Reverse side of the USA: Americans are massively “moving” to the street
In the near future, the next presidential campaign will start in the United States. Democrats will make every possible effort to arrange revenge. A huge country is split in its relation to Donald Trump: some people adore him, others hate him. To be re-elected for a second term, Trump needs positive results from his work as head of state. But here everything is not quite clear.
On the one hand, the American president is consistently trying to fulfill his election promises. He carried out tax reform, withdrew from the Paris climate agreement, protects national producers through active protectionist measures, etc. On the other hand, the results of its activities are distributed among the Americans, so to speak, unevenly.
Opponents of trump say:
And in these words there is a lot of truth, but this is not only about Republicans. The United States of America is a classic capitalist state where the rich only get richer and the poor get poorer. Turn to the numbers.
According to American statistics, the unemployment rate under Trump began to decline. However, these indicators are calculated according to the U-3 scheme somewhat mischievously: only those who receive benefits are considered unemployed. As soon as the terms of its payment cease, the unemployed cease to be considered as such, but this does not mean that they were able to find work. There are other ratings according to which the unemployment rate in the US today reaches 7,3%.
Even with a job, not every American is able to secure a decent standard of living. You have to take everything on credit, and, according to Time, every third US citizen remains in debt to the grave. According to CBS News, the average American cannot afford to buy housing in most of the United States. There are cities where real estate is simply not available to them: New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston and others. For example, in San Francisco, only 103% of average income would have to be spent on housing.
And there is such a thing as the cost of living, which includes not only the payment of square meters and taxes on them. It is clear that the states and cities are different, for any wallet, but in New York, according to a recent sociological study, 41% of its residents do not "draw" the high cost of living in it, despite the fact that from morning to evening they rush from work to work.
The flip side of the success of some is the social bottom, where many others find themselves. Recently on the "Reporter" came out publication, where our compatriot, who moved to the USA, spoke about a serious problem with homeless people and drug addicts. Now we have the opportunity to reinforce his subjective opinion with numbers.
So, on New Year's Eve in the United States, authorities counted 2019 homeless people, of which 552% were in the same New York, which attracts many, thanks to Hollywood. That is, 830 homeless people roam the streets of the richest city in the United States. We must pay tribute to all kinds of charitable organizations that care about homeless people, arranging shelters for them. In February of this year, 14 people went through such shelters in New York.
On the other US coast in San Francisco, there are "only" 28 thousand homeless people, but the crime rate among them is four times higher than in New York. In Los Angeles, there are about 55 thousand, and in Seattle - 13 thousand. There are not enough shelters at all, people are dying on park benches, at stops and just in the streets. Moreover, the mortality rate among young homeless people under the age of 45 years doubled. Among the main reasons can be called the massive use of drugs. So the tent camps of tramps in a suburb of Los Angeles are scattered with used syringes.
American researchers note:
Our compatriot also spoke about the high criminogenicity of this contingent. As a result, more and more cities and even counties in the US are starting policies “Zero tolerance” for the homeless, forbidding them to organize their spontaneous tent camps and distributing food to them.
It turns out that the United States has its own half-million “semi-criminal army” of people thrown into the social margins.
On the one hand, the American president is consistently trying to fulfill his election promises. He carried out tax reform, withdrew from the Paris climate agreement, protects national producers through active protectionist measures, etc. On the other hand, the results of its activities are distributed among the Americans, so to speak, unevenly.
Opponents of trump say:
Republicans only care about the rich.
And in these words there is a lot of truth, but this is not only about Republicans. The United States of America is a classic capitalist state where the rich only get richer and the poor get poorer. Turn to the numbers.
According to American statistics, the unemployment rate under Trump began to decline. However, these indicators are calculated according to the U-3 scheme somewhat mischievously: only those who receive benefits are considered unemployed. As soon as the terms of its payment cease, the unemployed cease to be considered as such, but this does not mean that they were able to find work. There are other ratings according to which the unemployment rate in the US today reaches 7,3%.
Even with a job, not every American is able to secure a decent standard of living. You have to take everything on credit, and, according to Time, every third US citizen remains in debt to the grave. According to CBS News, the average American cannot afford to buy housing in most of the United States. There are cities where real estate is simply not available to them: New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston and others. For example, in San Francisco, only 103% of average income would have to be spent on housing.
And there is such a thing as the cost of living, which includes not only the payment of square meters and taxes on them. It is clear that the states and cities are different, for any wallet, but in New York, according to a recent sociological study, 41% of its residents do not "draw" the high cost of living in it, despite the fact that from morning to evening they rush from work to work.
The flip side of the success of some is the social bottom, where many others find themselves. Recently on the "Reporter" came out publication, where our compatriot, who moved to the USA, spoke about a serious problem with homeless people and drug addicts. Now we have the opportunity to reinforce his subjective opinion with numbers.
So, on New Year's Eve in the United States, authorities counted 2019 homeless people, of which 552% were in the same New York, which attracts many, thanks to Hollywood. That is, 830 homeless people roam the streets of the richest city in the United States. We must pay tribute to all kinds of charitable organizations that care about homeless people, arranging shelters for them. In February of this year, 14 people went through such shelters in New York.
On the other US coast in San Francisco, there are "only" 28 thousand homeless people, but the crime rate among them is four times higher than in New York. In Los Angeles, there are about 55 thousand, and in Seattle - 13 thousand. There are not enough shelters at all, people are dying on park benches, at stops and just in the streets. Moreover, the mortality rate among young homeless people under the age of 45 years doubled. Among the main reasons can be called the massive use of drugs. So the tent camps of tramps in a suburb of Los Angeles are scattered with used syringes.
American researchers note:
We are seeing an increasing number of chronically homeless people living on the streets, with serious physical and behavioral health problems.
Our compatriot also spoke about the high criminogenicity of this contingent. As a result, more and more cities and even counties in the US are starting policies “Zero tolerance” for the homeless, forbidding them to organize their spontaneous tent camps and distributing food to them.
It turns out that the United States has its own half-million “semi-criminal army” of people thrown into the social margins.
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