They were severely mentally ill, for instance, or end-of-the-line substance abusers-people incapable of caring for themselves, unable to keep themselves housed, and newly visible because of drastic changes in policies that had previously kept them institutionalized in hospitals or jails. ... Michael Katz believes that, "The 1960's War on Poverty became the 1980's War on Welfare, and in the process the levels of poverty have increased dramatically."" ... Black and Hispanic people live in urban ghettos that resemble areas of the Third World in terms of their poverty and degradation. ...

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