Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Nov. 8.
And homelessness is not just a problem among middle-age and elderly veterans. Younger veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are trickling into shelters and soup kitchens seeking services, treatment or help with finding a job.
The Veterans Affairs Department has identified 1,500 homeless veterans from the current wars and says 400 of them have participated in its programs specifically targeting homelessness.
The Alliance to End Homelessness, a public education nonprofit, based the findings of its report on numbers from Veterans Affairs and the Census Bureau. 2005 data estimated that 194,254 homeless people out of 744,313 on any given night were veterans.
In comparison, the VA says that 20 years ago, the estimated number of veterans who were homeless on any given night was 250,000.
This is a symptom of a much deeper problem in Amerika. The Ruling Class simply don't give a fuck about the people it kills, the ones it sends to do the killing, nor the working class in its own nation. " 744,313", almost one million people who are homeless in what used to be the wealthiest nation in the world!
And homelessness is an issue that comes before the Amerikan inability to provide adequate health care to its citizens. It is simply a disgrace!
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