Vets make up 26% of homeless population

Postby **Shellie** » November 8th, 2007, 2:17 am

I heard this on the news this morning.

Being the wife, daughter, and twice granddaughter of vets and a worker with the homeless, this deeply saddens me. :cry:

INLOVE · Postby **INLOVE** » November 8th, 2007, 3:24 am

And to think they went to school for so long to take care of animals.....JK

It is sad.

Gerald Creasy · Postby **Gerald Creasy** » November 8th, 2007, 3:56 am

INLOVE wrote:And to think they went to school for so long to take care of animals.....JK

It is sad.

Watch out. Don't go there. You're treading on dangerous ground.

Postby **Shellie** » November 8th, 2007, 4:04 am

And to think they went to school for so long to take care of animals.....JK

Thanks for the giggle this morning.

teach · Postby **teach** » November 8th, 2007, 4:15 am

you know, I am about to show some major stupidity here, but I will just to make people laugh.

I really thought they were talking about veterinarians until the vet joke. then I figured it out! Veterans!!!!

wendy k

Postby **Shellie** » November 8th, 2007, 4:19 am

That's okay, teach. People slow down when the weather turns cooler. Too many layers of clothing. :wink:

Brenda · Postby **Brenda** » November 8th, 2007, 4:20 am

It is sad.

I think the number on yahoo's mail heading said, "1 out of 4 are homeless."
Shame on our country!

INLOVE · Postby **INLOVE** » November 8th, 2007, 5:38 am

Just wondering your opinion on why 1 out of 4 are homeless. Where did we go wrong?

TW · Postby TW » November 8th, 2007, 8:00 am

A lot of them are from my generation, Viet Nam vets. They have seen too much, and did not get the kind of support they need when they returned. It's very hard to get past thirty years of social isolation and being shunned by the very people that you were "defending."

TW

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