Economy creates surge in homeless Mass. families

Just in time for winter.... yyeeeesh...

This is just the beginning I'm afraid. At least Mass. is trying to help, the other 49 couldn't care less. It is very reminiscent of India. Until you have seen 2.5 million people living in cardboard shanties and tarp and wooden hovels, with no sanitary facilities or running water you have no idea how bad it can really get. But at the rate it is going we may actually see these little cities of homeless in our lifetime.

Debt creates money. Without debt there would be no money......

This is a problem that will never be solved. As long as we have the problematic FED that Jackson rid us of before (a earlier version of it) we will always have debt and always have people who are homeless. it's a perpetual problem that no President no matter how charismatic and well spoken....will ever solve.

Unless he has balls as big as Jackson's.

Debt doesnt' create money. That's total hogwash.

Capital Creates money. Capital is skilled labor, natural resources, the means of production.

It's not called "debtism" it's called "capitalism."

This isn't limited to just one state, tent cities are cropping up everywhere. It will be interesting to see how our government takes care of its own. Will the government embrace its own "Week, and poor huddled masses" or if we reject them and drive them away from public lands and properties, leaving them with no where to go?

The only thing that would stop our debt driven society would be the government forced back onto the gold standard. Restricting the governments borrowing and spending to real income, (taxes) and real assets (gold). We have lived under a false economy based on the supposed value of private assets (land,homes,commercial property) and publicly traded paper assets (stocks) for far too long.

Thank you for posting this important article. I live in Mass and often work with homeless families. I fear for their safety, especially as the temperature drops... I also fear the bailout will do NOTHING for these families.

Why is handing money to failing companies a "bail out" and handing money to starving, homeless families a "hand out"? Where was this money when we wanted to provide healthcare to children?

We need a drastic change of priorities.

We have found ourselves where were at.This should help the next generation live within their means.I know mine hasn't

Where the hell are the compassionate conservatives? This is happening on their watch. The rich get a bail out and the poor get to live in a damned tent.

J_Jammer "Who is the majority in congress?"

They don't have a veto proof majority, so nothing gets done.

J_Jammer, They don' t have a big enough majority to override a veto and you know it.

This should not happen in America

This has always happened in America
I'm trying to figure out what the outrage was

The only difference is normally it's immigrants, women and people of color.

What's new about this? This has been going on in cities for the last 30 years. It's just finally made it's way to WASPs. Now it's news.

Interesting. They have finally begun attacking their own supporters in a massive power grab. As long as it wasn't in your back yard and the people looked different it was acceptable.

Did you think they wouldn't do it to you?

I feel for those families, those children. Ever watch a 6 year old ? Rich or poor, doesn't matter, they love mom and dad and want to play.

It's bad right now and will probably get worse. Obama is going to have a rabid, frighted, sabertooth tiger by the tail and of course there will be problems and brutal decisions.

But do take heart. Times are changing. The disgusting republican philosophy which brought on this painful disaster and their party is dead or dying. Any party which finds McCain / Palin as their "elite" is stunningly inept and on their last legs.

"Whenever I despair, I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they may seem invincible, but in the end, they always fail. Think of it: always."
-- Mahatma Gandhi

thats really sorry that our president care more in his money and friends money that his own people, we are turning in a third world country.

The $700 billion bailout should have been used to bail homeowners out, allow them to pay their mortages and reduce their debt. That would have solved most of the financial crisis and economic crisis problem.

Massachusetts is getting hit hard.
It is happening more and more to our neighbors families. More and more are sleeping in vehicles and experiencing drastic measures because of this.

We all probably have a family or someone that lives either next door or close by that has recently been evicted from an apartment or had their home foreclosued.

How do the parent explain to their 7 year old daughter or their 9 year old son " kids, we don't have any money for food today so we are going out to try to find something to eat" At the same time the kids are looking up to mommy and daddy and asking why?? This is each and everyday for most families here in the place we call home.

The European Union invested 50 Billion in their small businesses a couple of days ago. They believed it would help lower class families still earn income, puting food on the table and the families are still paying their mortages and contributing to the economy. Sound like a decent ...Don't get me wrong They are in a financial crisis as well but their economy will most likely start to pick up later down the road if their small business go accordingly with the plan from their govt.
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Our money goes to someone like the CEO of Lehman Bros and other crooks, con-artist, corrupt politicians, greedy loan corporations - but not giving it to the starving outbreaks of families across the states. Nor all the shelters, food and soup kitchens that are running out of food and are forced to close down.

Something is very wrong with this picture...I still believe in Karma and it will catch up with them sooner or later. Look what happened to Kenneth Lay from Enron...

I think Tom Cruise can fix this one.

Seriously though, this IS a bad situation. Maybe the next president does a Roosevelt and they build houses for people. How about they house the homeless in all those army bases they shut down years ago. Oh, forget that we are going to need a place for the military to stay when they police us.