I know that the Scott Pelley's "60 Minutes" report on homeless kids segment was very incomplete. I have photographed the support system in Florida. Food banks, giving away all the food they can carry. Food Stamps are now a 'credit card'. Thrift stors have more clothing and furnature than they can hold. Job training, social services, and shelters such as 'The Source' in Vero Beach have hot meals, showers, transportation, for families and individuals. There are many places that actually give them CASH!. I can only show 1 photo here...
I'm sorry, I am a teacher at the school that this was aired. This story is not only right on... there are more that was cut out. This is horrifying to see. Go to a Title I school and talk to the real people who deal with this situation on a day to day basis.... You'll feel bad that you put this on as a comment. Not everyone has resources like this available to them, many of them are too proud. Listen with your heart... not always what you see.
I wasn't sure if I would reply to this since your tone is slanted towards accusing these kids of not seeking out the right help. I know some of these children personally and their families are doing all that they can with what they have. Your condescension is not needed when the subject is children going hungry.
60 Minutes has patronized the homeless families shown. Journalism could really help by bringing attention to the real problem which is the unethical banking practices in this country. The fraud against the citizens of this country is the largest in history in times of peace. Banks ravage neighborhoods with illegal paperwork causing millions of people to suffer. The middle class has lost decades of savings and more than anything else, we have lost each other and any trust we once had. Capitalism without ethics has crippled us. A few sweet children are in no way an example of this tragedy. How is it possible we gave the banks billions of dollars and homeowners have been evicted? The government has surrounded itself with bankers who are focused on bailing out the banks, the very same people who caused this. Please come to Orlando to meet with a woman who has committed the last three years to uncover this debacle and meet her clients who are trying desperately to hold onto their homes. You will find that the banks are not refinancing families and have used taxpayer money to reep excessive profits at the expense of our homeowners.
I agree. Pelley's fine articulation notwithstanding, this is exogenous journalism. With all of the trappings of the packaged network medium with parent CBS part of the same corporate power structure as the banks.
I agree with clgregor. The banks seem to have gotten off scott free and there is no one holding them accountable for what has happened. It was the people in charge of the Federal Reserve, and greedy deal makers that have lead us down this path. We then had to contend with rash decisions with no real understanding of the situation (because the banks were advising how we should help them) with bad decisions that made this a sweet deal for the banks and a huge disaster for the people caught in the middle (homeowners and the now unemployed).
Banks are getting close to free money lent to them by the federal reserve and customers savings while passing on huge interest rates to credit card holders and people who need to borrow money. Many people who need to borrow now will not be able to ever borrow again or at least for a very long time, yet interest rates on the money that is saved is penalized by nearly no interest.
Wall Street is in the midst of a rally that seems unnatural and fake. With the super commputers that are making so many of the trades why should the average person put their money in when we can not keep up with the technology that is really behind the trading. To me it seems as if we are being told to put our money in the stock market as a means of supplying the companies with the super computers with a fresh influx of new money.
My husband and myself were caught in the Florida mess. We lost our business, our house and everything we had saved for decades to make a small but comfortable life for ourselves. We were forced to move to another state for work, file bankruptcy, and start all over again. Our story has a happier ending than most, but it is still not a happy ending and a difficult life with us closer to retirement age than not. We do not have small children forced to suffer with is, but now look at a future filled with a working retirement, ill health and uncertainy.
This has been a growing concern for many of years. The church I go to has been working with families for three years. If you want to see something in action this is in the Kansas City Go to www.riverofrefuge.com
More billionaires who particpated in the Credit Default Swap market (that caused this) own mansions in Florida than anywhere else. Is it time for a revolution yet? Fire Tim Geithner, Fire Eric Holder, Fire Ben Bernanke, and by all means, FIRE every sitting Republican and Democrat who failed to protect these families from Wall Street.
We have a stark choice. We can either continue to give bailouts to Wall Street bankers who make millions each year and give tax breaks to wealthy people -- or we can help the middle class, especially the homeless middle class. For me, the choice is obvious. Screw the Republicans.
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Banks ravage neighborhoods with illegal paperwork causing millions of people to suffer. The middle class has lost decades of savings and more than anything else, we have lost each other and any trust we once had. Capitalism without ethics has crippled us. A few sweet children are in no way an example of this tragedy. How is it possible we gave the banks billions of dollars and homeowners have been evicted? The government has surrounded itself with bankers who are focused on bailing out the banks, the very same people who caused this. Please come to Orlando to meet with a woman who has committed the last three years to uncover this debacle and meet her clients who are trying desperately to hold onto their homes. You will find that the banks are not refinancing families and have used taxpayer money to reep excessive profits at the expense of our homeowners.
Banks are getting close to free money lent to them by the federal reserve and customers savings while passing on huge interest rates to credit card holders and people who need to borrow money. Many people who need to borrow now will not be able to ever borrow again or at least for a very long time, yet interest rates on the money that is saved is penalized by nearly no interest.
Wall Street is in the midst of a rally that seems unnatural and fake. With the super commputers that are making so many of the trades why should the average person put their money in when we can not keep up with the technology that is really behind the trading. To me it seems as if we are being told to put our money in the stock market as a means of supplying the companies with the super computers with a fresh influx of new money.
My husband and myself were caught in the Florida mess. We lost our business, our house and everything we had saved for decades to make a small but comfortable life for ourselves. We were forced to move to another state for work, file bankruptcy, and start all over again. Our story has a happier ending than most, but it is still not a happy ending and a difficult life with us closer to retirement age than not. We do not have small children forced to suffer with is, but now look at a future filled with a working retirement, ill health and uncertainy.