Number Of Homeless Children In America Surges To All-Time High: Report (generation, Baby Boomers)
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"The number of homeless children in the U.S. has surged in recent years to an all-time high, amounting to one child in every 30, according to a comprehensive state-by-state report that blames the nation's high poverty rate, the lack of affordable housing and the impacts of pervasive domestic violence."
And what does our hapless president do to fix the problem - oh yeah, he brings in more homeless children for political purposes. What a compassionate guy. Liberalism at it's finest.
The study cites a lack of affordable housing especially in some states.
Not sure why anyone would expect government to address this.
The study cites a lack of affordable housing especially in some states.
Not sure why anyone would expect government to address this.
Housing might be affordable if median wages weren't going down, while average wages go up. The government could address this in a variety of ways. Increased section 8 funding, increased minimum wages, or even tax code changes.
But consumer confidence is sky high and we're being told that there will be a huge surge of Christmas shopping this year.
Depends on who is doing the projections. The National Retail Federation projects a 5 % increase. Banks with substantial credit care processing are even more optimistic.
Others, without vested interests, are projecting a flat holiday season.
Hope and change! How's that working out for all of you?
And Obama thinks the best solution to this problem is to completely overwhelm the system by allowing millions of undocumented immigrants into this country.
He'll do this with his mighty pen because King Obama knows what's best for us.
How about the number of American vets and elderly that can't find affordable housing? I also see more and more seniors who can no longer remain in their homes because of their health and there is little to no help for them. They have to be flat-a**ed broke to get any help. If they are a couple and both seniors it's even harder because of their combined incomes puts them over the "poverty" limit much of which is only SS. I'd like to see our government start focusing on them as a priority for a change rather than importing the world's poor children and adults into our country.
Why should government help those who are not broke? ( Begs the question of helping those who are broke) Seems to me there is a growing trend whereby some seniors want government assistance AND the ability to preserve their wealth.
Seniors have the ability to pull equity out of their homes via Reverse Mortgages, without losing their home.
Vets have the ability to finance a home purchase with 0 down, acquire education at no incremental cost and increasingly recieve preference in hiring.
Hope and change! How's that working out for all of you?
Well some of my family members have health insurance for the first time ever, and Im making more then ever, so not too bad. And my insurance went down in price for the first time ever.
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And Obama thinks the best solution to this problem is to completely overwhelm the system by allowing millions of undocumented immigrants into this country.
On this we agree. What the heck? He isn't allowing millions more in, but we can't just ignore the ones here-we should be removing these people, not encouraging them. But thats a topic for the immigration section.
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He'll do this with his mighty pen because King Obama knows what's best for us.
If he was king, or some sort of dictator a lot more would have gotten done. But calling him that doesn't make him that. Lets discuss reality, not sound bites that aren't representative of reality.
Housing might be affordable if median wages weren't going down, while average wages go up. The government could address this in a variety of ways. Increased section 8 funding, increased minimum wages, or even tax code changes.
Nothing precludes a state, any state, from increasing its Minimum Wage.
I don't track the need for a Federal Minimum Wage when states and municipalities within states can decide for themselves.
Seniors have the ability to pull equity out of their homes via Reverse Mortgages, without losing their home.
An interesting comment. Used to be seniors didn't need reverse mortgages, and instead those homes were inherited. This allowed families that were in the middle class to maintain home ownership. However now those homes go to corporations that resell them for a profit.....rather then to the children of the seniors who then were much less likely to be homeless with their kids.....
Nothing precludes a state, any state, from increasing its Minimum Wage.
I don't track the need for a Federal Minimum Wage when states and municipalities within states can decide for themselves.
Yes and 100% of the states with increases voted for them.
But we were talking about things that could have helped, and the federal doing this would have. You can argue state vs federal minimum wage, but the federal provides a minimum federal wage, which states are more then welcome to go above. My state for example has been higher then the federal for a long long time.
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