Hillary Clinton Is Focusing on the Middle Class—And That's a Good Thing

[Cleita]

6. I was asked by an acquaintance if I wanted to volunteer to help out at

a church shelter for women and children in our county. The churches take turns housing and feeding these people who are moved around from church to church and expected to sleep in a variety of accommodations usually in the auditorium. This is how we take care of our homeless. Well, it's better than nothing.

Yet, our County Board of Supervisors voted a $10,000,000 package to build a new animal shelter. Now I know we badly need a new shelter but can't we do both? Yet our Supervisors seem to think its okay to burden the churches instead of working to get the funds to find permanent housing and for those who can, permanent and decent jobs.

Why did this happen. People here are mostly conservative and still believe that people who have fallen on hard times are at fault themselves for their circumstances. Yet, when I point out, how about the children? Are they responsible for bad decisions too?