To relieve its welfare crisis, Hawaii to offer its 17,000 homeless people 1 way airfare back to home states

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7/30/13, "Hawaii sets aside $100,000 to offer its 17,000 homeless people one-way airfare back to their home states," UK Daily Mail

"Supporters hope to take some weight off an overburdened shelter system.

Detractors say the costs and man hours aren't worth it"

image, "A man sleeps near Waikiki Beach, in 2011 in Honolulu," ap

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