Why do you think there is so much homelessness with American 🇺🇸 citizens?

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Is it from overcrowding? Not enough jobs? Mental illness? Drugs or alcohol? Because the person had no family to give them support? And why are so many VETERANS homeless? Of course write your own opinion. These are just reasons I thought of. Thank you for your opinion! 🌺

RealMarek · Accepted Answer

It’s because our elites don’t give a s*** about the American people. They view themselves as above us, as a global elite, even though the fools are alienating almost all non-Western nations through their extremely aggressive attempt to maintain hegemony over the globe. They enact policies to inflate asset values (i. e., housing and land, mass immigration) and food/energy costs (the green agenda and intentional reduction of farmland in Europe) while simultaneously depressing real wages (mass immigration and deindustrialization). They send people to unnecessary wars for their own enrichment through the defense industry and do not care for the ones who are too damaged to make their own way. They transfer wealth from people to the elite through monetary inflation and unnaturally low interest rates. They push opioids onto the people in the medical system, let opioids flood in from China, make tons of money from drug money that ends up in the banks, and simply don’t care about the lives destroyed. They divide the populace with political theater. They propagandize one side that our economy is free (most of it is not; it is increasingly Soviet-like with the private/public distinction dissolving in terms of investment, regulation, and capital allocation) and that people can still pull themselves up by their bootstraps, while propagandizing the other side that the very policies that cause the stagflation that is hurting people are somehow for the poor or are desirable for reasons of ethnic grievance. This is truly evil. Clear them all out! We need a fresh start.

exitseven · Accepted Answer

Mental health a drug addiction is the cause of most of it. The US spends 14-20 billion a year on the illegals that Biden rounded up to become future democrat voters, This money could have been used to help veterans and the elderly.

Aerissa_Jade · Accepted Answer

The few personal experiences I've had, are either vets who have trouble working a job due to mental issues from combat. Lets face it, people with issues, even depression or inability to handle stress very good, don't make great employees.

Then there are victims of the system.

There was one case I'll go into detail for, the guy was making great money. 600k a year but then found out his wife had cheated on him, when he did a DNA test with his child to find out, it wasn't his child.

Here the 'husband' is automatically put on birth certificates when a baby is born. He filed for divorce, but was ordered to pay child support, since the system said it was his kid.

As you can imagine that is a large amount of child support. Due to the stress and he had been thinking about this before he found this out, he changed jobs, started over and took a huge pay cut. The state viewed this as him trying to avoid paying child support and refused to lower it, without him going back to court.

He had pay checks of 12 dollars or less that he showed me, and there was no way he was going to hire a attorney for that to go to court to get it reduced.

He ended up getting very far behind on child support and just gave up working, as what is the point, when your not making anything and its for a kid that isn't even yours.

I figure, if he is just one, there is probably thousands or tens of thousands like him, maybe not the same story, but something similar perhaps.

yucychan · Accepted Answer

I actually watched a few documentaries on the homelessness situation in US. Some of the case stories were really sad and depressing.

Each family caught in the homelessness situation does have some similarities.

- Loss of job due to redundancy/retrenchment. The loss of income drastically affects everything, from the ability to pay mortgages, rents, household bills etc. A lot of families were evicted because they were unable to pay the rents/ mortgages.

- Underemployment: Due to loss of jobs, people took up part-time jobs which do not have employee benefits and were often paid below the minimum wage.

- Severe shortage of affordable housing, rising home prices and soaring inflation. This causes monthly rents increased by 15% or more. In general, people are now paying $1,000 or more in rents compared to a year ago.

- Difficulties in finding job as a homeless individual: Lack of portable restrooms, toilets and showering facilities. "Who's going to employ someone that has not showered for a week?". It's a downward-spiraling cycle of no job, no money, increasing house prices, homelessness, no job.

- Overcrowding and lack of resources for homeless shelters: While homeless shelters provide a temporary alternative to sleeping on the streets, they are now facing a major overcrowding issue. Homeless families are placed on a waiting list, with some waiting for as long as months for their turn to be allocated a space in the shelter.

