Is this any way to help the homeless?

Ed. Government meddling forces homeless back to dumpsters.

Townhall.com John Stoessel Janyuary 3, 2007

Mary Baker and Ruth Neikirk love to cook. What’s more, they love to cook for poor people. They do it frequently, preparing meals at home and bringing them to their church in Virginia.

“I love it,” Mary says. “I can take a little bit of something, like a soup bone? And I can make a whooole pot of something. Tastes good. With some cornbread you got ’em a meal!”

People hold candles in support of homeless people who have died living on the streets during a Christmas ceremony at Grand Central Station in New York December 25, 2006. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES) The people they cook for love it too. But there’s a problem. It was “criminal activity.” The Fairfax County health department points out that — horrors — Mary and Ruth are actually preparing food and serving it to people! Without a license!

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