The_War_On_Terror_Or_The_War_On_Crime

The War On Terror Or The War On Crime The War on Terror or The War on Crime' Question #5 In the wake of the events of September 11th, 2001 the United States government has made its main goal to defend the United States from terrorist threats. Meanwhile, almost every state, and the federal government, are faced with massive budget deficits. To make matters worse, the economy has been slipping further and further into a recession, which has had a detrimental effect on the unemployment rate. The most heavily effected group of Americans, ages 16-24, have had an increase in joblessness of over 12 percent since 2000. Due to the budget crisis, many states are cutting back programs to help the jobless, homeless, mentally ill, and drug abusers. This lack of support for our underprivileged Americans will ultimately result in an increase in the crime rate across the United States. The governing body of the United States needs to take a hard look at the problems here at home and infuse more resources into programs that help the mentally ill, the jobless, the homeless, and the drug abusers whom can be just as large a threat to national security as terrorism. “The presence of risk programs, young, support, factors, help, adults, people, risk, crime, systems, states, need, life, job, homeless, drug, been, rate, number, jobless, war, san, one, government, francisco, extended, cope, budget, united, protective, problems, large, health, fact, cutting