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BIRD’S WORDS

Drip-feeding support to the poor will never be the answer

I meet opponents of the government who know exactly what needs to be done: give the poor more. How right they are in my eyes. Release government funds to raise social security and increase rent support so that when rents rise the poor are not unable to pay, etc etc.

Support people to stay in their homes so that they and their children are not likely to fall into homelessness.

We live in such an inflation-inspired crisis that we have little choice but to plead for

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