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Do you give money to homeless people?
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:52 am
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:52 am
So, I have a friend on Facebook who is always taking pictures with homeless people he gives money to. He always captions the pictures with some biblical quote and talks down to people who don't serve the homeless.
Do you give homeless people money?
Do you give homeless people money?
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Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:53 am to trom83
Hell no. I despise beggars.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:53 am to trom83
Homeless Veterans I do
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:54 am to trom83
Only if they are willing to work.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:54 am to trom83
I give them razor blades.
I say we should feed the homeless...
To the hungry
I say we should feed the homeless...
To the hungry
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:54 am to trom83
sometimes if i really feel they need it...if i think it's just a ploy for dope money, then i decline.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:56 am to trom83
If I have change I will give it to them, even though most of the time if you give actual change they get mad
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:56 am to trom83
I do, but ONLY if there is a crowd around and I can make a big show of it. I mean, if you aren't gonna impress people why lose the 87 cents?
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:57 am to trom83
I'll give them food or new socks. Not money
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:57 am to trom83
Sometimes i'll throw them a bit. There are a lot around my office and i'll buy them food from time to time.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:57 am to trom83
I offer to buy food... if they decline they were prob asking for a bullshite reason.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:58 am to trom83
I don't give them shite. I give money once a year to St. Jude and that takes care of any and all charity that I give. That money goes to a great cause and I know it's spent wisely.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:58 am to trom83
I do not. And for good reason.
When people give money to panhandlers - even though it may make them feel good - they are only perpetuating the problem.
There's an old economic saying about curbing and promoting activity. If you want to encourage an activity, subsidize it. If you want to discourage an activity, tax it.
By giving money to panhandlers, you are subsidizing them and giving them an incentive to keep doing it. This drives people who work in social services crazy. If people keep giving panhandlers money, then those panhandlers have no incentive to rely on the social services which are designed to help them break addiction, find employment, etc.
When people give money to panhandlers - even though it may make them feel good - they are only perpetuating the problem.
There's an old economic saying about curbing and promoting activity. If you want to encourage an activity, subsidize it. If you want to discourage an activity, tax it.
By giving money to panhandlers, you are subsidizing them and giving them an incentive to keep doing it. This drives people who work in social services crazy. If people keep giving panhandlers money, then those panhandlers have no incentive to rely on the social services which are designed to help them break addiction, find employment, etc.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:59 am to trom83
Don't confuse people holding up signs begging for money with homeless people.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 10:00 am to trom83
I will if their schtick is good enough. My wife will if they admit it is for alcohol.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 10:00 am to trom83
No
Posted on 10/23/17 at 10:05 am to trom83
frick no, I've bought them food though.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 10:07 am to trom83
No. I've done it a few times in the past with people I determine appear genuine and in a tough spot. Bought a guy food in a gas station and paid for someone to get gas but I pretty much never give cash.
People standing outside the door of a business or who shout at me at the gas station are always getting told no. I had the same guy outside a Chinese restaurant ask me 3 separate times within 5 minutes. I had a guy shout at me from across the street while walking in to a gas station and then hovered in front of my car waiting for me to come out. shite fricking pisses me off. Living in Baton Rouge and getting rudely solicited on a regular basis has basically ruined it for anyone asking me now.
People standing outside the door of a business or who shout at me at the gas station are always getting told no. I had the same guy outside a Chinese restaurant ask me 3 separate times within 5 minutes. I had a guy shout at me from across the street while walking in to a gas station and then hovered in front of my car waiting for me to come out. shite fricking pisses me off. Living in Baton Rouge and getting rudely solicited on a regular basis has basically ruined it for anyone asking me now.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 10:09 am to trom83
quote:
So, I have a friend on Facebook who is always taking pictures with homeless people he gives money to. He always captions the pictures with some biblical quote and talks down to people who don't serve the homeless.
Do you give homeless people money?
So he's doing it out of selfishness and virtue signalling. Kudos, man! I sometimes do but never at stoplights, never at gas stations and never when they are aggressively badgering me.
Per the social work "experts," who end to lean bleeding heart, it is actually hurting most homeless to give them money rather than donate to services that specialize in helping them, like shelters, clinics, etc.
Probably true in general, but I hate to generalize.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 10:12 am to trom83
no
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