Post by Sheila on Mar 29, 2024 10:10:36 GMT -5
Every American should be angered by the fact that even one veteran of the United States military is homeless. It should make them even angrier to know that a huge percentage of the over 7.2 million illegal aliens who have entered the country since 2020 [1] have been provided shelter while on one night alone in January 2023, 35,574 veterans were homeless and, of those, 15,507 were living in cars, tents in parks, abandoned buildings, and other places not fit to called a home.
The previously mentioned numbers as well as what follows is supplied by the Veterans Administration (VA) [2] which is the government agency tasked with taking care of our military veterans. On that single night, there were a reported 35,574 homeless veterans - 20,067 were housed in shelters and 15,507 were not. This was an increase of 7.4% from the previous year. Even with this increase, the VA brags about how, overall, the number of homeless veterans is going down. No report could be found of the number of homeless veterans for the period of the COVID crises; however, it's known that many of these men and women were provided shelter in hotels, motels, and other places. After the crises, these same veterans were kicked back out onto the streets. One simple line from the report is this, "Bottom line: More veterans needed homeless assistance resources than the existing capacity could help". No mention is made about whether this "capacity" was the number of rooms that could be used to shelter veterans or if it referred to the amount of money the federal government allotted for housing them.
Now look at the help the people who come into the United States illegally get, at least at a state or local level. New York City mayor Eric Adams reported that the city had received 90,000 "migrants" since the spring of 2022. Of those, 57,200 were being sheltered in hotels, motels, and other buildings provided at the city's expense. [3] And these aren't little, inexpensive rooms. A lot of them are $400 a night luxury rooms at 5-star hotels. Along with the shelter, they're being provided food, clothing, and other essentials - again at the taxpayers expense. More recently, the mayor has suggested a program under which New York City citizens can be paid $125 per day if they house an illegal alien in their home or apartment [4]. Compare those numbers to the number of legal citizens who may or may not be receiving the same assistance. As of 2022, there were a total of 61,840 legal citizens (3.14% of 19.68 million people), 990 of which were military veterans, who were homeless in the entire state of New York. It's unknown what percentage of these homeless were sheltered or living on the street.
So what's the problem? Why are so many Americans complaining about the federal, state, and local governments helping out the people who have come to this country illegally? Here are just a few reasons when we're talking about the homeless people who previously served in the military:
- The federal government claims they don't have the "capacity" to help all of these veterans, but find the money to give to states and cities to house and feed the illegals.
- The state and city of New York can find the money to shelter 63.5% of the illegals in New York City, but not for the .000005% of the entire population of the state who are homeless veterans.
- New York City can find the money to "pay rent" to citizens to house illegals, but there's no offer of the same to pay people to house our veterans.
- The people here illegally have done nothing to earn any such benefits, while our homeless veterans - many of them disabled - served this country and were willing to die for it.
While the reports generally focus on the larger cities, these statistics and facts are most applicable to any or all of the liberal, sanctuary states and cities. The governments of these places are so much more focused on the millions of people who have come into this country illegally than they are the men and women who proudly served this country. Many of us believe the illegals should be given nothing except a ride back to where they came from. This should be what happens and all of the money used to house and feed those illegals would be more than enough to provide a free home and a life-time guaranteed income for the 35,000 or more homeless veterans across the country.
1. "7.2M illegals entered the US under Biden admin"; New York Post; Chris Pandolfo; 5/21/2024.
2. "Veteran homelessness increased by 7.4% in 2023"; Veterans Adminstration web site; Monica Diaz; 12/15/2023.
3. "NYC still receiving 10K migrants per month"; New York Post; Andy Tillett; 8/8.2023.
4. "Eric Adams suggests housing illegal immigrants in private homes"; Washington Examiner; Luke Gentile; 6/5/2023.
Copyright © 2024 by Sheila Rae Myers
The previously mentioned numbers as well as what follows is supplied by the Veterans Administration (VA) [2] which is the government agency tasked with taking care of our military veterans. On that single night, there were a reported 35,574 homeless veterans - 20,067 were housed in shelters and 15,507 were not. This was an increase of 7.4% from the previous year. Even with this increase, the VA brags about how, overall, the number of homeless veterans is going down. No report could be found of the number of homeless veterans for the period of the COVID crises; however, it's known that many of these men and women were provided shelter in hotels, motels, and other places. After the crises, these same veterans were kicked back out onto the streets. One simple line from the report is this, "Bottom line: More veterans needed homeless assistance resources than the existing capacity could help". No mention is made about whether this "capacity" was the number of rooms that could be used to shelter veterans or if it referred to the amount of money the federal government allotted for housing them.
Now look at the help the people who come into the United States illegally get, at least at a state or local level. New York City mayor Eric Adams reported that the city had received 90,000 "migrants" since the spring of 2022. Of those, 57,200 were being sheltered in hotels, motels, and other buildings provided at the city's expense. [3] And these aren't little, inexpensive rooms. A lot of them are $400 a night luxury rooms at 5-star hotels. Along with the shelter, they're being provided food, clothing, and other essentials - again at the taxpayers expense. More recently, the mayor has suggested a program under which New York City citizens can be paid $125 per day if they house an illegal alien in their home or apartment [4]. Compare those numbers to the number of legal citizens who may or may not be receiving the same assistance. As of 2022, there were a total of 61,840 legal citizens (3.14% of 19.68 million people), 990 of which were military veterans, who were homeless in the entire state of New York. It's unknown what percentage of these homeless were sheltered or living on the street.
So what's the problem? Why are so many Americans complaining about the federal, state, and local governments helping out the people who have come to this country illegally? Here are just a few reasons when we're talking about the homeless people who previously served in the military:
- The federal government claims they don't have the "capacity" to help all of these veterans, but find the money to give to states and cities to house and feed the illegals.
- The state and city of New York can find the money to shelter 63.5% of the illegals in New York City, but not for the .000005% of the entire population of the state who are homeless veterans.
- New York City can find the money to "pay rent" to citizens to house illegals, but there's no offer of the same to pay people to house our veterans.
- The people here illegally have done nothing to earn any such benefits, while our homeless veterans - many of them disabled - served this country and were willing to die for it.
While the reports generally focus on the larger cities, these statistics and facts are most applicable to any or all of the liberal, sanctuary states and cities. The governments of these places are so much more focused on the millions of people who have come into this country illegally than they are the men and women who proudly served this country. Many of us believe the illegals should be given nothing except a ride back to where they came from. This should be what happens and all of the money used to house and feed those illegals would be more than enough to provide a free home and a life-time guaranteed income for the 35,000 or more homeless veterans across the country.
1. "7.2M illegals entered the US under Biden admin"; New York Post; Chris Pandolfo; 5/21/2024.
2. "Veteran homelessness increased by 7.4% in 2023"; Veterans Adminstration web site; Monica Diaz; 12/15/2023.
3. "NYC still receiving 10K migrants per month"; New York Post; Andy Tillett; 8/8.2023.
4. "Eric Adams suggests housing illegal immigrants in private homes"; Washington Examiner; Luke Gentile; 6/5/2023.
Copyright © 2024 by Sheila Rae Myers