Sixgunsound · Answer

Because the government just cuts veterans loose without any kind of support post service. When I got home and went to apply for temporary housing IN UNIFORM I was given dirty looks and a lot of unnecessary attitude. Needless to say I was denied without explanation or even apology. It took about 18 months to get my first well visit for basic medical care, and in the five years I had medical insurance from the VA I never got dental coverage, mental health coverage, and was only offered three of the five annual physical screenings I was supposed to get. The jobs I could get without a degree which provided an opportunity to pay their group rate for health insurance ‘benefits’ didn’t pay enough to support the vehicle or cab it took to get to them because public transit outside urban centers is crap in the US.

purplepoppy · Answer

One of the major differences in attitude between European and Americans is that of self reliance. The European attitude is you should be self reliant but if someone falls you help them back on their feet. The American attitude is fuck you not my problem. Where a European in difficulty would seek help Americans are made to feel ashamed and so sink further and further. I'm not saying the European attitude always works, it doesn't, but it helps enough to avoid the level of homelessness you see in the states.

OlderThanILook · Answer

Overcrowding, terrible job market, don't even get me started on housing. Everything is just flawed. If I don't want to live in a literal rundown shack, I'm expected to make at least 80k or so to make ends meet. For single people, it's just not going to happen. Paying 2 grand for rent is insane and should not have been normalized.

NamerOfStars · Answer

A combination of lack of social safety net, a disintegrating family culture pushing people hundreds of miles away from each other, serious mental illness and drug addiction problems with VERY poor handling on the government's part, enormous social stigma for those who have been imprisoned (he was caught with a joint 22 years ago, so let's make sure he can never get a job again...) and a culture that buys deeply into Weberian nonsense to TOLERATE all that.

Surely · Answer

Since I have not seen or been in the places or situations that these veterans have been in. It would be hard for me to even make a guess. Outside of being forgotten by the American government when they got home.

Look at the reception that the Vietnam vets got when some got home!

Jamie05rhs · Answer

Because

1. America is individualistic.
2. America is Darwinist.
3. America lacks educational opportunities for the poor.
4. America lacks mental health care.
5. America lacks social cohesiveness and support networks.
6. America's families are broken.
7. There is a housing crisis.
8. And yes, SOME people have addiction issues. (But that's certainly not every homeless person.)

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

I think that there are homeless people all around the world and they are increasing in numbers and the reasons might be from anything that you have mentioned and maybe more...

Every good human being deserves a good and respectful place to live in and a respectful life...

Personally i help such people as much as i can...

BeMuse · Answer

Housing cost is high in comparison to average wages/salaries. The simple solution is to build smaller more affordable houses, but that isn't all that profitable. The bigger the home you build, the more money you make per project.

josephinelcajon · Answer

Definitely a combination but I think mental illness is the biggest. Most that are homeless like being homeless and reject any and all help. Those that are not seek help and get off the streets. Drug use would be second and then third economy.

Jessica405 · Answer

Basically down to right wing politics. Makes everyone just look out for themselves.  A true socialist government is needed, that will build loads of houses at cheap rents.

Flower7 · Answer

Rent is too high and there are too many unreasonable requirements to get approved, such as making 3 times the rent.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

In a free country it's an individual freedom to choose homelessness as a life style. Everyone has the chance to be what he (she)(it)(whatever) wants to be.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

A combo of mostly of all that, but primarily people don't understand how to manage their money or just plain lazy.  Drug and alcohol abuse will most definitely land you on the streets in most cases.

maximumpower · Answer

Mental, drug, alcohol issues top the list. There are NOT that many homeless vets. There are, however, many who CLAIM to be vets.

Jenny-Marie · Answer

A selfish, grasping, me first culture. I am not speaking of individual citizens many of whom are decent people, but of society as a whole.

Anonymous · Answer

It's rental prices that are also contributing to people being homeless

lorenzomichael · Answer

Because most of them are fucking lazy ass dirtbags.

Anonymous · Answer

I thought it was all Trump’s fault... right? 😆

eagle1951 · Answer

Well for some veterans after being in war it's hard to be trapped in 4 walls,

Anonymous · Answer

Drugs mainly. Some mental illness.

Light909090 · Answer

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