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j1bird's comments:
on Fixing Foster Care
The state has a responsibility to protect children at risk. One of the ways that you reduce the need for foster care is adoption. You can't have a conversation about permanency without making adoption a priority. Some of the kids are not going home, ever. As a member of the Citizens Review Board, I get to oversee the work that DHS does to manage these cases. We need alternatives. Here's one:
http://www.portlandhopemeadows.org/hopeflash/hmedmovie.htm
jay r
http://www.portlandhopemeadows.org/hopeflash/hmedmovie.htm
jay r
posted 4 years, 3 months ago
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on The State of the Economy
This stimulus package is nothing more than a backdoor approach to another round of corporate welfare. Why do we need to bail out banks that use questionable lending practices with a handout? I have a small business that is in a major transition in the type of products produced. I had to plan and save for the impact of the change in the business. Why do I have to underwrite the greed of the Bend area bankers running up speculative real estate prices with shoddy loan practices. Never in the history of economics has a country been able to spend their way out of debt! Da!
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