In 2015 dozens of evil U.S. cities, and even states, ‘declared war’ on homeless people despite the fact that the Failed State policies of ‘lawmakers’ are creating more and more homeless families: Portland, Oregon. Seattle, Washington. Boise, Idaho. Denver, Colorado. Hawaii. Etc.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors recently released their 33rd annual assessment of hunger and homelessness in 22 U.S. cities. 
The capital of the United States, Washington DC, leads the pack with an explosive 60% jump in homeless families! Families becoming homeless far outpace individuals becoming homeless, and many city administrators see no change for 2016. If that isn’t proof your system qualifies as an official Failed State, then you’re a proverbial Frog in a Boiling Pot.
Alaska: Proof of a Failed State; ‘lawmakers’ in The Last Frontier state are now considering a personal income tax for the first time in 35 years, blaming crashing revenues from the oil industry. Never mind the fact that ‘lawmakers’ just spent bookoo bucks on building themselves a “palatial” new legislative building.
Arkansas: After 25 years Mister Magic brick-n-mortar shop shutting down and shifting to internet sales only.
California: Abercrombie Kids shutting down their Milpitas clothing store in January 2016, at least 41 jobs lost. New York based clothier Suchman issued mass shutdown WARNs for several locations across The Golden State, 204 jobs lost by April 2016! In Santa Clara, more proof high-tech not recession resistant as Citrix Systems issued a layoff WARN, 54 jobs lost in January 2016. In Brea, customer management company Alta Resources laid off 121 employees! In San Diego, Bridgepoint Education laid off six people. What construction industry recovery? In Fresno, PPG laying off 45 people from their residential glass factory in January 2016. In Carson, HVAC company Anemostat revealed they laid off 89 people. Morrison Healthcare Food Service ended their Chico operations, 87 jobs lost. In Rancho Santa Margarita, RSM Automotive & Towing issued a layoff WARN, 77 jobs lost by February 2016. The Montecito Country Club issued a layoff WARN, 44 jobs lost in February 2016. In Pleasanton, Albertsons-Safeway continues with the layoffs, this time 66 people unemployed by February 2016.
Georgia: In Gainesville, after 31 years Frames You-Nique shutting down due to the owner’s health problems.
Florida: In Mission Bay, the Toys R Us shutting down by the end of January 2016.
Illinois: Since October the Illinois State Museum has been closed due to the Failed State ‘lawmakers’ failing to come up with a budget. Now local news reports say two thirds of the staff have been forced to retire early, or quit!
Indiana: After 45 years the Mark III Tap Room shutting down at the end of the month.
New Jersey: Bankrupt California based American Apparel shutting down their Newport Centre store in January 2016. It should be noted that the bankruptcy documents partly blame skyrocketing rents.
New York: In Buffalo, Dog é Style hotdog joint shutting down by January 2016.
North Carolina: In Oak City, the owner of Klub Xplosion shutting it down due to increasing violence. In Cary, Firewurst sausage joint shutting down: “After nearly 3 years of toil and sacrifice to build a local brand that could ultimately become a national franchise, we have come to the conclusion that our brand is…..not sustainable.”
Puerto Rico: The governor of the U.S. territory stated they cannot continue making payments on the government debt: “We’re out of cash…..there are no more tricks…this will be an humanitarian crisis under the flag of the United States very soon if Congress do not act.”-Alejandro Garcia Padilla, interviewed by CNN
South Carolina: More proof internet/high-tech is not recession resistant; 3D Systems shutting down its Cubify.com website and ending its retail 3D printed operations.
U.S. Job Losses & Closings 25 – 27 December 2015: Nevada penalizes homeowners for going ‘Green’!
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”