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March 2009: How proud should people be in a society in which at least 2% of the kids experience homelessness? A society, where the number of kids left out in this way, innocent victims with little chance to built a prosperous future for themselves, is steadily increasing? A society, where the failure of the system to keep greedy bankers and credit sharks in reasonable bounds puts millions of families at risk of loosing their homes and ending up in homelessness and poverty with their kids?

Would you be proud of living in a society that manages to give 2% or more of the kids the chance to experience homelessness first hand and live? I guess, we all agree, there is very little reason for the people in such a society to be proud of their achievements in taking care of their kids.

You ask where in the Third World this society is? Well, surprise, the report of the U.S. National Center on Family Homelessness released on March 10, 2009 (see the article in MSN ...) tells the story that this society is the United States of America.


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