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Re:LA has passed new restrictions on sleeping in cars and RVs by dpeck on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @05:33PM (#16971910)
In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.

Adding in case others aren’t familiar with the source: https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anatole_France

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Re:LA has passed new restrictions on sleeping in cars and RVs by burntrelish1273 on Thursday May 03, 2018 @11:34PM (#16992021)
Yup. The fallacy in that quote is that the poor don't have anywhere else to go, whereas the rich can buy whatever they like. It's criminalizing poverty.
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