NY Times editorial opts for charity
Last Thursday October 22, 2009, The New York Times published an editorial entitled Compassion Deficit. The editorial highlights “need for localities and states to opt for charity over enmity only grows as the recession swells the homeless ranks. The need for localities and states to opt for charity over enmity only grows as the recession swells the homeless ranks. The flow now includes a sizable cohort of innocent renters locked out by foreclosed landlords.”
Charity can only begin at home and must be extended through hometown government. “That’s what this country has been founded on,” one of the Hillsborough commissioners initially observed – before fearful residents had him switch his vote and disinvite the homeless.
To read the full editorial click here.
