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>outsource work previously done by the state to nonprofit groups

The only groups in this merrygoround of policy torture that have a vested financial interest in not solving drug use problems.

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nonprofit groups have a vested financial interest in not solving the issues they are working on?

Yes. if a non-profit receives most of its finding to end homelessness for example, the last thing they want to actually do is end homelessness, because their funding then goes away. What they want is homelessness to remain somewhat constant and claim reduction in growth, or appearance as a success.

Yes. That is the definition of the nonprofit structure. These entities don't exist if they actually solve the problems that they pretend to try to solve. If some nonprofit came up with a magical solution to the opioid crisis, that ended it tomorrow, the grants would dry up and they'd all be out of work. Perhaps you pretend that everyone who works for nonprofits are completely altruistic in nature, and if that's the case may I suggest that you have not met enough of these people.

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