Is your state a debt disaster, take a look at the interactive map?
Via Suburban homeless: Rising tide of women, families.
Homelessness in rural and suburban America is straining shelters this winter as the economy founders and joblessness hovers near double digits—a “perfect storm of foreclosures, unemployment and a shortage of affordable housing,” in one official’s eyes.
“We are seeing many families that never before sought government help,” said Greg Blass, commissioner of Social Services in Suffolk County on eastern Long Island.
“We see a spiral in food stamps, heating assistance applications; Medicaid is skyrocketing,” Blass added. “It is truly reaching a stage of being alarming.”
Can someone see a ripple effect? On April 18, the Bumble Bee Foods sardine cannery in Gouldsboro, Maine will close and 128 people will lose their jobs. Those jobs lost represent 6% of the town’s total population. That’s a big hit.
Workers were shocked Wednesday when they were told that the last remaining sardine cannery in the United States would close down for good on April 18, ending more than100 years of local history.
TDN has posted videos of the mirror that we could all be looking at in some form or another.
February 18, 2010 at 7:46 am
And to top it off, today reports are coming in that inflation is becoming a reality after having been predicted long ago before all this rampant, mutant spending began…
It’s being called the “double whammy” -
But of course, when you already ain’t got nothing, less is meaningless. Most all of the folks on the street agree that socks are the most important items in their wardrobe. Shoes? Nope. People steal them right off their feet…
February 18, 2010 at 7:58 am
O what’s his name is still running around like Chicken Little yelling that we gotta spend more in the meantime. You know he created jobs. chortle
February 18, 2010 at 9:05 am
Better clean up my camping gear- just in case.
I was shocked last year in MA- no more taking herring from the herring runs. They are just about extinct I guess- from the offshore rigs that suck em up for fertilizer.
Herring were always a New England staple in the spring-
February 18, 2010 at 9:45 am
It’s very sad to see how this tiny town is taking this huge hit. Yes, time to relearn the old ways. I am convinced that we have yet to see the really dark side of all of this.
February 18, 2010 at 9:17 am
not to mention we make 70-whatever freaking cents on the dollar to begin with.
February 18, 2010 at 10:24 am
POTUS may just drop wages for the ladeez. He can mansplain it better. You know cuz we don’t need much.
February 18, 2010 at 10:24 am
Caution, POTUS may just drop wages for the ladeez. He can mansplain it better. You know cuz we don’t need much.
February 18, 2010 at 9:54 am
Oh but let’s not forget MEchelle wants all the children to eat healthy.
February 18, 2010 at 10:13 am
I hear that sardines are pretty dadgum good for ya… Heck, I’ve been going for years on ‘em… Whether I gotta eat ‘em outdoors or not is pretty much a non issue at my age…
I’M READY!! Bring it on…
February 18, 2010 at 10:25 am
I don’t care what anyone says, I like sardines too! Had some yesterday.
February 18, 2010 at 5:09 pm
me too! they make a good american-style maki with soysauce, sesame oil, and green onion
February 18, 2010 at 7:23 pm
I am convinced that anything can be made to taste wonderful with the right herbs and flavors. Okay, not hagas.
February 18, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Yum.
February 20, 2010 at 5:34 pm
not haggis, lol.
I’d eat something my cats killed first.
February 18, 2010 at 10:25 am
Michelle the elitist should try dumpster diving with those big arms of hers.
February 18, 2010 at 5:10 pm
sh#t, she could just tip the dumpster over
February 18, 2010 at 7:22 pm
yes lol