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Dumpsters are for losers. A shelter cart is for the social entrepreneur temporarily down on his or her luck. Diogenes would have loved one of these.
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Gifthub is an immortal work of art in theMenippean Tradition,written in a Padded Cell (he calls it a Dumpster for obvious reasons) in a state of shock by Phil Cubeta, Morals Tutor to America's Wealthiest Families, under an alias, or alter ego, The Happy Tutor, Dungeon Master to the Stars in Wealth Bondage...... More....
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Posted by: Cletus is pissed | September 10, 2008 at 06:33 AM
Swift made that point about the Irish poor.
Posted by: Phil | September 10, 2008 at 08:36 AM
He ain't called Swift for nothin', guvnor...
Posted by: Cletus is pissed | September 10, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Soylent Green .. been there, done that (at least in the realm of science fiction)
Posted by: JJ Commoner | September 10, 2008 at 03:21 PM
Interestingly the cart itself was created to raise public consciousness. It does have a bit of the method of Diogenes in it, as does Swift for that matter. We might get a dozen of them and set them up outside the Hudson Institute when they have a conference on, say, "Philanthropy and Self-Reliance: Do Alms Hurt the Poor by Making them Dependent?"
Posted by: Phil | September 10, 2008 at 08:06 PM
"Ancillary cremation and cart-refurbishment service seeks a few discrete investors."
Posted by: tom | September 11, 2008 at 06:01 PM
Social benefit of that venture funded solution to be measured by the reduction in social services provided by the state. The only cost is the fuel for the furnace and bodies heated high enough become fuel. So, really, the problem becomes its own solution. We just need the start up capital, Tom, for a proof of concept.
Posted by: Phil | September 11, 2008 at 06:38 PM