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do you give to the homeless? (pg. 2)
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| Zyklon_Jay |
| quote: | Originally posted by Acton
boxes on the streets. |
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| Direct |
| I do unless if it says "god bless" on their sign then I dont. |
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| Igaryok |
It really depends on the situation. I prefer to donate money to children's hospitals and institutions of that sort.
Most of the time when a bum asks you for money to buy a hamburger they'll go buy booze or drugs. I also read a few articles that a lot of bums make more money a year than most people do at a regular job. I can't find an article now, but I read somewhere that some panhandlers in Toronto make over $100k/year, not sure how true that is.
Here's a quote from one of the articles
http://www.straightdope.com/columns...do-beggars-make
| quote: | | a journalist who briefly lived on the street in Toronto working as a panhandler . . . reported that panhandlers can earn more than $200 per day . . . These differences may be partly explained by the fact that high-earning panhandlers were presumably less likely to participate in our survey, and these individuals may have formed the basis for Stackhouse's observations. Our results may be more representative of the majority of panhandlers who earn lesser amounts. |
| quote: | | Estimates vary from a couple of dollars (U.S.) a day on the low end, to $20 to $50 a day in the mid-range, to about $300 a day on the high end. Women, especially those who have children with them, and panhandlers who appear to be disabled tend to receive more money. For this reason, some panhandlers pretend to be disabled and/or war veterans. Others use pets as a means of evoking sympathy from passersby. Panhandlers' regular donors can account for up to half their receipts. |
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| Dreyth |
I got halaal food on 53rd and 6th one day and this guy was asking for a quarter. My friend only ate half of his food (which still leaves an awesome portion behind). He offered to the guy and he said no.
I mean, I'd rather offer food then a dollar and wonder where he's going to spend it (smokes, booze, blah blah blah). It also avoids the whole discussion about "so what you do that stuff too" (not that I do).
Oh, and the whole thing about "why don't you just get a job?!?!" Yeah, you think it's always that easy? |
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| malek |
I give if I have, or I say no sorry and look them in the eyes.
I try as best as I can not to ignore them, they're not animals. |
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| nefardec |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
look them in the eyes.
they're not animals. |
sounds like you have a need to reassure yourself of that.
I always give what change I have, but there are so many here in the city... |
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| OkiDokie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zyklon_Jay
when bums ask me for spare change i tell them that i only have hundreds. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| I have a mortgage and a car loan....I usually ask the homeless for money. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
I give if I have, or I say no sorry and look them in the eyes.
I try as best as I can not to ignore them, they're not animals. |
HIPPIE! |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
HIPPIE! |
Hippies proetect animals before humans... i do the opposite. |
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| D-res |
| I give them a hard time |
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