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Over 664,000 people are homeless in the United States
at any given time (HUD report 7/9/09), and they're not
all just hanging around panhandling or making it
obvious. Many do low paying jobs, such as day-labor or
whatever they can find, but without real progress. With
constuctive assistance, instead of just handouts, a
great many of them could achieve a productive life, and
contribute to society, rather than remaining in poverty.
There had been progress in the past few years to
reduce the number of homeless, but now that progress
has apparently come to an end. While many say it costs
too much to house the homeless, there are programs
across the country that have shown that it not only can
be done, but it actually costs less to assist the homeless
in getting work and housing than to leave things as they
are. Politically motivated excuses accomplish nothing.
The media tends to present the homeless as people who spend their time panhandling, getting
drunk in public, or pushing shopping carts. Those who do that are a very small percentage of all the
homeless. Most homeless people are trying to get meaningful work and their own place to live.
http://www.homelessamerican.com/
