But times are tough in America right now and when things get rough, people inevitably turn on their leaders.
About 150 people sleep rough in Westminster on any given night and 98% of those people "have no connection to the borough", the council said.
The most visible sign of social exclusion is people sleeping rough on city streets.
The number of people sleeping rough in Taunton more than doubled in 2011, according to a government report.
Ms Alexander says any chance to help people living rough in other parts of the country must not be ignored.
Although the problem of people sleeping rough on the streets may be easing, the social pathologies of big public housing estates remain entrenched.
It is there that Rangel takes up the story, telling CNN about his gesture as he drove through the city looking for people sleeping rough.
In this rough region, where people have long worked the land, lived by their wits, taken risks, hoped for luck and respected authority, most local people welcome WIPP.
Mr Robinson said the scheme was set up in response to a recent government report which identified East Yorkshire as an area with higher-than-average numbers of young people sleeping rough.
"It is quite annoying because there are a lot pf properties which are boarded up and yet there are people sleeping rough, " said Terry, who moved to Bridgend from his home city Birmingham.
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"Fifteen or 16 months ago there were as many as 50 people sleeping rough in the city every night but the city council has managed to reduce the number to 10 or 12, " Mr Robson said.
Frazer Robson, of Shelter Housing Aid and Research Project (SHARP), said the proposed cuts could force more people to sleep rough on the streets.
Many homeless people are sleeping rough on the streets of Ipswich.
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The committee was told there were 37, 000 registered bee keepers in England and Wales - but as there was no compulsory registration, unlike in France and New Zealand - that was only a rough estimate of how many people actually kept bees.
That's the rough estimate of what I think people have been using both here and at the Pentagon.
The charity runs a number of projects including four specialist schemes aiming to prevent and reduce rough sleeping and homelessness among young people between the ages of 16 and 25.
Full-year figures for 2009-10 are not due until July, but, in the three months from January to March 2010, seven more people were seen sleeping rough than in the same period a year earlier (though fewer than in the three previous quarters).
The rough total number of unemployed or underemployed people right now is 23.1 million.
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It is rough out there for a lot of people, often through little or no fault of their own.
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As with many serious offenses, the people of Binghampton -- the rough and dangerous neighborhood where Penny grew up -- have collective amnesia when it comes to specific charges: something about a high-speed chase, his car might've struck an officer, he might've resisted arrest -- you know, ordinary stuff.
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About 20% of all people presenting to the Simon Community slept rough at some point in the previous two weeks.
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Executives in blue jeans sit cross-legged on the floor, surrounded by big boy toys like 3D printers and large tables with Exacto knives and foam core for people to congregate and make fast, rough prototypes.
Many people go through very difficult mental stress and rough waters through life but they remain mentally strong.
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The Salvation Army's William Booth Centre for rough sleepers in Shadwell Street, Birmingham, had 13 people staying overnight.
But when you know that other people are trying to figure out what your rough grunt means, you've got a conversation.
The charity hopes that by picking people up early, it will help reduce rough sleeping and prevent future problems like drug and alcohol abuse.
But the volcano's proximity and its vivid colors are worth braving the rough terrain for, according to one of the first people to visit the area.
The Rough Sleeping England 2011 Report has also shown that the Taunton Deane area, which had 12 rough sleepers in 2010, now has the highest number of rough sleepers in the West Country, compared to four people in Bath and North East Somerset, and eight in Bristol.
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