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Can the homeless find homes?

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       There is a new development in the controversial repeal of the Austin camping ban. On July 1st 2019 the city of Austin experimented with a new policy allowing Austin's homeless population to sit, lie down or camp without fear of being ticketed or jailed (Norwood). This new repeal gave the homeless a new opportunity to avoid tickets or jail time that was normally associated with finding a place to sleep. It also potentially allowed officers to give less tickets and find different ways to police and aid the homeless populace. While the repeal had support from Mayer Adler and Chief of Police Manly, Governor Abbott had strongly opposed the repeal (Norwood). Despite municipal unity moving forward on a less penalizing approach to the homeless population, Republican Greg Abbott argued against the repeal of any penalizing legislation. Typically a champion of small government, Governor Abbott was frequently vocal against Austin's municipal decisions, tweeting about h...
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Predatory Economics and the Christian Response

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The context of ancient biblical history can provide modern American Christians indispensable help in navigating the disastrous plight of predatory economics as perpetuated by America and American companies. While politicians and economists traditionally are the only sort of experts that speak on this issue, this essay attempts to set a series of convictions backed by scripture before modern American Christians. This essay is by no means comprehensive and there are a variety of experts cited that have written multiple volumes of exhaustive books on the subject. What this essay does offer is an alternative viewpoint that both the pulpit and the economist often neglect. In the book of Daniel, King Nebuchadnezzar has a vision in which he foresees the fate of empires throughout time. Within the dream there is a giant statue made of a variety of materials: gold, then bronze, then cobbled stone. A meteorite falls through the sky and demolishes the entire statue and each of the materi...
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