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gtr | 8 years ago

They tried that in Victorian England (workhouses) and we no quite rightly regard it as utterly barbaric.

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rsj_hn|8 years ago

Workhouses were for debtors who could not repay debts. That's a very different situation from say, Reagan kicking the mentally ill out of institutions and onto the streets of our cities.