This is THIRD-WORLD stuff, America. You ENJOYING the RIDE DOWN?
Also see: Tent City, U.S.A.
Houses of All Kinds
"In hard times, nation sees surge in tent encampments; Economic woes fuel rapid rise in homelessness" By Evelyn Nieves, Associated Press | September 19, 2008
RENO - A few tents cropped up by the railroad tracks, pitched by men left with nowhere to go once the emergency winter shelter closed for the summer.
Then others appeared - people who had lost their jobs to the ailing economy, or newcomers who had moved to Reno for work and found no one was hiring.
Within weeks, more than 150 people were living in tents big and small, barely a foot apart in a patch of dirt slated to be a parking lot for a campus of shelters Reno is building for its homeless population.
Like many other cities, Reno has found itself with a "tent city" - an encampment of people who had nowhere else to go. From Seattle to Athens, Ga., homeless advocacy groups and city agencies are reporting the most visible rise in homeless encampments in a generation.
While we have spent TRILLIONS on WARS and WAR LOOTERS, BILLIONS on BANKS, ISRAEL and AUTO COMPANIES!!!!
The phenomenon of encampments has caught advocacy groups somewhat by surprise, largely because of how quickly they have sprung up.
Then they WERE NOT LOOKING!!!!
The relatively tony city of Santa Barbara has given over a parking lot to people who sleep in cars and vans. The city of Fresno, Calif., is trying to manage several proliferating tent cities, including an encampment where people have made shelters out of scrap wood. In Portland, Ore., and Seattle, advocacy groups have paired with nonprofits or faith-based groups to manage tent cities as outdoor shelters. Other cities where tent cities have either appeared or expanded include Chattanooga, Tenn., San Diego, and Columbus, Ohio.
And AMERICANS just ACCEPT this!!!!
How much SHIT CAN YOU STOMACH, AmeriKans?
The Department of Housing and Urban Development recently reported a 12 percent drop in homelessness nationally in two years, from about 754,000 in January 2005 to 666,000 in January 2007. But the 2007 numbers omitted people who previously had been considered homeless - such as those staying with relatives or friends or living in campgrounds or motel rooms for more than a week.
It is called SKEWING STATISTICS to minimize a problem!!!
You know, figures lie and liars figure.
America is FINISHED, readers. It is with TEARS that I am typing now!!!
So the RICH get OBSCENELY RICH while the rest of us EAT SHIT!!!
See you in the CAMP, American -- and I don't mean the tent city!!!!
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