Date:         Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:55:17 -0800
Reply-To:     David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: One more veterans day NVC
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20 years ago I used to check into job ads on San Jose Mercury news on Sunday.
The news paper had a weekly (every Sunday) stack of job ads from all technology
companies about 4 to 5 inches thick. Each sheet of the ads was a full sheet
the size of regular news paper. I do not remember seeing any homeless people
20 years ago. Today there is not a single sheet of job ads like that. One of the
problems is that HP sells all (100%) of its PCs manufactured in China. Believe
me. There is not a single one made in USA. HP laid off more than 20,000 heads
in the past 4 years but hired another younger and cheaper 20,000 in the same period.
Most of the cheaper 20,000 were hired in Asia.

When the food chain is broken up at the top end it produces a lot of homeless at
the bottom end. That's the problem.

David

--- David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> I don't believe the 1/4 figure. That's my opinion of course. I don't believe VA
> is not doing their job either. VA is too small to do the job. It takes everyone
> in the country to get it done right. Giving more resource to VA is not the solution.
> Every city, county and everyone needs to do something to solve the homeless issue.
>
> 300,000,000 million? That must include the population we grow in space somewhere.
> On earth and America the number is 300,000,000 head. Am I wrong?
>
> David
>
>
> --- Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>
> > That's a figure I don't know.  I do know our national census is either nearing, at or beyond
> the
> > 300,000,000 million level, and that something like 1% of our population is serving in our
> armed
> > forces.
> >
> > I'm sure the VA has the data you asked about.
> >
> > SamC
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Loren Busch
> >   To: Sam Conant
> >   Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> >   Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 2:04 PM
> >   Subject: Re: [VANAGON] One more veterans day NVC
> >
> >
> >   And what percent of the population are vets?  Stats on the homeless are meaningless without
> > the full information.
> >
> >
> >   On Nov 12, 2007 10:51 AM, Sam Conant < samcvt@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >     I read the 1 in 4 yesterday in our state-wide (VT) Gannett paper, and heard
> >     in on one of the media "news" programs last evening.
> >
> >     SamC
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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