America's Future: Sleeping in the streets

In Delhi renting a blanket for a homeless person who works during the day has become a business.  Imagine such a life.  I pity these people and yet I don't want to same for my country and expect it will come here if we continue to develop a third world mentality of haves and have not segments of society. 

I always worried about personal catastrophe bringing me to the point of living in a tent.  I did that in the military and didn't want to relive it as a civilian.  Imagine coming to the point where the public services break down as they are in many cities in the USA and sleeping in the street becomes the norm.  When winter comes this becomes lethal and in Delhi there is apparently no abundance of homeless shelters so renting a blanket and a spot on the street to sleep is all you can hope for if you are a poor day laborer.  Maybe it can't happen here anytime soon but it seems possible that it could happen someday. 

Suggestion if you are living on the edge:  Own something outright.  First maybe it is your vehicle that you could live in if necessary.  Later just getting a junk piece of land with a trailer on it that is in livable condition.  If you own a cabin or a shack you will never be homeless as long as you can pay the taxes.