Compassionate Conservatism’s Impact on Homelessness: Broken Promises and Policy Failures.
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 2000, Republican George W. Bush ran for president as a “compassionate conservative.” Bush defended his approach: “Government cannot solve every problem, but it can encourage people and communities to help themselves and to help one another. Often, the truest kind of compassion is to help citizens build lives of their own.” Bush’s idea of compassionate conservativism was a way to return responsibility and accountability to individuals and, in doing […]