by Thomas Emmon Pisano

Created on: July 03, 2009   Last Updated: July 07, 2009

Is America Profiting from the Miseries of the Homeless?

A first hand look at one of America's Bum Factories

As a growing population, the homeless worldwide are totaling over 4.5 million of which 3.5 million reside on the streets of the United States.

These men, women and children of America's homeless, are becoming our new silent minority. Their numbers are increasing everyday, even though the numbers of federally funded programs are growing to help alleviate the plight of the homeless here in our fair America. With the growing population of displaced persons giving rise to the number of organizations, which are dedicated to helping these Americans, which are living on the streets, there does not seem to be that much help directed towards the homeless in general.

Here in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, we have an established facility which is dedicated to helping the homeless and needy; of which they pretend to help the elderly, veterans and the general homeless population, which is either directed to them through referral or through walk ins. This organization is truly what one would refer to as a "Bum Factory."

The use of the revolving door technique is the cornerstone of this 'high minded' non-profit organization. Essentially, the homeless are being fleeced by those money grubbers who skim the profits off the government grant monies and turn the needy back to the street, without the help which is needed to rehabilitate them or make them again viable members of our society. This organization is barely held accountable and with the use of creative bookkeeping, they can hide funds from auditors and investigators neigh indefinitely. Thus the fat cats get richer and the poor get poorer.

From where I am standing, the professional health care community has a different view of our nations homeless in relationship to the operators of these "Bum Factories." The health care providers see the homeless as being extreme mentally disturbed and in need of rehabilitation, either with the use of drugs and or counseling or through sound psychological therapy. But the proprietors of these 'homeless shelters' view their clients with disdain and as crazy misfits and do not have a bit of understanding of the true nature of the individuals under their care.

In most cases the operators of the homeless shelters refer to their charges in silent hatred and in secret abuse as: bums, nut cases, hard cases and lazy bastards, drug addicts and drunks; to verbalize just a few of

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