text: Lynn, thanks for your devotion to hope and help. I notice that few if any mention that the Christian Mission helps hundreds of  homeless men and woman every day, right in their very midst.  With help and time, many find a way out. 
  This economy isn't like the 1950's, where jobs were everywhere and rents were reasonable. In a lot of cities, rents are driven to insane heights, and the competition for jobs means many are homeless, or just hanging on. 
  
  Until there are changes in our type of capitalism that exports jobs and imports wealth through Wall Street, nothing will change. 
  Me, I have given up on explaining in comments sections. Pretty much all people know are the few on the street who have given up and are living rough. 
  I am not a cruel person, I don't think, but do wish this country had fallen in the last economic crash to the point that we had a depression. Maybe then people would understand what happens when one is lost and alone.
  Hugh Massengill, Eugene