"Little help for families down on their luck"

[Bluebear]

This is how America "values" families. But, hey, Bush has to 'live his life', you know.

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Next to a broken-down school bus in a Henderson (Nevada) lot one recent morning, a copy of Dr. Seuss' "Cat in the Hat" sat on an upside-down table.

Surrounded by at least a dozen cars and trucks, piles of scrap metal and puddles of grease and oil, the bus was home to 26-year-old Angela Dima, a single mother of two girls, ages 4 and 18 months.

"I brought my whole life with me," Dima said, motioning to the table and bags that lay around it.

Hers is one of dozens of homeless families who have found it hard to juggle child care, the search for work and a place to live and coping with temperatures in or near the 100s in a valley with few services for families down on their luck.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2005/aug/12/519199269.html

[Lindacooks]

1. If churches and nonprofits are so good at taking care of the poor

and homeless, why are there still so many poor and homeless people? And why is that number growing?

After all, the right wing whackos seem to think that the federal government shouldn't be helping people because charities can do that. But they're NOT doing it. Not enough.

The only time there has EVER been a significant improvement in the lives of many people has been when the federal government got involved. Social Security. WIC. Food Stamps.

[shraby]

2. Some of the churches and charities are

so busy building mega-facilities, how can they be expected to help the homeless???? :mad:

[kestrel91316]

4. These same churches preach that the ONLY way to heaven is

by FAITH; that good works won't get you there, and good works are actually a ticket straight to hell.

I don't go to church anymore because of crap like this.

[ulysses]

3. your lack of faith in the almighty market of charity is disturbing.

An agent will be by in the morning for a discussion. ;-)

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. I think you appreciate these, especially the very first one :^)

http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/liberalchristians.htm#poor