Officially there are 700,000 homeless people in the US. According to the UN, America's refusal to guarantee them access to water and sanitation, and its “criminalisation” of homelessness, is a violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That lack of safety net has seen similar tent cities sprout up in states such as Rhode Island, Colorado, Washington, California and Virginia.Soon as their food stamps are cut they'll be back at work, just you watch.
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Mrs Berenzweig, 61, used to make $100,000 (£63,333) a year as a designer in New York’s garment district. Now she and her husband Michael are down and out in 'Tent City' in Lakeland, New Jersey. There is no electricity or running water and racoons steal their food. “It’s not an easy life,” she said.
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After reaching the 90-week limit for unemployment benefits, they now receive less than $100 (£63) per week between them in food stamps. “The nearest supermarket is 2.5 miles away,” she said. “Usually we walk”. Social security will kick in only when she is 62, and her modest pension at 65.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The Good Life Of The Lazy Unemployed
The Torygraph notes that bleeding heart liberals at the United Nations hate America.
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Fucking raccoons.
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Those lucky duckies! They have it easy!
Animal-Loving Editor:
Thunder just hates raccoons (Bugger™, how is it you don't recognize how to spell "raccoons?") because they stole his suet. Which may be what the Lucky Duckies are living on.
As winter approaches, we're waiting for a 'coon to eat one of those Duckies after she or he has frozen to death in his/her tent.
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