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DaddysInkedSlut -> RE: What do you feel a nation's priority should be? (5/15/2010 8:09:01 PM)
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On any given night in America, anywhere from 700,000 to 2 million people are homeless, according to estimates of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty.
According to a December, 2000 report of the US Conference of Mayors:
single men comprise 44 percent of the homeless, single women 13 percent, families with children 36 percent, and unaccompanied minors seven percent.
the homeless population is about 50 percent African-American, 35 percent white, 12 percent Hispanic, 2 percent Native American and 1 percent Asian.
According to the National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients (NSHAPC):
single homeless individuals reported an average income of $348 during the last 30 days, about 51 percent of the 1996 federal poverty level of $680/month for one person.
28 percent said they sometimes or often do not get enough to eat, compared with 12 percent of poor American adults.
44 percent did paid work during the past month.
21 percent received income from family members or friends.
66 percent of the homeless have problems with alcohol, drug abuse, or mental illness.
22 percent have been physically assaulted.
7 percent have been sexually assaulted.
38 percent say someone stole money or things directly from them.
30 percent have been homeless for more than two years.
So don't tell me I dont have the facts or that people in this country don't go without food, shelter or the bare necessities of life. They do. That being said I am going to keep to my word and be done with this thread. As a mother I have gone without food so I can provide make sure my kids have eat'n. I have been homeless. I have struggled. So don't you are say that people in this country don't and that everyone has it all glitz and glame. The poor here simply don't make headlines like in other countries b/c as a nation we try to overlook the homeless and impoverished when we see them on the street.
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