In 2015, the state of Georgia was amount the highest unemployed state in the while many other states are recovering, Georgia's unemployment rate has risen. Some blame the state's laissez-faire (a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering) approach to policy. This may seem surprising, since Georgia was named the best state to do business in both 2014 and 2013 by Site Selection magazine, largely because of its workforce-training program and low tax rates. Nathan Deal, the state’s GOP governor, handily won reelection in November against Jimmy Carter’s grandson by speaking about Georgia as a job magnet. …show more content…
Later in 1893 it established its District Headquarters in Georgia. Today, the Salvation Army is embarking on 125 years of “Doing The Most Good” in Atlanta, Georgia. Since that time the Salvation Army has expanded its services by helping the communities by providing temporary housing and shelter to families, single men and woman, partnering with Ft. McPherson and the Atlanta Veterans Medical Center are providing housing for all qualified military needy veterans. Many of our military men and women returns to face a variety of hardships, including homelessness, substance abuse, poverty, disabilities, and mental illness. Veterans make up 13 percent of the adult homeless population. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs about 30 percent of the men and women who have spent time in war zones experience PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress …show more content…
At first, economists and leaders thought this was a mild bump, perhaps merely a correction of the market, or in any case, no worse than the recession the nation suffered after World War I. The same areas were affected, housing, and employment. Those hurt the most were more stunned than angry. Many sank into despair and shame after they could not find jobs. The suicide rates increased from 14 to 17 per 100,000. Protest that did occur was local, not national: "farm holidays," neighbors of foreclosed farmers refusing to bid on farms at auction, neighbors moving evicted tenants' furniture back in and local hunger marches. Did it work? The nation came together as a nation and provided support to one another, as did the world in 2001, when our coast were infiltrate by terrorist