The Truth and the Corruption of the American System

By Eunice Owusu

Our leaders are so blind to the truth and instead of searching for the truth or the things that will bring peace and make America a better place to live, they go on, on a wild goose chase which brings nothing but destruction to our country.

This book also deomonstrate how we can keep kids off jail and minimize the high school drop off rate.

How we can provide shelter for our return soldiers and civilian homeless.

How we can make our streets and our community safe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 2, 2009
• ISBN: 9781462827381

Eunice Owusu

I was born in Ghana and came to America about twenty-five years ago. I was married for twenty years and now separated with one child, who is seventeen years old. He lives with me in Houston, Texas. I attended Northern Virginia Community College and graduated in the year 2002 with Associate Degree in Legal Assisting. I transferred to George Mason University in Virginia, Texas Southern University in Texas, and now I am in my final year at the University of Houston in Texas, major in Political Science and eventually transfer to Law School.

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Contents

CHAPTER ONE

The Homeless in the United States

CHAPTER TWO

Department of Human Services

CHAPTER THREE

Housing and Daycare

CHAPTER FOUR

Children

CHAPTER FIVE

Public Independent School Districts

CHAPTER SIX

Abortion

DEDICATION

I dedicate this book to my lovely, handsome boy. He has been patient through the rough road. He sometimes gets frustrated but always patient and understanding. I couldn’t have asked for a better son. He means the whole world to me. I got through these difficult times because of his cooperation.

PRINCIE

,

YOU

ARE

THE

BEST

.

CHAPTER ONE

The Homeless in the United States

There are too many homeless in America more than any other country. Many countries look up to America because they think America is like heaven. Almost all the third-world countries worship America but only if they know! I was born in Ghana, and while I was growing up there, I never heard the word homeless until I came to America. Only mad people were living outside or are homeless in Ghana. I looked at America as a big and better or a place next to heaven. To my disappointment, it was very shocking to see normal people living outside, in other words homeless in the United States of America.

1. WASHINGTON - There were 744,000 homeless people in the United States in 2005, according to the first national estimate in a decade. A little more than half were living in shelters, and nearly a quarter were chronically homeless, according to the report Wednesday by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, an advocacy group. A majority of the homeless were single adults, but about 41 percent were in families, the report said. The group compiled data collected by the Department of Housing and Urban Development from service providers throughout the country. It is the first national study on the number of homeless people since 1996. That study came up with a wide range for America’s homeless population: between 444,000 and 842,000. Remember, this is just an estimate. The estimate only gives a rough idea not the actual number. The actual number could be larger than the estimate

I don’t even know where to start. I will begin with the homeless veterans. Do our leaders think about the citizens when they are making laws? There are many bias laws and mistakes that they have made and keep making. The big question is what can be done about it? Is there anything that can be done about it? I don’t know about you, I think something can be done and should be done, but our leaders are the ones that can make things happen. You may not agree, but that is the truth. Anything is possible!

Since the veterans are the heroes, I will talk about them first and then the civilians. If you go to Washington DC, almost half of the homeless there are veterans.

2. Veterans make up almost a quarter of the homeless population in the United States. The government says there are as many as 200,000 homeless veterans; the majority served in the Vietnam War. Some served in Korea or even World War II. About 2,000 served in Iraq or Afghanistan. The state Capitol is in Washington DC where Congress and Senates meet. They pass by these homeless people every day when they go to their offices in DC. They are pretty much aware of the homeless issue, but they just had ignored it like it does not exist. Why should our heroes who have fought to defend our country stand by the roadside, begging for money before they can eat, not even having a place to sleep.

