500,000 plus Americans are homeless

[CherubRam]

500,000 plus Americans are homeless and sleeping in the cold each night. The homeless rate is expected to continually grow and worsen. The price of housing has become unaffordable to many.

In the mean time the wealthy are getting wealthier, paying less tax then the poor.

Today is a great day for the rich.

 

[genuineoriginal]

the wealthy are . . . paying less tax then the poor.

The wealthy are paying more tax than the poor, as shown by the data:

Table 1. Summary of Federal Income Tax Data, 2014

	Top 1%	Top 5%	Top 10%	Top 25%	Top 50%	Bottom 50%	All Taxpayers
Number of Returns	1,395,620	6,978,102	13,956,203	34,890,509	69,781,017	69,781,017	139,562,034
Adjusted Gross Income ($ millions)	$1,997,819	$3,490,867	$4,583,416	$6,690,287	$8,614,544	$1,094,119	$9,708,663
Share of Total Adjusted Gross Income	20.58%	35.96%	47.21%	68.91%	88.73%	11.27%	100.00%
Income Taxes Paid ($ millions)	$542,640	$824,153	$974,124	$1,192,679	$1,336,637	$37,740	$1,374,379
Share of Total Income Taxes Paid	39.48%	59.97%	70.88%	86.78%	97.25%	2.75%	100.00%
Income Split Point	$465,626	$188,996	$133,445	$77,714	$38,173
Average Tax Rate	27.16%	23.61%	21.25%	17.83%	15.52%	3.45%	14.16%
Note: Does not include dependent filers

 

[CherubRam]

I see that the tax code has been changed. No one is mentioning the tax breaks the wealthy get. No one is giving an honest answer. Some other day perhaps.

 

[CherubRam]

There are the working poor and the lack of equality. This too is a reality of the world we live in. Almost every year we have a person freeze to death in our small town. I simply do not like to see people dying in the streets.


Christ's name in English is Yahshua.

 

[meshak]

There are the working poor and the lack of equality. This too is a reality of the world we live in. Almost every year we have a person freeze to death in our small town. I simply do not like to see people dying in the streets.


Christ's name in English is Yahshua.

Don't they have enough homeless shelters?

 

[CherubRam]

Don't they have enough homeless shelters?

There is a great many homeless and few shelters.

 

[meshak]

There is a great many homeless and few shelters.

that is strange.

They have so much money to keep criminals in prison and feed but don't have money to save homeless.

I never hear people discuss this problem.

 

[musterion]

Don't they have enough homeless shelters?

"Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?"

 

[Rusha]

Don't they have enough homeless shelters?

No ... and the GOP wants to make sure it stays that way.

 

[Rusha]

that is strange.

They have so much money to keep criminals in prison and feed but don't have money to save homeless.

I never hear people discuss this problem.

That's because in the current political environment via the GOP, the poor (which includes children, elderly and disabled) are not considered valued members of society.

 

[Rusha]

I see that the tax code has been changed. No one is mentioning the tax breaks the wealthy get. No one is giving an honest answer. Some other day perhaps.

Oh it was noticed, and I agree with everything you have stated. However, until the swamp is replaced (beginning with the president), this will not change. Since the end of January, everything that has been done was for the sole purpose of harming the poor, disabled and elderly and propping up the wealthy. I am not surprised, are you?

 

[meshak]

That's because in the current political environment via the GOP, the poor (which includes children, elderly and disabled) are not considered valued members of society.

I have lived in the US over 40 years and never heard homeless shelter's shortage was discussed in public by anyone or any group.

It seems easy to fix.

 

[iouae]

The Japanese solution to homelessness....

 

[meshak]

The Japanese solution to homelessness....

It is not clear.

Is that like animal cages.

 

[iouae]

It is not clear.

Is that like animal cages.

They are small little cubicles just big enough to sleep in.
Actually they are for overworked businessmen who have not got time to go home to sleep.

Could this not be adopted for the homeless who really just need a place to sleep?

 

[CherubRam]

Oh it was noticed, and I agree with everything you have stated. However, until the swamp is replaced (beginning with the president), this will not change. Since the end of January, everything that has been done was for the sole purpose of harming the poor, disabled and elderly and propping up the wealthy. I am not surprised, are you?

No surprise.

 

[iouae]

1Ti 5:8
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

America is not a poor nation. The first priority, should be to provide for one's own nation. Even the poor who are addicts and junkies could be provided with a place to sleep and a bowl of soup with bread.

All the old rock stars one sees dying today at age 70 or 80 were drug addicts, who managed to drop the habit and have a productive old age. Addicts have to be helped to survive till they have their prodigal son repentance moment.

 

[musterion]

The left quit talking about the homeless for eight solid years and are only now doing it again that Trump is in office.

:think:

 

[iouae]

The world's smallest home on wheels.

 

[Wick Stick]

"Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?"

Beat me to the quote. :first: