Posted on 08/26/2005 7:09:01 AM PDT by Millee
The liberal idea of compassion is to give an addict more drugs.
this explains feel-good liberalism at its worst.
What is this crap?? I see the same people begging day after day, year after year. If they'd save 10% of their "earnings" they could buy a suit and get a job in no time.
The paper, as a public service..should print this guy's home address. Tis was all the "panhandlers who are the face of poverty" can go there and piss in front of his house.
Here's an idea...just let 'em live in your home. That way they won't bug ya about anything, they'll just take it. And you get to feel a warm feeling in your chest knowing how you've saved people. Then you can write an article about "how enlightened" you are and so everyone will think you're "special".
Giving money to panhandlers to be nice to them is like feeding cats to be nice to them. Pretty soon you are up to your neck in cats.
most of the beggers are professionals....they do quite well...the others are drunks or druggies....and I have no simpathy for either of them....they stink, they scare, they don't pay taxes, they litter, a waste of skin I say...let em freeze......the author is a liberal and wants the "problem"..it helps her Feel....."if I could only help one person....."
Very complex simple-mindedness, isn't it?
I suppose this guy should keep his job so we'll remember to fight idiocy.
The author is a moron. A police friend of mine told me that a good chunk of the homeless are usually running from something-outstanding warrants!
Daddy-o? How could you deny him?
Uhh....cotton. That IS their job.
Anyone who gives beggars ANY money is part of the problem.
If they didn't get hand-outs, they would not spend all day begging.
Stop giving them money -- it only encourages them!
I'm a little leary;
A group of us were in Cleveland last year and saw a few beggars. One had crutches and looked pretty downtrodden. When we walked by that area again, he was walking away from his spot with his crutches over his shoulder.
One of the guys that was with told a story about his uncle in LA that asked beggar to clean his apartment for $100.00. The beggar said no--he makes more money begging.
When they first reported this they said on average panhandlers made about $80 a day in Denver and one as much as $625 in a single day.
This guy is Reggie Rivers. That would be former Denver Bronco Reggie Rivers. I'm sure he could easily fund some major homeless programs.
Incidentally, I was in Denver on leave last week and this story was all over the news. Denver has had a major homeless problem for years. Many homeless migrate to Denver because it has a reputation as a generous city. I lived smack in the middle of downtown for five years. I could regale everyone of the joys that hoards of panhandling winos bring to a thriving downtown community.
Anyone who supports this concept contributes to the demise of a productive society. This is liberalism at its' very worst.
"What is this crap?? I see the same people begging day after day, year after year. If they'd save 10% of their "earnings" they could buy a suit and get a job in no time."
Yea..there's a guy near where I live, stands right in the middle of an intersection with a pan asking for handouts everytime there's a red light and he's been at it for years. He's got to have about 50 people staring at him at any one time, I can't think of anything more degrading and yet he chooses this.
If I was a bum I'd collect cans or something until I could afford a decent outfit. Might be less profitable than begging rich people but at least it's respectable.
Therefore......
...homelessness is a significant issue in Denver.
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