Back in 1996, I had just started school at Northern Virginia Community College; as I was going to school one morning, I saw a man without one leg holding paper asking for money. Almost every day from that day, I will see this man in the same place. I was a student with one child whose father was absent; things were difficult for me, so I never have money to dash him. I felt guilty but can’t blame me. I will give if I had and God knows. That is what is important. I don’t remember how he became a topic in one of my legal classes. That is when I found out that he was a veteran. I almost broke down in tears. Really, how could this happen with all the American money and the power? I was so proud to be an American because I knew American stands for justice and all the good things, but my heart felt so sad from that day on, and I asked myself, what went wrong? I also noticed that he was not the only one. I guess I had been seeing them all over all the time, but I did not know that they were soldiers because I did not understand the word veteran at that time. They will put veteran on the cupboard and hold by the streets. Now, will someone tell me that a person who has served his country, put down his life should go through this kind of life? They did not choose to be in this situation, and the lawmakers need to make them their agenda as they are passing by them back and forth from their various beautiful homes to their elegant offices. It is very awful, shame, and not acceptable to see our veterans sleeping and begging for money on the roadside. I know that you are all agreeing with me because we love our soldiers, country, and proud to be an American.

Here is story of Jacobo, army veteran.

3. Jacobo spent more than a year as an army mechanic in Iraq between 2004 and 2006. He saw many of his fellow soldiers killed during attacks on his base. He suffers from PTSD and found himself homeless after being discharged from the army in 2006 but recently moved into a VA-funded shelter in Washington. Until he found the VA facility, he was sleeping in laundry rooms and washing himself in fast-food restrooms until he would be kicked out. Ah! I cannot imagine how life was like for Mr. Jacobo! What a pity! Ah! What a shame! What leaders will treat its soldiers like this? Even in third worlds where they are poor country, they will not treat their soldiers like this, how much more America, rich country, oh no way! What happens to all the money? The money is there, so we are not going to accept any lame excuses. Now it is all up to the will of the legislative to make the difference.

For the ones who had been admitted in the Walter Reed Hospital, are they been taken care of? They have been rejected. Why? After coming back from war with injury, disfigurement, physical and emotional trauma, the legislature watch them suffer more by not doing anything to accommodate their problems or minimize the pains they’re going through; why? Now this is my stand; I disagree with anybody that says the government and lawmakers have done their part and it is not their problem.

This is what I think our government can do to fix the problem with the veteran homeless. He can either offer house allowance or build apartment, houses, condominium whichever it can afford, either furnish or unfurnished, depends on how much the government is willing to spend. Every veteran that is discharged from the army or other and don’t have any place to stay should have a place ready for them to move in. Some have a place to stay after they are discharged, but not everyone has a family to go to. They should be also given money allowance till they put themselves together for their personal needs and food. This will allow them to recover fast and to get back to their own selves and be ready to move with their lives. Although things may never be the same for them but at least they would have a second chance to live again. It will prolong their beautiful lives. Live is beautiful, you know. Somebody tell me if this is too much to ask for our soldiers! Yes, America can afford this. After all they fought, protected, and defended our country.

I traveled to Germany in August of ‘95; in fact I was very impressed that I did not see any homeless including veteran homeless in the places that I visited, which are Düsseldorf, Hamburg, and Frankfurt. When I asked where the homeless are, my cousin laughed at me and asked what? Homeless? What is homeless? He said to me that it is hard to become a homeless because the government pay some kind of amount to those who don’t have a job; they also go to the hospital free. He was surprised to hear that America doesn’t have a benefit like this. He thinks so much about America. His words, "I thought America was the greatest country of all, and I never would have thought people really live on the streets, even soldiers.

Why does the German government take care of their citizens and U.S. government does not? Is it because Germany is richer than United States, or is it because the government cares enough about his citizens? United States has the money to do all the necessary things that needs to be done, but the money is being wasted on useless things. There are too many useless programs that we are throwing our money on. Example is Federal travel expenses.

4. The Defense and Homeland Security departments both spent billions more on travel in 2007 than 2006, helping to boost overall government travel spending by about 5 percent, according to data from the Office of Management and Budget. Agencies spent about $14.8 billion on airline tickets, hotel rooms, and other expenses in fiscal 2007. The defense department, which spends more on travel than all other agencies combined, spent about $9.4 billion on civilian and military travel last year. That was