archive.today • More Americans Are Ending Up Homeless—at a Record Rate - WSJ

The data so far this year are up roughly 11% from 2022, a sharp jump that would represent by far the biggest recorded increase since the government started tracking comparable numbers in 2007. The next highest increase was a 2.7% jump in 2019, excluding an artificially high increase last year caused by pandemic counting interruptions.

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“The Covid-relief funds provided a buffer,” said Donald Whitehead Jr., executive director at the National Coalition for the Homeless, an advocacy group. “We’re seeing what happens when those resources aren’t available.”

    • GarfieldYaoi [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      “I don’t see what the poors are complaining about, property is more valuable than ever! You have a house, don’t you have-nots?”

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      It functions for affluent liberals that clink wine glasses together and congratulate each other for their “sorry, hate to break it to you, but bad things are good actually” editorials that shit on the poors.

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      More like, no matter what liberals do, there will be a contingent of extremists who will do anything to stop their progress.

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          Easy, they refuse to vote for enough democrats to turn our country into a true liberal utopia. Without the lazy tankies dragging us down, surely we could get the 120 senators they’d need to overcome the filibuster and the democrats that just magically turn out to be against anything good passing

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        Yeah, liberals. When your politicians need to get results in Bolivia you stage a coup and depose a democratic government. When you have 2 senators playing spoiler in your own country you cross your arms and pout. The Democrats are not just incapable of wielding power, they are unwilling.

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        Love to progress towards ecological collapse and war with Russia and China

        Edit: and low key eugenics through pandemic diseases, good stuff, privatized everything also, love it

        Edit 2: the sky is red, there’s smoke in the air, I opened my wallet and it’s full of blood. Love 2 be stuck in the belly of such a horrible machine, as the machine is bleeding to death