Reply #204: "If you are homeless, and you are offered telephone service, how exactly is that

[mondo joe]

different from offering the hungry a place setting?"

Because voicemail service is actually beneficial, that's the difference.

Look at Community Voice Mail which was begun in Seattle at a very grassroots level and spread nationally because it works.

A place setting gives a hungry person nothing useful. Free voicemail gives a homeless person an essential utility - providing a means for contact for jobs, or housing, for healthcare and more.

There's a reason so many homeless people use this service - it helps.



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