On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:04:56 -0500, "Jim Carter"
wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Vietnam Vet Freezes To Death Christmas Eve
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A very high percentage of homeless males in that age group are
Vietnam-era vets. Of those, an extremely high number are suffering form
some sort of mental illness. It's too bad we no longer have a safety net.

Only in America........Billions of dollars spent on war and not enough to
have housing for the homeless.

Maybe if the homeless would get a job, they wouldn't be homeless.
Wal-Mart is always hiring.......


When I was in Havana, last winter, I noticed a signboard on a large building
in the downtown area. On this sign was written, in English, " 30,000
children slept in the streets last night. Not one was Cuban." This sign
is in reference to the homeless in the USA. In Cuba, everyone has a
home,provided by the government, or built by the people themselves.

There's a wonderful example. Everyone has a roof over the heads, but
most of them leak. Everyone is equal in poverty. At least in a free
market government, the people who achieve can rise above it. In
socialist/communist nations, the achievers pay for the non-achievers
thereby discouraging anyone from achieving, as there are no extra
rewards for doing so.


There are homeless people living in the streets of Toronto, but it is their
choice to do so. Not anyone here has to be homeless.

That's true everywhere. If one has the will to better themselves they
can find a way. America is the land of opportunity. But it is NOT the
land of guarantees.

Dave