Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday.
And homelessness is not just a problem among middle-age and elderly veterans. Younger veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are trickling into shelters and soup kitchens seeking services, treatment or help with finding a job.
This is should make every single person in the country so wildly pissed off that they march down to Washington and camp out on the Mall until President Bush and Congress jointly agree to fully fund the VA Hospital system including a mammoth increase in resources for mental health services. But of course we won't do that and these numbers will grow.
This is not how a nation "Supports the troops".
Read the item atYahoo! News
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