Tent Cities Full Of Homeless People Are Booming In Cities All Over America As Poverty Spikes

[RodISHI]

Not everyone can drive truck, not everyone has the ability to do certain things. You live in an area and see jobs but it is not like that throughout the country. Not all states have the same needs nor do all areas in those states have the same needs. We have gotten so screwed up at this point it will take time to fix it all.

We have thousands upon thousands of people with severe health issues and a congress that thought taxing everyone with a health care plan would fix it. It is not that simple. It may sound good but it does not all work that away.

Like I said 'you have tunnel vision'. Rush has tunnel vision. He is a great entertainer but that does not mean he can strategically put a plan that will fix everything by saying just go get a job. A few pages of ideas on this message board won't fix it either. Neither can a few college brains as they also most generally have tunnel vision in whatever their specialty is.

It's not tunnel vision, it's reality. There are all kinds of jobs out there that Americans won't do. Our company had a hell of a time finding new employees; not because the job didn't pay anything, but because we couldn't find an applicant that could pass a drug test. Apparently smoking pot is higher on the priority list than getting a job and securing a paycheck.

Not everybody can be a truck driver? Why not? I can't be a brain surgeon either, or an engineer, or a professional athlete, but that doesn't give me the excuse not to work. And if there is no work where you live, then it's time to move to where the work is. Millions of Americans do it every single year.

If you are so disabled that you can't do any job, then we have government programs for that reason. If you can't get on any of those programs, then apparently you can work, but you just don't want to.

You just proved my point in your own post. You can't be a brain surgeon, an engineer or a professional athlete but you can drive a truck. You are saying that people have to move to whatever state or area where work is at? We own our place free and clear should we move to a place where we could not have a place to live. You think people should pack up and leave behind their families and move hundreds or a thousand miles away to take a job where they can just barely survive in a place where they do not know anyone? You really can be ridiculous and this is why I would not have this conversation with you once before.

 

[KissMy]

And Walmart jobs don't feed families.

Which is why if you need to feed your family, don't work at Walmart.

Wrong! Idiot!

Tax payers spent $1 million to educate that Walmart employee. But Walmart gets away with underpaying taxes to not repay taxpayers for all the services we provide them. Then Walmart underpays employees & did not pay for healthcare. So Walmart forces taxpayers to pay even more to continue supporting their employees & family.

 

[KissMy]

There are all kinds of jobs out there that Americans won't do. Our company had a hell of a time finding new employees;

Just proves Obama's Job Creation is so strong that new employees are scarce & companies will have to pay more.

 

[SwimExpert]

Remind me of the last time you wanted to increase spending to save these poor folks.

Why don't we just improve the economy instead?

 

[SwimExpert]

And Walmart jobs don't feed families.

Which is why if you need to feed your family, don't work at Walmart.

Then again, Walmart is the largest employer in the country. When the largest employer in the country is a poverty employer, we've got a problem.

 

[LaDexter]

Big government helps the homeless - wrong...

Big government helps (create more Democrat votes by creating more) homeless - there, that's it

 

[Theowl32]

Exactly like the socialists want it. Now, time to prop up their scapegoat.

White privilege, white republican, free market capitalism.

Their little lemmings following them all the way.

 

[KissMy]

Big government helps the homeless - wrong...

Big government helps (create more Democrat votes by creating more) homeless - there, that's it

You LIE! - Jobs increase & Homeless drops under Democrats.

 

[longknife]

BACK TO THE THREAD!

Tent Cities – They're Popping Up Everywhere

Oh sure. According to King Barry, our economy is doing just fine. Best ever in American history all due to his brilliant economic policies.


Sure it is. Here's a list of major tent cities that have become so well-known and established that they have been given names comes from Wikipedia…

Camp Hope, Las Cruces, New Mexico [1]

Camp Quixote, Olympia, Washington State[2]

Camp Take Notice, Ann Arbor, Michigan[3]

Dignity Village, Portland, Oregon

Opportunity Village, Eugene, Oregon

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Tent City, Phoenix, Arizona

New Jack City and Little Tijuana, Fresno, California[2]

Nickelsville, located in Seattle[2][4]

Right 2 Dream Too, Portland, Oregon[5]

River Haven,[6] Ventura County, California[7][8]

Safe Ground, Sacramento, California[2]

The Jungle, San Jose, California[2]

Temporary Homeless Service Area (THSA), Ontario, California[2]

