"HOMELESS?"
I Just Came Back From A Shopping Center.........Theres A Couple That Constantly Walk The Parking Lot...Separate From Each Other.... Begging For Money................................These Are The Same Shabby Lookin People...That Two Years ago.......I Gave Money To............They Said Back Then...At The Time... That They Were To Be In Housing in A Couple of MonthsBut There They Are...Two Years Later..Still At It
Ive Heard That They Are Heroin Users......And This Is How They Support Their Habit
And Theres Another Guy There Too
But He Has A Better Approach To Get Money From People...He Stands At The Exit...With His Cardboard Sign That Says
"Homeless...Please Help"
And...Of Course...Theres Not A Better Night ...To Capitalize On Getting Money.... Like Christmas Eve
By The Way..The Three I Spoke Of?......None Of Them Are Homeless
The Guy With The Sign?....I Watched Him For A While...And After Two Hours,,,He Got Into A Car That Came And Got Him
"In Great Britain...The Cops There Did A Study On Homeless Beggars
And Found... That Out Of 52... "Homeless People"... With Signs... Or... Begging For Money?
Only Five..... Were Actually Homeless
Some Of These... "Homeless Beggars"...Actually Own Their Own Home
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We gave money to a panhandler and later said that we should see where he goes in a few hours.
It was too cold to check him out.
"Its A Business"
"And Might Add....Tax Free".................
"One Person Told Me That"
"They Were Asked For Three Dollars"
"So They Could Get Milk"
"When The Person Being Asked For Three Dollars Said"
"Okay...Ill Buy The Milk For You"
"Suddenly.... The Person That Needed Milk"
"Just Walked Away"...............................
"Some Of Them Prefer This Life Style"
"Theres A Couple... That Lives In The Woods Here...In A Tent"
"Winter ...Spring.... Summer ....And Fall"
"Between Them.Both"
"They Receive... From The Government ....Over 1,700 Dollars A Month"
"With That Money?...They Could Get A Place To Live"
"But Theyre Not Gonna Give Up"
"Their Drugs...Pot...And Booze......In Order"
"To Pay For A Place To Live"..............
"Most Of Them Out There?"
"Its Their Living"
"Theyre Not Homeless"
("And The Truly Homeless?")...(Besides The Mentally Challenged?)
("There Are Programs ...That Are There To Assist Them")
"I Mean...If I Was Homeless?"
"I Sure As Hell... Would Be Seeking Out........ Some Kind Of Help"
(Who Wants To Live Like That?)
Answer?
(Only Those............. Who Want To)................
I would disagree with one post that theorized that “no one” had a shred of integrity though.
There are still a few of us left, disallusioned as we are,
Not all homeless are grifters....or those that pose as in need...the biggest con artists are in politics...Trump for one as an example...you might rave on about the poor folks that are grifting for a living but you advocate for a President that will do nothing to help people...other than deport and offer no other solutions...trickle down economy does not work but good for the rich...
Just ask Reagan...lol...
"If Ever There Was Someone"
"Who Covers Every Base On A Subject?"
"It Is............. Surely........ You"
"It Shows... That You See Things From Both Sides"
"And Most Importantly?'
"You Have The Ability... To Be Able To Stand Back From The Crowd"
"And See The............... "Whole Picture"
(Its Very Refreshing With People)
"As You..Here.... On The Blogs"......................
"I Guess.... If Your Idol....Hillary.... Was The President"
"There Would Not Be Homeless People"
("From Now On")
("We Should All Listen............ To You")..................
Relax...lol...
It is only an opinion...that what blogging is about...no need to name call...isn't that what freedom of speech is about?...
Cheers
"There Was One Girl..(17 Years Old)"
"Who Was Always There... On The Corner.... With Her Sign ....That Read"
"Homeless...Please Help"
"She Dressed The Part Too"
"The Local News Station... Asked Her About Her Situation... While She Was Standing On The Corner"
"She Was Very Convincing That She Was Homeless"
"Well...At The End Of Her Day.....The News Station Followed Her.... Without Her Knowing"
(Seems...She was Living With Her Family.... In A Nice House)
(Even Her Parents Didnt Know... She Was Doing This Stuff............... When They Were Told.... At The Door Of Their House)
"This 17 Year Old...Was Raking In..........On Average"
"65 Dollars a Day"..........................
I wouldn't say the Brits are insular but apparently there was one beggar coining an absolute fortune, his sign said 'I need only £10 more to buy my ticket back to my own country'.
"In Great Britain..They Did A Study Of 57 Homeless People...... With Signs"
"Only... Five... Were Actually .........Homeless"
"Three Of Them?"
"Owned Thier Own Homes".........................
"There Are Some People That Go To All The Food Banks"
"There Are Plenty Of These Food Banks Too.......... Around Here"
(Why Pay For Food)
"When You Can Get It Free?"...............
"Ringing The Bell... For The Salvation Army"
"Saying................."Who Knows How Much Money...If Any"
"That They Might Be Slipping Into Their Own Pockets"
"When No One Is Looking?"
