Comments on: Tent Cities Spread In U.S. As Economy Sags

Foreclosure Crisis Blamed For Rise Of Homeless Camps In Cities

[djmidwest1]

What we are witnessing is the devolution of the US Economy. Picture the slums of many 3rd world countries. Many people do not realise that they are only a job loss and a major health problem away from living in a tent. As our political leaders fail to take action to make our government more solvent, our standard of living will continue to erode and make some of our cities to look more and more like the favela shacks of Sco Paulo. The economic disparity between the richest and the poorest Americans will increase. Government when it works for the greater good of majority of American people instead of the greater good of a well connected minority can provide the needed oversight to contain the rampant greed that is the nature of our present economic climate. If those who believe in the Darwinistic survival of the fittest, and that our country is full of "Whiners", then lets first get rid of the hundreds of billions of dollars of "free lunch" tax breaks to the wealthy, Alaskan Lobbyists, and big corporations.

[slim1h2o]

Tent Cities Spread In U.S. As Economy Sags

Coming to a spat of land near you!

Real soon.

[airboatboy1]

If you are going to vote for McCain, make sure to check out Walmart. I went ahead and got the four man tent with some nice side flaps. I''m always tryin'' to out do my neighbors...

[bullwinkle66]

It''s time to open the soylent green put you to sleep centers. I''m ready. Just going to the grocery store brings tears to my eyes.

[stn_sage]

We mustn''t forget the 110th-GOP Congress who did SO much damage to this country---it isn''t entirely Bush''s fault---his buddies'' helped him out A LOT!

In dishonor of both parties, these tent cities should be named for both parties! Something like Gopbushville or Gopbushburg or even Gopbushtown. If you say it fast, it kinda sounds like the German language!

As these ''cities'' grow in size, the politicians might even want to include them on their campaign swings!
Well---maybe---if they take enough security with them!

[kansas1946]

Didn''t we used to have "Hoovervilles" that looked a lot like this. (Less colorful tents, though.) If you like the economy, vote for McCain.

[babooph]

We can tell them about all the new stuff being put up in Iraq & Afghanistan-they will feel so much better-hope there is nothing going on causing future terrorism in the States-the gated communities have pvt security-SO LONG AS THEY STAY INSIDE.

[wogerwabbit]

for a person to be out in the streets..its more an accumulation of one bad decision after another..

Posted by libluv2spit at 06:44 PM : Sep 19, 2008

Indeed. Like Bush''s decision to push the ownwership society to a starry eyed public... invest in America, free loans! Suckers! All this money did not disappear from the face of the earth, it just disappeared from our pockets and re-appeared in vast quantities in someone else''s pocket. We''re getting fleeced once again to pay for the predatory lifestyles of the smirking rich and famous.

[skyk239]

if the govt ooes not bail out these banks..THEN YOU WOULD HAVE MORE....A LOT LOT MORE people out in the streets...

for a person to be out in the streets..its more an accumulation of one bad decision after another..

Posted by libluv2spit at 06:44 PM : Sep 19, 2008

What grade did you get to Cletis?? 6th? Now lets read your post and try to UNDERSTAND what you just said. FIRST you defend the President''s bail out of the Banks. They you say that those who have lost their homes and jobs BECAUSE of that SAME financial Mess was THEIR fault and thus do not deserve any help or assistance?? You really should consider a Night Course or two. Anyone who thinks like you isn''t safe for yourself or those around you...

[babooph]

Did all these "new" homeless come from the middle class,or from the ultra rich -I wonder??