America's new homeless

[Truthway]

MAJOR CITIES across the country--including places largely known for their wealth and abundance--are becoming centers of hunger and homelessness.

Requests for emergency food assistance increased a staggering 26 percent last year in cities across the country, according to the recently released findings of the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Hunger and Homelessness Survey. This is the largest average increase in demand in the last 18 years.

Read more:http://www.inteldaily.com/news/173/ARTICLE/13118/2009-12-16.html">America's new homeless

[lib2DaBone]

1. K/R Sadly..neither Democorps nor Republicorps care....

[Jkid]

2. Until they see it with their own eyes.

Even if I show them pictures, it would not make any difference.

[Xenotime]

3. This is so sad. Hopefully people who helped with Haiti will help here too.

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[cutlassmama]

5. This is sad. People that were already poor aren't/weren't as affected

as the middle class. They already knew/know how to deal with poverty, but these people can't handle it. It is a rude awakening for some.