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Veterans become homeless more than other Americans

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Veterans become homeless more than other Americans



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  • ZAM1984

    If we didnโ€™t have military bases set up all over the middle world. We could afford to help them but nah war is more profitable to corporations

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  • AzraelGrim

    Because, unfortunately, the military does nothing to help them. If you’re in for life or retire, sure, but unless you’re a non-combatant/cook/IT etc, what transferable skills do you have?

    US loves to say we love our troops, but we live in a hyper-capitalist nation, to any business, what can a soldier jump into on paper to be able to contribute?

    Now this isn’t calling soldiers dumb or less able, but unfortunately the usual selling point is that they’re trained to take orders and learn quickly, and outside of a base rate job, that’s not the company’s goal. College is there to train, not ITCompany LLC.

    Doesn’t even touch on the cost of therapy, medication, etc with not being able to handle certain environments at times.
    Shits fucked.

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  • RoyalJoke

    The military used to be a place people went to avoid jail. After 9/11/01, joining the military was back in fashion. Now we have a record of homeless/suicidal vets and people are still signing up. The military looks excellent when you’re poor/desperate enough. The pawn shops and payday loan centers outside military bases aren’t there because recruits are good with money.

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  • Maikudono

    Is there any proof to that claim?

    I am a vet myself and I cannot believe the amount of benefits we get. I have owned 2 house with the VA home loan, The GI bill paid for my education, I get free medical from the VA hospital, and depending on the state get tax deductions. Every time I see a “homeless vet” sign I am immediately suspicious.

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  • UrbanDryad

    Think about who goes into the Army in the first place, usually people with few other options. While in the military everything is handled for them and they are told what to do. Is it shocking this doesn’t prepare them for life?

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  • ftwtidder

    Young low IQ poor people join the military because they have nowhere else to go, when they leave theyโ€™re still poor and have nowhere to go.

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  • ayers231

    There are dozens of shuttered US military bases all over the country. It would be easy and cost effective for the VA to use some of them as homeless shelters for veterans. They have all the needed infrastructure, and would only need personnel to run them, and funding for supplies.

    God forbid we spend some of the almost $750 billion military budget, use current VA employees, and current infrastructure to actually care for our veterans…

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  • Fatturtle18

    Would like to see a study of how many of these vets got kicked out of the military, vs got out under Honorable conditions.

    Also less than 1% of troops see actual combat, but over 30% have ptsd? It doesnโ€™t add up

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  • harderisbetter

    Wow, so the people who signed up knowingly that they might have to kill innocent people for oil and to enrich American oligarchs, thought that they would live happily ever after what they’ve done? I’m Pikachu-shocked.

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  • Navyguy73

    2 points:

    1. Anyone who served knows that the military complex doesn’t exactly encourage fiscal responsibility in their junior enlisted. Veterans, even less so. We are a predatory lenders’ wet dream because they know exactly how much we earn. Take a look at the surrounding shops just outside any military base. Cash stores, pawn shops and ‘buy here/pay here’ used auto dealers. ‘
    2. Veterans have made sacrifices to the point that we’re broke, broken and forgotten. I guarantee you, there’s someone out there living their best life because of the generosity of a veteran. I’m not saying this to encourage you to donate your own time or money to veterans. Most Veterans Foundations are a complete rip-off. Just don’t be that person who takes what little we do have.

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  • KulaanDoDinok

    Except this isnโ€™t true. LGBT+ individuals are the most likely to be homeless, especially because LGBT+ youths are more likely to be kicked out of their homes.

    Studies put the number of homeless veterans around 40k. https://policyadvice.net/insurance/insights/homeless-veterans-statistics/

    There are about 1.6 MILLION homeless LGBT+ youths. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/gay-and-transgender-youth-homelessness-by-the-numbers/

    EDIT: Since I’m being down-voted for showing the truth; you can highlight the needs of veterans without lying.

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  • omgdiaf

    Setting aside this isn’t the US.

    There are a ton of benefits and help programs for homeless vets. Minus the ones with real mental health issues, they choose this.

    Nothing like getting a “fuck off” when you tell a homeless vet there are veteran advocates who will help them get everything started.

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  • klrcow

    The problem that no one addresses, is that these people often join around 18-22. Those are the formative years where you struggle and learn to survive on your own. Alternatively, these people live a strictly regimented schedule where everything is provided and they have no real choice or economic obligations. When they get out of the military they have to figure all of that out on their own and much older than other people, they won’t find the same kind of communal support a younger person will.

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