Hotel stipends for individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina run out today. Many of these same New Orleans born residents are being given the "run-around" concerning their homes being rebuilt.
According to the United States Conference of Mayor's Hunger and Homeless Survey, the number of requests for emergency food assistance has increased 96 percent. The number of families with children requesting emergency food assistance has increased 88 percent.
This same survey states that an average of 20 percent of the demand for emergency food assistance is estimated to go UNMET.
Seventy percent of the cities surveyed (pre-Hurricane Katrina) reported an increase in request for emergency shelter.
Requests for emergency shelter by homeless families with children increased by seventy-eight (78%) in the survey cities.
If the above statistics are any indication of the blight of the United States of America, then why does our federal government leadership continue to propose budgets that set asides $493.3 billion for the military (Iraq and Afghanistan) and recommends a reduction of $2.2 billion in government operations that are unrelated to the nation's security.
Today's Washington Post stated, "Although the budget's overall shape traces the patterns Bush has drawn in past years, it contains one major new theme: curtailing expensive entitlement programs that provide a safety net for the poor, the elderly and the disabled"
I will never use this blog to influence your election vote. I will let the evidence speak for itself.
My question to you is simply, "ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE." If not, shame on you!
Written by COWBOY4EVER
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