Homeless And Starving In The Land Of The Free

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[GranniesAgainstGeorge] Homeless And Starving In The Land Of

The Free

 

 

 

 

Homeless And Starving In The Land Of The Free

 

US Homelessness and Poverty Rates Skyrocket While Billions are Spent

Overseas on Occupation

 

As I watch far away images of body bags being filled, I see much

closer images of bodies. I went by a local park the other day and it

looked like a concentration camp crossed with a mass murder scene.

 

There were people in rags and covered with filth lying scattered all

over the place. At least twenty people were on crutches, had parts

bandaged, or with open wounds not even covered. They were all hungry

and a large majority were sick.

 

We are setting ourselves up to turn the world's richest country into a

third world quagmire. This country is sinking into a swamp of drowning

poor and so-called " Economically Challenged! " The rich meanwhile buy

bigger S.U.Vs (self indulgent ubiquitous vulture mobiles), and bigger

gated houses to keep out the flotsam and detritus of the cast

aways.................................

 

Homelessness Reaches New Levels

 

3.5 million people, 39% of them children, currently experience

homelessness every year. 60% of all new homeless cases are single

mothers with children.

 

A growing number of cities, including Los Angeles, Seattle, and

Atlanta, are criminalizing activities of the homeless, according to

the National Coalition for the Homeless. More than 60 cities are

introducing measures to make it illegal to beg or sleep on the

streets, to sit in a bus shelter for more than an hour, or to walk

across a parking lot if the person doesn't have a car parked there.

 

Hunger and Starvation Increasing, Especially For Children

 

In 2001, the USDA reported that the number of Americans who were food

insecure or hungry or at risk of hunger was 33.6 million. In the last

year it is estimated that there has been an additional 5-10 million

additional people who are now in jeopardy of hunger and starvation.

The government has a benign description of this situation, calling the

hungry and starving " Food Critical. "

 

4 Billion a month to occupy Iraq, 1.9 billion to occupy Afghanistan

 

America is bleeding money into foreign occupation, while cutting back

on the programs that provide a safety net for America's poorest

citizens. The military budget is expected to top $450 million for the

fiscal year 2004.

 

The costs of occupying and improving conditions in Iraq and

Afghanistan are not even factored into the latest military expenditure

proposals. The US is pledged to rebuilding Iraq's electrical and water

infrastructure at estimated costs of $10 Billion for the electrical

grid and $500 Million to rebuild the water system and supply clean

water to the population of Iraq

 

Full article at: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0308/S00011.htm

 

Other sources:

 

http://www.nationalhomeless.org/index.html

http://www.nlchp.org/

http://www.secondharvest.org/whoshungry/current_stats.html

http://www.urban.org/

http://www.nccp.org/ http://www.census.gov/

http://www.cbpp.org/index.html

 

Jay Shaft, editor, Coalition For Free Thought In Media -

freethoughtinmedia.