31.   But attorney Mark Rosenbaum, representing new Californians on welfare, countered that the reduced benefits for incoming residents discourage poor people from exercising their freedom to travel.

32.   But even as campaigns offered free rides to voters to get them to the polls, some also accused their opponents of trying to discourage people from voting.

33.   But lawyers say the law would actually discourage some people, who would fear prosecution.

34.   But Marlowe said the federal government should not use its insurance program to discourage people who want to build at the coast.

35.   But the city center is choking on traffic, and political leaders have done precious little to discourage people from driving into town.

36.   But the use of the law to discourage people from legally owning firearms is self-defeating, he says, since that will only encourage illegal ownership.

37.   But when we discourage well-behaved people from expressing themselves, we cede public discourse to the screamers.

38.   But today, the primary goal at the office, as a city manual for the workers states, is to discourage people from applying at all.

39.   By law, municipalities can discourage people from applying for welfare.

40.   Dealing with this crisis will require an about-face at City Hall, which actively discouraged people from applying for food stamps and welfare benefits during the Giuliani years.