[Diavolos]

I have to agree with you. They aren't homeless because they're down on their luck, as the Libbies would have you believe. They WANT to be that way. Oh really? People want to eat out of a dumpster? And sleep in alleys with rats?

[Xenalyte]

No, what FF is saying is that the sane homeless are usually homeless because they chose (for example) to pay for drugs instead of the rent.

They have made choices that led directly to their becoming homeless.

[Froufrou]

They don't have to pay taxes, do they? Do you know that a panhandler can make $30K a year? Taxfree?

When I say something about a homeless person, it's because that's what they've said to me. I often have to walk past them to go to lunch. They've even told me and a friend that they were given one-way tickets from Corpus Christi and Austin.

My remarks are based on what I've been told directly by them.