1.200.000 homeless students, up 10% for the year, 72% since the start of the crisis

[BelgianMadCow]

From The Real News Network:

There are now 1.2 million homeless students in the United States. That's an increase of 10 percent from last year, according to the National Center for Homeless Education, and that's up 72 percent from the start of the recession in 2008. Some states, like North Carolina, have been particularly hit hard.

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Allowing the brunt of the crisis caused by the financial system to hit the poor, the homeless, the young, the hungry, the elderly, is a dereliction of duty.

Exactly the same is true in Europe - we have depression era levels of youth unemployment, yet everybody is discussing scaling back unemployment benefits if anything, and the EU is still in the process of having conferences about youth unemployment.

No such reluctancy was to be seen when it came to throwing trillions at the banks. It's all a matter of priorities. By now it's rather clear the current system is not even trying to take care of our interests or the common good.

[Enthusiast]

1. K&R

Yes.

The nation always has trillions for the wrong thing. But we must cut education aid and "entitlements".

[Laelth]

2. k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t

-Laelth

[Jefferson23]

3. This is criminal. K&R

[TBF]

4. Rec for visibility K&R nt

[woo me with science]

5. This needs to stay on top. nt

[BelgianMadCow]

9. Thanks, woo me with science

poverty is underreported and underkicked

What I especially wonder about is whether we still have enough of that "empathy" - you know,
- think about not being able to get your children presents
- then think about not being able to get them nice clothes
- then think about having them go hungry
you know, your own children, that you would die for.

And then do it x 1,2 million.

My oldest is always nagging about not going on holidays in foreign countries. We don't have the money to spare. The above helps me keep perspective.

[woo me with science]

10. +1 It's a national disgrace,

and something that is only abstract for the elite in both parties who perpetuate it.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Land of the rich Home of the greedy.

[woo me with science]

7. Kick. A national shame.

[woo me with science]

8. kick

[woo me with science]

11. kick

[Demo_Chris]

12. Perhaps Obama can give the wealthy another tax cut. That should help. nt