr, who chased Jonathan Choe with an axe a couple years ago, is still on the streets. Both he and his brother were caught on camera with a knife chasing a homeless man. We need better systems of care for our young people. fixhomelessness.org/2025/knife-wie…
Center on Wealth & Poverty at Discovery Institute Update on AH: open.substack.com/pub/galepooley…
"The idea of 'suffering with' homeless people and others in danger (the literal meaning of compassion) is central in Christianity because it was central in the life of Christ." Read Senior Fellow Marvin Olasky's reflections on Good Friday ⤵️ fixhomelessness.org/2025/good-frid…