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.
Daddy-o? How could you deny him?
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!
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.
Therefore......
...homelessness is a significant issue in Denver.
There's a sucker born every minute.
I don't feed stray animals, so ....
I do contribute to people like Open Door Mission, so I'm not going to be bothered by all the spare-change types all over then street. I never carry money, and never have "spare change", bit I don't feel the need to explain that to any of them.
There's a Walgreen's on Montrose Blvd (Houston's answer to Castro Street) near where I work in Houston, and bums frequently hang out there (some appear to be teenage runaways who did not do so well with the male prostitution thing). I went in there one day to pick up a prescription, and some lady was hitting up people in the parking lot. I ignored her and went in. While I'm in there, a lady customer is haranguing the poor manager of the store for allowing panhandlers out front to make her uncomfortable. Instead of chewing that guy out, why didn't she tell the drunk outside to get lost? I constantly see people ream out the proprieter of an establishment for "allowing" bums outside, but they don't dare tell the bum to take a hike.
The problem with giving money to these folks is that we become their employer. I see them every day, out in all kinds of weather like clockwork with their little cardboard signs. This shows punctuality, diligence and a keen understanding of basic marketing principles. They don't belong on the streets, they blong in offices coming up with better ads that we'll just ignore anyway.
The city of Denver can't tax this money...LOL!!!!
The Left isn't going to be happy that Rivers has unintentionally exposed one of their favorite tactics.
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach the man to fish and he eats for a lifetime."
My point exactly.