Stock Market Soars, While Homelessness Explodes

[warrprayer]

Erie County's unsheltered homeless population rising
By GERRY WEISS, Erie Times-News
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Erie County has its highest-ever recorded number of unsheltered homeless people, according to new data released Monday by the Department of Human Services.



The county's unsheltered homeless population -- those who sleep in tents or on the streets instead of staying overnight in shelters -- has skyrocketed this year, nearly quadrupling the total in 2012.



"It's staggering," said Mark Alexa, a housing specialist with the department.



On Jan. 25, during the county's annual point-in-time survey that counts area homeless, 160 unsheltered homeless people were recorded.

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Some were children, officials said."

A friend of mine at Erie Library....

Some recovery.

[MannyGoldstein]

1. This war against the 99% has got to end

So sad, so sick.

[warrprayer]

2. thanks Manny

this guy apparently has his head screwed on right. We carried signs together in Occupy Erie back in 2011.

[Egalitarian Thug]

3. The wealthiest 1% owns 50% of stocks, the DJIA is meaningless to everybody else.

But it does make for a nice, shiny object to distract the incurious and uncaring,
& R

[warrprayer]

5. Great point

... and I love your sig line.

[Egalitarian Thug]

8. Thank you. I only wish more people would read it and take it to heart. n/t

[Earth_First]

4. With a record amount of empty housing/urban real estate... n/t

[warrprayer]

6. Someday

there will be a reckoning

[just1voice]

7. Since the year 2000, stocks do well when people suffer

It's called predatory capitalism. There are 24 empty homes for every homeless person in America and yet we're told there's a housing shortage by the 1%ers, LMFAO.

[HiPointDem]

9. and we're told the explosion of homelessness that started under reagan was because he de-

institutionalized the mentally ill. not because of his recessionary policies and changes in housing policy.

young people who were born under reagan have never known an america that didn't have rampant homelessness. they think of it as normal and unavoidable. if you grew up before that you can remember a time when things were much different.

[warrprayer]

10. During the Clinton Years

you saw few homeless in my town. Now the main street is flooded with people wearing backpacks.