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Originally Posted by theking
As for the homeless in the USA...the majority of homeless are the mentally ill...drug addicts...alcoholics and those that just choose to be. For the most part they are unsalvageable human wrecks and many will not even take part in what programs are available to them (admittedly there needs to be an improvement upon what is available to them). Virtually every time some community enacts an ordinance that would force the homeless into the available programs that may help them overcome their problems, legal opponents will shoot it down saying that it violates their rights. So in protecting their rights they remain human wrecks.
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The largest group of homeless people are now families. It used to be the mentally ill and drug addicts, but the rate amoung homeless families has grown. A lot of them are single mothers with children who leave abusive homes. There are not even shelters in this country to take them all in. It is really sad to see a homeless child. We have a couple of schools here just for homeless children. When I was at the school in Phoenix to drop off some Christmas presents I talked to the school secretary. She said they had 700 kids there and the school in Tempe at the time had 70. It has more now. As a country, we need to do more about mental illness, abuse, and services for the homeless.