America's homeless population rises for first time in years

Associated Press ^ | Dec 6, 2017 7:49 PM EST | Christopher Weber and Geoff Mulvihill

[dfwgator]

Q: We've had complaints about con men pretending to be crippled.

A: I ain't seen nothing since I stepped on that landmine in Vietnam, it was very painful.

Q: You were in 'Nam? So were we. Where?

A: I was in...Sang Bang... Dang Gong... I was all over the place, a lot of places.

Q: What unit?

A: I was with the Green Berets, Special Unit Battalions... Commando Airborne Tactics... Specialist Tactics Unit Battalion. Yeah, it was real hush hush. I was Agent Orange, Special Agent Orange, that was me. I have... I have legs? I have... Oh shit, look at this. Legs! I can walk!! Jesus, praise Jesus. I appreciate this. Oh, this is beautiful. I can't believe... Thank you. I don't know what to do it's... Glory be to God. Praise Jesus! Look at me. This is too much. I can't believe it. Ah, beautiful. Listen... I can't thank you.

[matt1234]

How many are illegal aliens who were allowed in by the rats?

[Lumper20]

Everyone I have asked is a damn fake with no ID.

[Lopeover]

Fake News! Lots of folks lost housing and moved into camps called Obamaville. The opposition media chose not to report on them!

Obamaville!

[gaijin]

Author of this piece, Geof Mulvihill:

[adorno]

America's homeless population rises for first time in years

It's all the illegals, heading to the coastal liberal sanctuaries, and not finding a place to sleep.

[laplata]

Lol. That’s exactly what I was referring to.

Schroeder was a real piece of work. She was my congressman for too many years. During Tail Hook we would fax her all sorts of stuff making fun of her.

[Radix]

All the drug addicts I see during my work commute never seem to run out of cardboard, or magic markers.

Funny, the nearby methodone clinic does not even have a parking lot or garage.

I laughed heartily when one of the red light Beggars had to put down their ‘Need $$$$$ for my starving mother’ sign in in order to light up a Marlboro.

I never actually thought that I would one day grow up to be a Cynic.

[LTC.Ret]

Just google “homeless and marijuana legalization” or “homeless and opioid epidemic” and you might discover the reasons for the uptick in street people -— and conservatives had little to do with creating these situations.

[markman46]

I call BS... way more homeless when jug ears was pres

[Olog-hai]

They always forget about the homeless until a GOP POTUS gets elected.

[simpson96]

Where’s the “unexpectedly” we used to see when Obama was in office and anything remotely negative got reported?

Lol.