D.C. homeless problem part of bigger picture I am a D.C. resident as well as an Occupy DC member. It is very easy to lay all the blame for the large number of homeless on our elected D.C. Council officials. But the ills apparent in the federal government eventually trickle their way down to the federal city.

If the Occupy movement has accomplished anything, it is that the American public is now asking very important questions about the economic conditions that exist in this country and the fact that our elected officials have failed us.