Homeless children is not a new trend in America but with the recession homelessness increases. We've seen the tent cities, 7,000 people applying for a janitor position, tons of layoffs, this is what we get. This is clearly why job creation and a renewed prosperity is fundamental. This is also why I would essentially disagree with those who believe the government must not do anything to revive the economy. Who else can do anything of any significant size that would affect a large segment of the population.
The Sacremento Bee: Ranks of homeless kids climb
They're sharing housing because of economic hardship, living in motels, cars, abandoned buildings, parks, camping grounds or shelters, or waiting for foster care placement.
...California had 292,624 homeless children, the 10th largest population in the nation, during the time of its count, the 2005- 2006 school year. The group counted 1.5 million homeless kids across the country...
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Read my blog today and you'll see the dark side of the so called Stimulus friend. It's scary when you see that in all probability the structure that BV$H left behind will probably be absorbing most of this $$ to no real effect to the economy. The vampires have their fangs in pretty deep. The Feds. would have been better off just dividing the cash up and giving to those that needed it. Most of the so called Stimulus will end up in the bank accounts of the same cast of characters of the last 30 yrs.
I'm almost afraid to look but I will.
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