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Homelessness on the rise in America 3 years ago Obama promised to end homelessness for children & families within a decade. Since making that pledge, the number of families facing homelessness has been rising. Fears that federal budget cuts will make the problem even worse. Middle class resigned to stagnation America’s middle class has long embodied the nation’s optimism. Today, though, the chief preoccupation is less a dream of upward mobility than the [...] State and local governments nationwide have struggled to accommodate a homeless population that has changed in recent years – now including large numbers of families with young children. As theWSJ reports, more than 21,000 children – an unprecedented 1% of the city’s youth – slept each night in a city shelter in January, an increase of 22% in the past year; as homeless families now spend more than a year in [...] Street’s all you’ve got: Heavy-handed UK govt austerity exposed Since 2010 homelessness has increased 25%, the figure is set to rise sharply after the april changes. Shameful. Infowars.com Investment analyst and entrepreneur Marc Faber succinctly describes what the Federal Reserve bankster cartel’s quantitative easing is all about – mega-asset bubbles contrived by the elite to increase their illicitly gained wealth and drive the average person into serfdom. QE is designed to work like a wrecking ball on the economy. Faber recently told CNBC (quote taken from Faber’s blog):
“QE helps rich people whose asset prices go up and whose [...] Why Does The U.S. Government Treat Military Veterans Like Human Garbage? By Michael The way that the U.S. government treats military veterans is absolutely disgraceful. Men and women that have given everything for this nation are literally being treated like human garbage by their own government. After watching how vets are treated, it is absolutely amazing that anyone is still volunteering to be a part of the military. We pay those in the military [...] The number of the homeless families and individuals in England has surged by 25 percent in the recent three years, a new research shows. The number of homeless families and individuals in England has surged by a quarter in the recent three years, a new research warns. According to data experts SSentif, the number of people classed as homeless and in need of emergency accommodation was 50,290 in 2011-12, showing an increase [...] By Farid A. Khavari
The most important step towards jumpstarting and stimulating our economy is unquestionably to stabilize the housing market. Of course the housing market will benefit from my economic plan and create tens of thousands of new private sector jobs, which will allow people to afford their homes. This will happen when the homeowners also get the opportunity to install decentralized solar energy systems, which will lower their energy [...] Clearwater, Florida — Clearwater has become the latest Bay area city taking increased steps to curb homelessness. But this time, critics say some of the tactics being used are downright cruel, and even affects tax-paying residents who aren’t homeless. “They keep people moving ’cause they’re homeless. They don’t have anywhere to go,” says Glimmert Beckham, who’s been on the streets of Clearwater for close to a year now. Beckham says it’s always been [...] By Farid Khavari - Miami-Dade County continues to suffer from rising costs and decreasing revenues. Balancing the budget by cuts and layoffs is absolutely the worst thing to do. Cuts and layoffs only compound the problem, create renewed deficits. And if the next budget is balanced with further cuts and layoffs, the Miami-Dade County would be on its way to becoming a banana republic! -The most prudent solution for balancing the budget [...] May 15, 2012 | Norman and Oriane Rousseau were one more couple pushed by a huge, greedy bank to the brink of homelessness. On Sunday, desperate and with nowhere to go, Norman Rousseau shot himself. This is the story of what happens when an average couple is up against a giant, wealthy, powerful bank. Unfortunately the result is what the result always is when people are on their own against the wealthy and [...] This is the story of what happens when an average couple is up against a giant, wealthy, powerful bank. Dave Johnson Norman and Oriane Rousseau were one more couple pushed by a huge, greedy bank to the brink of homelessness. On Sunday, desperate and with nowhere to go, Norman Rousseau shot himself. This is the story of what happens when an average couple is up against a giant, wealthy, [...] JIM MUSTIAN Former Columbus police officer Edward Pascucci had been jobless for more than a year and was facing homelessness last summer when he decided to rob a local bank. Making off with stacks of cash, however, never was his intention. Pascucci told a federal judge on Thursday he’d run out of options, was facing “severe health problems” and opted to avail himself of the services offered by the federal [...] Stephen Lendman America’s decade-long war against Chavez continues. Since inaugurated in February 1999, he’s faced open US hostility, including by go-along major media scoundrels. New York Times writer Simon Romero ‘s among them. On January 6, he and William Neuman played both Chavez and Iranian cards headlining, “Increasingly Isolated, Iranian Leader Set to Visit Allies,” saying: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visiting “some of the United States’ most ardent critics: Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador.” Chavez [...] US mayors sounded an alarm Thursday over deepening economic woes after a survey of 29 cities from Los Angeles to Washington showed worrying rises in homelessness and poverty-related food aid. “Here is the richest country in the world (and) we have people who cannot find a place to live,” said Kansas City Mayor Sly James, who co-chairs a task force on hunger and homelessness for the US Conference of Mayors. “We are failing” to address critical issues of homelessness and the use of food stamps, which [...] Mac Slavo The following must-see 60 Minutes segment further highlights the deteriorating economic conditions across the United States. It turns out some families are losing their grip on the motels and discovering that the homesless shelters are full. Where do they go then? They try to keep up appearances by day and try to stay out of sight at night – holding on to one another in a hidden America, a [...] Los Angeles (CNN) — Blogging and tweeting might be among the last hobbies you’d list for a homeless person, but some down-and-out people have embraced social media in such a way that it’s actually garnered them needed assistance — everything from food and diapers for children to counseling and housing. “I did not believe in social networking before I ended up on the streets,” says [...] Economy in dire straits Published: 23 June, 2011, 01:40 The US economy is failing and a recovery seems uncertain. Two and a half years after the collapse of this nation’s economy, the dust is still settling and decisions on how to best rebuild are still in the works. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says,“The economy needs to grow to create jobs.” “Our basic challenge is to try to figure out how to make growth faster [...] Homelessness Jumps 25% In Houston Coalition CEO Connie Boyd told the Houston Chronicle that the increase in homeless numbers is partly due to the recession. Boyd said Monday that the Texas economy has fared relatively well, but sometimes when people moved to the Houston area to find jobs it didn’t work out. The group’s Jan. 31 census found 8,538 homeless people, compared with 6,819 in 2010. The [...] 1 million graduating seniors will be out of work next month 9.0 just the beginning crime going up over the next two years possible terror attacks due to Landin news prices of condoms will explode causing more unwanted births democrats will want no part of the charade that is going on the deficit will continue to grow and homelessness will increase the dollar will destabilize first and then the euro immediately there after or VICE VERSA, I [...] by ZH From Washington Times: In ruling against President Obama‘s health care law, federal Judge Roger Vinson used Mr. Obama‘s own position from the 2008 campaign against him, when the then-Illinois senator argued there were other ways to achieve reform short of requiring every American to purchase insurance. “I note that in 2008, then-Senator Obama supported a health care reform proposal that did not include an individual mandate because [...] by setherkins Spending has to be paid for so if we can’t afford something the gov’t is spending money on then CUT SPENDING! I am so sick of hearing people ask how we’ll “pay for tax cuts”? Anyone with an IQ above 50 knows the problems are too much spending. Our local, state and federal gov’t had spending increases on auto pilot and never cared if there was enough money to [...] by setherkins So if Great Depression level data can’t stop the Bulls, and assuming this is a legit market of course, then why would anyone worry about “double dip”? The economy is in depression and has been for 2 years. The past 18 months the markets are up like 40% despite unemployment going up, foreclosures up, bankruptcies up, homelessness up, people living in poverty up, home sales and auto sales the [...] |
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