Third World poverty is a whole ‘nother thing vs. U.S. “poverty”.
I’m not saying there is no one in the U.S. who doesn’t deserve a hand. But they are pretty few and far between, especially compared to the sort of places you named.
I have gone into a liquor store and bought bums cheap Whiskey by the 1.5..or food though they usually prefer the drink
they needed it...they went back to their camp down by the Cumberland river and did what they do..hopefully none fell in
giving to feel good about oneself misses the point...not you..but some allude to that
i give cause I can
not just to street bums and FR bums and kinfolks
I still give...but things are harder for me too nowadays
I prefer beggars to robbers and stealers
some folks are just hard cased...I don't hold it against them
hope I never ask them for nothing though
I will not give to Occupy looking Bonnaroo rejects but I have bought ice cream for their kids
i used to do that in Copacabana and Leme...whichever girlfriend I had at that time would suggest buying food for all the gaminas so the older kids or Fagins would not rob them...I'd have a whole line of littl kids buying ice cream or hot dogs...seriously 50-100 kids all lined up...girlfriend would cry...think I was so sweet....women love that...it did have benefits though come to think of it looking back..lol
it's really heartbreaking...at least for me....in the third world...there are completely parentless children only 4-5 years old running around being looked after by older kids...totally on their own
and they grow up and cause problems...they get killed..if they make it that far..it's unbelievable
and with our urban areas in decline and illegitimacy and no limit poverty immigration...we are headed there
jackasses like Bill Gates and Buffett instead of funding abortions and leftist crap should establish large scale homes in places like that...basically huge orphanages under the auspices of Samaritans Purse or someone like that
I give because I was raised that way I guess...and now that I have basically a zillion kids of my own...I'm a Santoriumal type guy I reckon in that regard...it would tear me up worse now to see so many children given such a raw existence...just awful I was young then...could shut it off easier