Tent City (100+ residents) of Lakewood, New Jersey[9][10]

Tent City, Avenue A and 13th Street, Lubbock, Texas[11]

Tent City, New Jersey forest[12]

Tent City, Bernalillo County, New Mexico[13]

Tent City, banks of the American River, Sacramento, California[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

Tent City 3, Seattle

Tent City, Chicago, Illinois [1]

Tent City 4, eastern King County outside of Seattle

The Point, where the Gunnison River and Colorado River meet[23]

The Village of Hope and Community of Hope, Fresno, California[2]

Transition Park, Camden, New Jersey

Tent City, Fayette County, Tennessee, [2]

Camp Unity Eastside, Woodinville, WA [3]

China Hat Road, Bend, Oregon

The story w/links @ Doug Ross @ Journal: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Record Number of Tent Cities Springing Up Around the Country

(all the numbers in [] are Wik references to show this is FACT)

 

[owebo]

BACK TO THE THREAD!

Tent Cities – They're Popping Up Everywhere

Oh sure. According to King Barry, our economy is doing just fine. Best ever in American history all due to his brilliant economic policies.


Sure it is. Here's a list of major tent cities that have become so well-known and established that they have been given names comes from Wikipedia…

Camp Hope, Las Cruces, New Mexico [1]

Camp Quixote, Olympia, Washington State[2]

Camp Take Notice, Ann Arbor, Michigan[3]

Dignity Village, Portland, Oregon

Opportunity Village, Eugene, Oregon

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Tent City, Phoenix, Arizona

New Jack City and Little Tijuana, Fresno, California[2]

Nickelsville, located in Seattle[2][4]

Right 2 Dream Too, Portland, Oregon[5]

River Haven,[6] Ventura County, California[7][8]

Safe Ground, Sacramento, California[2]

The Jungle, San Jose, California[2]

Temporary Homeless Service Area (THSA), Ontario, California[2]

Tent City (100+ residents) of Lakewood, New Jersey[9][10]

Tent City, Avenue A and 13th Street, Lubbock, Texas[11]

Tent City, New Jersey forest[12]

Tent City, Bernalillo County, New Mexico[13]

Tent City, banks of the American River, Sacramento, California[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

Tent City 3, Seattle

Tent City, Chicago, Illinois [1]

Tent City 4, eastern King County outside of Seattle

The Point, where the Gunnison River and Colorado River meet[23]

The Village of Hope and Community of Hope, Fresno, California[2]

Transition Park, Camden, New Jersey

Tent City, Fayette County, Tennessee, [2]

Camp Unity Eastside, Woodinville, WA [3]

China Hat Road, Bend, Oregon

The story w/links @ Doug Ross @ Journal: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Record Number of Tent Cities Springing Up Around the Country

(all the numbers in [] are Wik references to show this is FACT)

Obamaville...it's sad what democrats and GOP'ers have done to America....

 

[Clementine]

Remind me of the last time you wanted to increase spending to save these poor folks. They're all just too lazy to work, right? Which party does want to promote helping these kids? You say fix the economy and it will all work out. For people in tents, it's a long way to go.

It's largely the liberal policies responsible for this. And now they are putting refugees and illegals ahead of citizens. You can't defend that so you attack with false arguments.

There are those who plan on welfare from an early age, likely because their parents and grandparents were on it. Those would be the ones who quit school and did one stupid thing after another. They keep having kids and always claim they have no idea who the father is so the state cannot go after their boyfriends to collect child support. I've met many of these people and it's hard to feel sorry for those who go through life with an entitlement mentality. They say shit like "I didn't ask to be born" or "it's racism keeping me down". An excuse for every stupid choice they make and few admit that they never even tried to better themselves. They wait for liberals in government to elevate them.

Then there are those who lost their jobs because of Obamacare and other policies that are killing small businesses. Many people trip and fall or find themselves in a bad way through no fault of their own.

Question is, why are we spending more help to help illegals and refugees and ignoring our own? The left refuses to discuss the billions spent on housing, food, schooling and healthcare for people who shouldn't be here. Now we'll spend billions more on refugees that the U.N. admitted aren't even running from danger and are merely part of the effort to seed Muslims across the country.

We have homeless people, some are veterans, who don't seem to matter. And yet we are supposed to roll out the red carpet for people who are often hostile to us.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Then again, Walmart is the largest employer in the country. When the largest employer in the country is a poverty employer, we've got a problem.

