N.J. - Desperate victims of the economic slump forced to live in makeshift homes in forest

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2021173/Americas-city-broken-dreams-50-jobless-destitute-people-set-forest-community-New-Yorks-doorstep.html


The Tent City of New Jersey: Desperate victims of the economic slump forced to live in makeshift homes in forest


In scenes reminiscent of the Great Depression these are the ramshackle homes of the desperate and destitute U.S. families who have set up their own 'Tent City' only an hour from Manhattan.
More than 50 homeless people have joined the community within New Jersey's forests as the economic crisis has wrecked their American dream.
And as politicians in Washington trade blows over their country's £8.8 trillion debt, the prospect of more souls joining this rag tag group grows by the day.

Building their own tarpaulin tents, Native American teepees and makeshift balsa wood homes, every one of the Tent City residents has lost their job.

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[xchrom]

1. recommend

[rfranklin]

2. don't they have bootstraps?

all those great jobs go begging and we have to import people to fill them!

[asjr]

3. This didn't get to us through a U.S.

newspaper--even one that knows what is happening. What ever happened to America the Beautiful? These people should and can be helped. This is another reason Democrats should be taking the lead. If Republicans gain the presidency no one will help them. Goodbye Fema; goodbye EPA; goodbye social security. And do not become ill--you are a goner. We are fast becoming a third-world country.

[fasttense]

4. Hoovervilles???

With over 24 million people without full time jobs we will be seeing a lot more of these.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Bushvilles

[rustydog]

5. Isn't this their "lifestyle choice"? Aren't they living a cushy life

on those enormous welfare and unemployment checks?
Why aren't they pulling themselves up by their bootstraps like, Bush, Hilton, Trump, you know, people who've had wealth bequeathed to them?

[jwirr]

6. Wonder how long it will take before they are rousted out of there?

This nation seldom allows the survival tactics that once made it great. These people are homesteading and that was how we settled the west. Today it will be against the law.

I was very interested in the creativeness they have used and the cooperative spirit with the well they drilled.

[ensho]

8. I was thinking the same - soon as this is news they will chased out

and all they have destroyed.

[Quantess]

9. K & R

[Betsy Ross]

10. I think we should buy a tent

to add to our emergency stash.

[Broderick]

11. Hang on!

We got lots more trickle down stimulus being put forth by the administration. Some nickels and perhaps a dime might float down in a few years.

[Vinca]

12. So Gov. Christie . . . where are the jobs?

[Liberal_in_LA]

13. +10

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. amazing article. So many pics. I'm saving for later careful reading. Thanks for posting this.

[Liberal_in_LA]

15. kick again. can't believe have fast this thread sunk.

[FLAprogressive]

16. Christie City