There are ways we talk about people so that they are separated from and less than us. Labeling is a way of throwing someone out of the club. You're not one of us, you're not in. The people who call other people needy are the people who need needs. Like a steel mill needs iron ore, health or human service agencies need needs.
Needs are their raw material.
The way they locate needs is by placing a label on people. The idea of clienthood has reduced people's humanity. Yes, this was the entirety of the interview we published. We believe that it says enough. We'd like to see it carved in stone.