Currently close to 200,000 veterans – mainly of the Bush wars – are homeless, and essentially being denied government help. Paul Rieckoff runs down one shameful example in today’s Huffpo.
“Veterans represent one-third of the adult homeless population in this country, and that number is rising. While almost 200,000 homeless veterans line the nation's streets every night, almost twice as many experience homelessness at some point throughout the course of a year. Essentially, we have the population of Des Moines, Iowa or Montgomery, Alabama "sleeping under bridges." (Click for the whole story.)
The secret word is Despicable
“Veterans represent one-third of the adult homeless population in this country, and that number is rising. While almost 200,000 homeless veterans line the nation's streets every night, almost twice as many experience homelessness at some point throughout the course of a year. Essentially, we have the population of Des Moines, Iowa or Montgomery, Alabama "sleeping under bridges." (Click for the whole story.)
The secret word is Despicable
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4 comments:
While I will agree that Bill O'Reilly is a cock for downplaying the quantity of homeless vets, the article's author has his stats all fucked up; even the Bureau of Veterans Affairs, a source the liberal ass-monky cites, says that most of that 200,000ish are VietNam era vets (who have been homeless for quite some time).
maybe all of Americas downtroden poor should become muslems, that would put a bee up noses of the rulers.
Oh wow, no shit, damn me, so the homeless vets are all from Viet-fucking-nam are they? So we can forget all about them, right? Too long ago to remember, maybe, you rightwing troll-with-no-name?
A little arithmetic problem here. Vietnam vets are now in their sixties and late fifties. If they’ve been homeless since the early 1970s, they’re dead by now. If they lost their homes more recently, they are simply more aging Americans priced out of the housing market and into the gutter. Another neocon triumph.
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