Why can't we concentrate on the homeless and poverty here in the USA as well?

Answer 1

Good grief, we are, billions of dollars each year.

Answer 2

I agree... There is poverty all over this world and it always seems that the United States can come through for countries in need when a disaster happens, but when a disaster happens in our own country where is the help? Poverty is a devastating thing and before the United States can join in helping other countries, the U.S. Government should take a look in their own backyard. A place to start would be for the United States Government to take a long hard look at this countries welfare system, open your eyes, there are people abusing this system left and right. And those that really need the help can't get it. Quit enabling people to take advantage of the system, and make the system work for those who really need it. It's so easy for the people who take advantage and so hard for those just trying to make ends meet. Something definitely needs to change in this country.

Answer 3

Because palliation's and city officials want to turn the other cheek when it comes to this issue.I live in Miami Beach there is homeless all over here South Beach as well .the city officials do not seem to care at all .They have a shelter that only beds 100 people your on a waiting list there are over 4000 that are homeless.they are more concern in bringing the tourist here then anything else.they rather build new condos drive all the working class out of Miami beach and have this for all the rich That is the mentally that i see here .It is a joke .They think the problem will just go away they have to face up to it sooner or later.

Answer 4

Because people are homeless and in poverty in the US because they choose to be. What would you do if you were in poverty? I can tell you what I would do. I would work a day shift for McDonald's and a night shift at Burger King. That would be $25k + per year with at least 2 free meals each day. I would work my butt off and go exclusively with the first to offer a manager position.

I also would not spend my entire income on cigarettes and alcohol.

Answer 5

Answer;because we have a democratic political system and "free enterprise" is a intregal part of democracy.Democracy is "political freedom" and free enterprise is the "monetary freedom" that goes with it.Unfortunately,GREED is the evil that can (and has) come out of these freedoms.GREED is part and parcel of most forms of government,even expected.Democracy has (or was designed to have) safeguards (laws) discouraging GREED.When we as Americans do everything imaginable to circumvent these laws (neighbor across the street suing over "too hot" coffee,attorneys encouraging and profitting from these types of lawsuits,corrupt corporations & CEO's price gouging and ridiculous salaries,corrupt elected officials taking bribes and kickbacks as examples) we end up where we are today.What is missing is basic moral conscience and integrity.It also doesn't help when our elected officials and industries are more concerned with the "global economy" (ie;BIGGER profits) as opposed to making sure our economy is sound at home.Here is a better question;How can we as a nation be a global leader when we can't even lead this nation to prosperity??

Answer 6

We Do need to focus on the homeless and poverty stricken here in the USA, but we need to change the system. Three years ago, my husband, a carpenter, was beating the pavement (so to speak) seeking a job. We lived in the country, so this was a bit harder than in a big city. We had NO money coming in (3 months), got way behind in rent, utilities, etc. and I was struggling to deal with a cancer diagnosis along with having Lupus, and I could not work while going through treatment, etc. and when I tried to get help for us, we were turned down. We are middle aged, no dependents. We could not get rent help because our landlord would have to say he was evicting us. He would not because he was not, but he let us stay and pay it all off later. We could not get temporary medicaid, because we had no children at home. A sick woman my age doesn't matter, I guess. Apparently, when you pay taxes in this country, you pay to help people with too many children, who refuse to work at times, who have healthy, child bearing bodies and get paid for having those children as a reward. No wonder some of us become bitter at the system.
To be middle aged and in a bind, you cannot even get a handup when you need it. I called everywhere I could to get help. The local newspaper did put in a story about my multi illnesses and asked for help to get us out of our temporary bind. We got $500 for which I was so very grateful. I did calculate that if everyone locally truly gave what they could, from a dollar on up, the amount would have been more by many degrees. It taught me an important question in giving.
So, the answer to the question after all that is we have to begin within our communities. When someone is hurting financially, we should have community resources to help.
Then we need to have county resources that do not hold it against you that you have no dependents at home. A couple in a bind, no matter what age, can starve as easily as people with children. They can lose their homes, their utilities, etc. They can lose their cars and other necessities from non-payment during times of need.
We need to have state resources, meaning a good helping system, that will not discriminate against someone because they are NOT a certain race (is this not reverse discrimination), or do not have dependents (this would require being of a certain age group, or taking in the children of those who cannot care for their own, or chose not to) at home. We need to care for our middle aged AND our elderly. They suffer, too.
We need, as a federal government, to have programs set up to help ALL of the US citizens be productive citizens. This way, as a country, we can help those who cannot help themselves.

Answer 7

This is mostly a response to T_Time. Did you know that a very large number of the homeless in the United States today are U.S. Veterans that served for our Country? We don't even care enough for their sacrifice to help them better themselves. Most of them are suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from all the hell they went through in wars for our Country! A lot of the other homeless that we have are people with mental illnesses that they government won't even spend money on to get them the help they need. Others have been told all their live that they are scum, worthless, and deserve to be homeless because they won't better themselves. They are told that so much that they eventually believe it. Even if they tried to better themselves, it would probably be hard to get a job when on the application they would have to put that their address was a cardboard box under the bridge on 23rd Street! Instead of helping them be able to get back on their feet, people treat them like trash, and tell them that they deserve to be where they are! That should really give them the confidence they need to better themselves....don't you think?

Answer 8

There will always be homeless and poverty. The best thing a country can do is have a good economy so that anyone who wants to work can. The good economy is needed so that the Government can collect taxes to subsidise those who cannot work.

Answer 9

Absolutely we need to concentrate on our own homeless people. There are many empty buildings in cities all over this country that could be re-done in order to provide housing for the working poor. I believe that San Francisco now has a program in place that provides low-cost housing so that those homeless who do have jobs can have a roof over their heads.

Answer 10

Well, if this administration hadn't decided to spend billions of dollars overseas, destroying the wrong country, then maybe all those billions could have been divided amongst the poverty crisis, education, stem-cell research.... What's that you say????Stem cell research, UNETHICAL? Why not give the dying a chance to grow new donor organs, the paralyzed a chance to walk again? Oh, I guess it would be better to be dead or a prisoner of a wheelchair forever than to be deemed a sinnnerrrr....

Answer 11

The phrase "teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime" is so true. We need to quit teaching people to go get "good jobs" and start teaching them to own their future through ownership. This is primarily through business ownership. I do not see ownership of anything being taught in our schools. There will always be soem form of poverty and homelessness as long as there is economic freedom. However, through teaching self sufficiency and self ownership, we can change the face of poverty from a consequential effec tto a state of mind.