Republicans and the rich 1% hate Social Security because it is the CRUTCH of the poor and old and disabled Americans, without which they would be dead or REALLY SLAVES! - Chimp
The New American Family. The National Center on Family Homelessness estimates more than 1.5 million children are without a home.
Tent City, Fresno, California
A homeless encampment known as Tent City, in Sacramento, California. Photograph: Rich Pedroncelli/AP
Tent city 'Camp Quixote' in Thurston County, Washington
Tent city in University of Washington Campus, Seattle, Washington.
In Reno, Nevada, the state with the nation's highest repossessions rate, a tent city recently sprung up on the city's outskirts and quickly filled up with about 150 people Photo: AP