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Homelessness Is Increasing In America

Discussion in 'In the News' started by Ken Anderson, Apr 20, 2019.

  1. Denise Evans

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    he was "placed" in the Whitehouse by citizens of the United States. He doesn't even know his panties go "yellow in the front, and brown in the back". He's a drug-addict and the Cartel's are probably the ones supplying him.

    I always knew something really bad was going to happen to the US, I mean fall like every other "great" Nation in history, but I so hoped I wouldn't be around to see it happen. But here I am spending time whining along with the rest of the people that probably really wished they didn't have to watch it happen either.
     
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    I think it is laughable that ILLINOIS that is suggesting this. They have been pushing gun confiscation of citizens.
     
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    Maybe a little hope but at this point I'm not sure of anything.


     
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    Louisiana just signed a law that nothing the WEF said had no hold on them. not sure of the wording but I think all states should follow Florida and Louisiana's lead but our governor never does anything to help our citizens.
     
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  5. Marie Mallery

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    Florida has its serious problems also, like the people running from other states to here.
    Water is dwindling and water wars with other states and Floridian's, plus salt water is getting into our springs.
    People moving to Florida in droves and no resources to handle it.

    https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=0146...WMuY29tL2FsZ2FlLWV2ZXJnbGFkZXMtc3VnYXIv&ntb=1

    … the 400,000 acres of sugar cane fields that line Lake Okeechobee are a lush, healthy green. As are the pockets of local, state, and federal politicians who have accepted more than $50 million in contributions from
     
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    I saw the trash house & the robbery last night.
    The house's owner said her brother (or son) lives in the house & he has Autism. They already removed 7 tons of trash & theyu're not close to being done.
    They think the robbery had to be an inside job; I think so too.
     
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    I'll read stories about unconstitutional guns & ammo laws in LA and California, as well as the homeless, the poop on the streets, trash, etc. But most of those "local stories" don't cross my radar screen, either internet or MSM.
     
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    I don't know much about what's happening in Los Angeles anymore, except for what I read, which doesn't sound good. Used to be a great place to live. Very sad to hear it.
     
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    I don’t know how I missed this post before. :D I miss seeing Denise around lately.

    Joy, I did see these headlines yesterday but didn’t read the stories. Things like this are so commonplace now. I keep seeing that crime is dropping but there are more horrific crimes now. It’s true where I am too. The crime rate is down but homicides are up.
     
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    good ole DEEP BLUE state leaders.....CA has always been a destination for many to go and San Fran for sure a beautfil city and overrun with crime and filth......
     
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    While I won't argue that there may be more homeless people today than there were a few decades ago, this isn't the first time that large numbers of Americans have been homeless. I'll suggest that a part of it has to do with semantics, in that people who might not have been considered homeless twenty years ago are designated as such today because homeless people have become a protected class of people. There are benefits to being homeless today, whereas there was more of a stigma to it in the past. I personally know people who lived in a tent for a time, despite the fact that they had places to live because that was necessary in order to qualify for free housing. In other words, they had available homes, but in order to get an apartment of their own, they had to become homeless. If they weren't actively using drugs or drinking heavily, they could easily find jobs, too.

    Maybe they're still considered homeless after their homelessness has gotten them into a free or heavily subsidized apartment. After all, if homeless were a requirement for qualification, it would stand to reason that they would have to be considered homeless in order for the payments to be made each month.

    As for California, where most of our homeless people live, it's easy to be homeless in California. The weather is perfect for it.
     
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    My wife just heard about a homeless family with 7 children. They had been living (somehow) i a van, but someone locally opened their heated garage tot hem, and they are happy about that. The Red Cross could only help them for seven days since they are spending all their funds flying people into the country and feeding and clothing them. I believe these people lost their house and belongings to a fire, but I don't know why there is no husband/father in the picture. Perhaps she is a widow as well.

    I don't inquire into my wife's business, so I don't know the details beyond what I overhear.
     
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    Yes, CA is prime for sleeping on the streets, so MANY of "them" find t heir way to CA from all over the US and probably the world too, millions coming in across the boarders end up Homeless...and the Drug epidemic, omg... This will NEVER end.....a major Earthquake could end it, BUT........

    We've had some BIG rains in CA this winter...
     
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