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>That pretty much doesn't happen in any western country now, due to welfare.

You'd be surprised. Visit any western country (US, the UK, France, ...) and see it happening.

>If the desire is to prevent starvation and homelessness, transfer payments do a fine job; there's no need for intervention in the labour market or monetary system.

Not sure what those "transfer payments" are. Anything like Western Union money transfers?



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