[fight_truth_decay]

Also, she is homeless by choice. The military would have provided quarters for her and her child if she had so chosen.

Jim Connell, a spokesman for the Bronx center, said staff members tried to find housing for the Goodwins. "They started calling alternative shelters, but a lot of them don't take women," he said. "One was full, another wouldn't take a child." He added: "They were not particularly successful."

I don't think from reading these quotes she is homeless by choice. What a perfect world this would be if the money we dish out constantly would go to where it was intended. Our military should have the best of everything..on and off the battlefield...they do not! Thank God for our patriotism ..helps block out the ugliness of it all!

[Keith in Iowa]

>>I don't think from reading these quotes she is homeless by choice.

In this day and age, the only reason people are homeless is by their own choice. The people "helping" this woman didn't go far enough. I'd venture to guess that they could have called a few churches, and in an hour or two, could have found someone willing to give this woman & child a place to stay until she got a job, and could take care of herself.

[SZonian]

I look at my comment and realize it may be easy to take it out of context. What I should have said is "...she could have stayed in the military and they would have provided housing for her and her dependent."

Thanks for the catch.

Cheers!