Not really. Democrats love to show those poor people stocking shelves. But the reality is that Walmart offers the best opportunity for advancement. Their managers and assistant managers do pretty well. So does their warehouse people and office staff. Their truck drivers have no complaints--at least the ones I talked to. They are actually pretty satisfied.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Just proves Obama's Job Creation is so strong that new employees are scarce & companies will have to pay more.

That's one way to look at it. The other is that there has been such a huge increase of government dependents under DumBama that these people no longer want to work. Hell, he doubled the food stamp role almost as soon as he took office, and it isn't all that much lower now.

Over one-third of our working age population is not working nor looking for a job. That doesn't tell me how great DumBama's economy is. What does help explain our economy is that the median household income hasn't increased since before DumBama took office.

"Folks, if you pay people not to work, don't be surprised when they don't."
Rush LImbaugh

 

[Clementine]

Then again, Walmart is the largest employer in the country. When the largest employer in the country is a poverty employer, we've got a problem.

Not really. Democrats love to show those poor people stocking shelves. But the reality is that Walmart offers the best opportunity for advancement. Their managers and assistant managers do pretty well. So does their warehouse people and office staff. Their truck drivers have no complaints--at least the ones I talked to. They are actually pretty satisfied.

Sadly, the libs have convinced some young people that they deserve to walk in the door and demand high wages, despite a lack of education and job experience. It's that entitlement mentality. Talk to some about working their way up and you'll get the deer in the headlight look.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Wrong! Idiot!

Tax payers spent $1 million to educate that Walmart employee. But Walmart gets away with underpaying taxes to not repay taxpayers for all the services we provide them. Then Walmart underpays employees & did not pay for healthcare. So Walmart forces taxpayers to pay even more to continue supporting their employees & family.

Wrong idiot.

Walmart dropped healthcare for their employees when Commie Care went into effect. Furthermore Walmart does not set the parameters for getting social goodies--your Democrat politicians do. Walmart can't be responsible for what politicians do to buy votes. It's not their liability no more than any other minimum wage job like K-Mart, Target, McDonald's just to name a few.

 

[SwimExpert]

But the reality is that Walmart offers the best opportunity for advancement.

So go work for them.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Sadly, the libs have convinced some young people that they deserve to walk in the door and demand high wages, despite a lack of education and job experience. It's that entitlement mentality. Talk to some about working their way up and you'll get the deer in the headlight look.

Absolutely. My industry alone needs over 60,000 new truck drivers they can't find. Some companies will not only train you, but pay you while you learn. It's a whole new career that's always in need of employees no matter what the economy. That's one of the reasons I chose it.

When you start off, you won't be getting rich anytime soon. You have to gain experience and knowledge. After a year or two, the world is yours. You can get with a major trucking line, tour the country while getting paid, or if you want to stay home, get a good paying job with a major company like FedEx or UPS and make great money. You can live in any state in the US and always have a job.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

So go work for them.

Oh I've worked plenty of minimum wage jobs when I was younger. That's what inspired me to do better. If monkey jobs paid good wages and benefits back then, I might still be at my first job at the car wash.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

You just proved my point in your own post. You can't be a brain surgeon, an engineer or a professional athlete but you can drive a truck. You are saying that people have to move to whatever state or area where work is at? We own our place free and clear should we move to a place where we could not have a place to live. You think people should pack up and leave behind their families and move hundreds or a thousand miles away to take a job where they can just barely survive in a place where they do not know anyone? You really can be ridiculous and this is why I would not have this conversation with you once before.

So what's the alternative?

Good jobs won't come knocking at your door. If you can't find work where you live, then obvious not many others can either. Yes, it's time to move from such a terrible place.

It kind of reminds me of when we have a lot of rain and people by rivers get flooded out. MOVE AWAY FROM THE RIVER DUMMY! But no, they stay and every time we get more rain than usual, they suffer the consequences and expect the state, the federal government or private charities to help them out once again.

I'm a charitable guy. But I won't help people out that don't want to help themselves first.

 

[initforme]

Jeez ray while Walmart is a decent place for someone to earn some spending money those jobs cannot reasonably support anyone. The advancement is average and the manager pay is dismal. Let's not prop up Walmart to be a lucerative place to work. Its not walmarts fault at all but they do not want to retain people. Even their best workers are not wanted to be kept.