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« on: December 15, 2009, 04:48:36 PM »

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Female vets face homelessness, dearth of services
By KIMBERLY HEFLING (AP) – 13 hours ago

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The $15,000 that former Army Pvt. Margaret Ortiz had in the bank when she left Iraq is long gone, spent on alcohol and cocaine.

By the time she found her way to a program run by the nonprofit U.S. Vets for homeless female veterans in this Southern California city, she'd slept in San Diego on the beach or anywhere she could find after a night of partying. One morning, she woke up behind a trash bin, her pants torn, with no memory of what happened.

No jobs for Americans.  Amnesty and citizenship for millions of illegal aliens...

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Sgt. Alta Jackson, 58, joined the Army nearly 30 years ago, and remains in the Reserves while she lives at the U.S Vets site. Before she deployed to Iraq in 2005, she said she lost her job as a custodian. Stationed south of Baghdad, she said her camp endured almost nightly attacks that destroyed structures near her and left fellow soldiers wounded.

Back home from war, she was taking care of her ailing father in his 90s and the two lived on his pension. After his death, she bounced from relative to relative, some of whom were getting evicted amid the housing crisis. Everywhere she looked for work, she was turned down.

"People just don't want to hire you because you're too old," Jackson said.

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She continues to look for work. Her car was repossessed while she was deployed, so she's had to relearn how to take the train or bus to look for jobs. She faces the possibility of getting deployed again and worries about the future.

more here - http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jfCgdumhukIn-tv0l6unTmNNiXEgD9CJK4E80

Lots of money for those on the path to citizenship and illegal aliens (Free ER, and community health centers), nothing but debt and homelessness for generations on Main Street.
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« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2009, 04:52:18 PM »

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The Obama's administration's stated commitment to providing stimulus money to address the increase in hunger and homeless is welcome. But it's a far cry from the enormous sums of federal money given to Wall Street and the Pentagon. Washington has to start devoting money to help lift workers out of the crisis, not simply leave them scrambling to survive on the streets.

more here - http://socialistworker.org/2009/12/15/americas-new-homeless

I don't think a few tubes of caulk are going to right the economy. 

Why isn't Obama doing more to eliminate the debt and reduce the tax burden?

Pretending to reduce taxes while adding to the debt - How's that working?

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