Homeless in America

Have you ever driven down the road and seen a homeless with a sign that reads "Homeless. Will work for food. God Bless"? If you have, then you know that homelessness is a big problem. It's impossible to go anywhere in the city without being confronted by strangers begging for money or food and other people living in exile. Even outside urban communities, this has become a common sight at busy intersections and freeway off-ramps. I'm not trying to say homelessness is a newly emerging problem in our society. I'm sure homeless people have been around since the world began. However, the situation has escalated to such a degree that in the last ten years it's obviously now an unending problem that our government is trying to write off, ironically, as the number of homeless families increase across our beloved country. Driving right past the beggar on the street corner are sixty thousand dollar automobiles with passengers too busy to stop and throw out a dollar to help feed a hungry American with no place to live. Something is very wrong with that picture. In that way I think the individuals and the society is responsible for the homelessness to the extent that it is reduced through different programs offered to the homeless.

The facts are that there are millions of homeless people in America today. Many of these people had no choice but to become homeless. Economic problems such as being laid off work, or the rise in the cost of housing have lead people to live on the streets. Many of the homeless are women that have become divorced or have left home because of physical abuse. These women have no education because they have not been given the opportunity to get the education that is necessary nowadays to get the job. Therefore they are forced to live on the streets. They have no family to help them and they are left with no other choice. People with mental illnesses also become homeless quite often. These people are incapable of handling the stress of living on