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Suppose in your mentoring, you realized your mentee was needing something you could afford to provide... like, say, a pair of dress shoes. Which action would you prefer to take... A.) Give him $100 to go buy some nice dress shoes... or B.) Take him to a place you know of that has nice dress shoes, have him fitted and then pay for the shoes?
BTW, what inspired you to create an allegory for public assistance that interposes a discretionary item, dress shoes, with non-discretionary items that the government aims to provide, food, clothing and shelter? For example:
- Non-discretionary: shoes, housing, clothing
- Discretionary: dress shoes, luxury housing, gourmet food, "designer" clothing (yes, all clothing was designed by someone, but I think you know what I mean)