"But What A Lot Of People Dont Know... Is"
1)"That These People Are Being Paid The Minimum Wage"
"To Sit There Ringing That Bell"
("Now....After Deducting... His/Her... Minimum Wages... For Every Hour")
("And Deducting The Gas... And The Time... The Other Driver Is Being Paid")
("To Ferry Our Minimum Wage Bell Ringer Back And Forth")
("The Odds Seem To Say ...That.... There Wont Be Very Much Money Left")
("That Actually Goes To Those")
("It Was Intended For")...........................
"It Just Reinforces The Thought Of"
"If We Drop Whatever It Is... In The Pot"
"We Just Might Get The Feeling... That"
"We Are Paying Someones Wages"
"Instead Of Helping Out Those In Need"
("Which It Was Intened For").....................
"For The Person.... Who Actually Has The Job"
"Imagine This Now"
"If The Person... With The Job...Sits There For An 8 Hour Shift"
"The People... Must First Donate..(Which Is Supposed To Be For Those In Need)
"$62.24 Cents..In Order To Pay The Person Sitting There"
("Somehow...Something Doesnt Seem To Be Quite Right")
"But...Im Sure..The Last Commenter"
"Will Have Something To Say About That"...............
On my way out the door of anywhere they had been standing I would give them a big "Thank you" for what they did.
"For Me...Its Not About The Person Sitting There Getting Paid"
"Its About My Money..Thats Supposed To Go To Helping People In Need"
"So..Please Understand"
"Its About The Policy Of The Salvation Army"
"Not The Person Sitting There".........................
"Who Does.... What They Do.... On Their Own Time.... And For No Pay"
"Is Commendable"............................."These Are People In Standing"
"These Are People..... That This World..... Needs More Of"
("Saying Thank You...To People... Who Are Being Compensated...For What They Do?")
("Theres Not A Thing Wrong With That")...("If Thats Your Bag")
"We Might As Well...Stand At A Mills Exit...And When The First Shift Lets Out?"
"Thank Each Individual...As They Come Out...For What They Do"
(Although..We Might Get Some Very Strange Looks)
"If I Have A Dollar To Hand Out?"
"Im Better Off Giving It.... To That Guy Holding His Sign"
"At Least Ill Know... Whos Getting My Money I Donated"
(What He Will Do With It?)
"Thats Another Story"....................
It was something that I had passed down to my two sons to do.
(I Understand... And Fully Agree With You)
"It Was What I Was Taught... Also"
"But The Reason Behind It Then... Was Because"
"Those People Ringing That Bell Back Then?"
"Were Doing It For Free"
"I...As You...As Probably Everybody"
"Would Always Be Willing ...To Help Those In Need"
"It Just Seems That...In Todays World?"
"Our Money We Donate...To Help Those Less Fortunate?"
"Most Of It?....Never Seems To Get"
"To Its Rightful Destination"......................
The way they were talking I thought all it was being spent the ones who need said funds.What an eyeopener that was.
"Here...Are Some Of Those Eye Openers"
1)"Sales Associates:...$9.48 An Hour"
2)"Case Managers"..$34,737 Dollars A Year"
3)"Admistrative Assistant"...$44,266 Dollars A Year"
4)"Admistrative Assistants"..$15.84 An Hour"
5)"Store Managers"..$37,651 Dollars A Year"
6)Case Managers..$44,095 Dollars A Year"
7)"Stock Clerks"..$17,058 A Year"
8)"Assisstant Store Mangers"..$34,429 A Year"
(Seems That Every Job Needs An Assistant?")
"Funny Though"
"It Does Not List All The.......... "Higher Ups"...Salaries
"I Wonder Why?"..................
("Someone Who Helps Their Boss")
("Because... Their Boss....Is Incapable... Of Doing The Job")
"They Were ............Hired To Do"
(At The Salvation Army... It Seems)
(Everybody Needs An Assistant)
"Just Like Politicians...Church Leaders....And Everything Else"
"Everybody...Needs An Assistant!!"....................
"They Have A City Job"
"It Consists Of... Driving Around..... In A Small..... Water Carrying Truck"
"And His Job Is... To Make The Rounds... All Over The City"
"Watering The City's Potted Plants ....That Dot The Landscape"
("Is This A Job Thats Needed?")
"But....I Can Give The City Some Credit Here,,,Though"
"This Job... Doesnt Require"
"An Assistant!!"....
"Right Now ...Here In New England?"
"Its 9 Degrees"
"And With The Wind Howling?"
"Its A Wind Chill Of...............17 Below Zero............(Fahrenheit)
"Those People... Living In Tents In The Woods Here?"
"I Dont Know How ...They Can Do It"..........................
"To The Store"....(About 100 Feet)
"Upon Leaving The Store...To Get Back To The Explorer?"
"I Realized I Wouldnt Survive Out There.... For A Half Hour"
"Before... Id Be Dead"...................
The Maslow's Army had been proposing to get a shelter but they don't have one as yet.
"Never Heard Of That"
"What Is It?".......................