Homeless mom panhandles on Market Street with newborn baby

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | July 29, 2017 | Heather Knight

[maine-iac7]

I have Social Security and two pensions and all of it goes to living expenses. Maybe I should set aside 75% of it and panhandle for the rest.

"Maybe" you could read the rest of the story - in order to have a safe place for herself and baby to sleep at night, she has to agree that the Place TAKES 75% of her money - SHE has no say in it - and puts it aside for her when the 6 months limit for staying is up....

and "maybe" you holier-than-thouers' can Thank God that 'but by His grace, there go you - "

[fr_freak]

Yeah, help her with her free ride in life. Someone should have paid for her birth control.

Hey, lefties want to play like they are the caring ones, make them live up to it.

[Freedom56v2]

LOL actually, all the details you asked for are in the article...

[Baladas]

look at her twitter pic:

https://twitter.com/suicidesalon

piercings, tattoos and blue hair

[punchamullah]

Many of the babies here in Jakarta work multiple shifts, as they are hired out to various beggars (not their mothers) day and night.

[kearnyirish2]

This is “news” because she is white; many kids grow up in much worse scenarios than this baby will, but because of the soft bigotry of lowered expectations nobody makes a stink about it.

[ronniesgal]

i am assuming you are on your way to SF with a check book.

[Chickensoup]

she has a roof. she lives in a specialized shelter. instead of working like most working class moms who need to pay bills she is begging.

[palmer]

But I don't have a heart-tugging prop like a newborn baby to increase my take

Bring your cat.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Of course she can afford a iPhone in her hand

[silverleaf]

Ka ching

[GailA]

WIC would provide formula and baby food even with her SS, diapers are your responsibility, buy the store brand, same goes for wipes. Use coupons. Coupons.com has a phone app. https://www.coupons.com/coupons/ always has diaper/wipes coupons. Most grocery or Walmart’s take them.

Ask for diapers instead of money.

[GailA]

I was back to work 8 weeks after my last baby was born, only because he was a C-section and I couldn’t get the doc to release me any sooner, and I worked up until 2 weeks before delivery.

Even 35 yrs ago it took 2 incomes to raise 4 kids. And we used cloth diapers/training pants. Which these millennial’s wouldn’t know what they are or how to clean them.

What is wrong that you need formula, GOD gave women milk factories called Breast which is free baby food, all you have to do is stay hydrated.

[sickoflibs]

little Nedahlia ?

Oh brother

[yldstrk]

sounds like you need to go to Target and spring for a new outfit or two

[yldstrk]

A lot of these people everyone wants to have “get a job” are people you can’t trust and who are mentally ill. The problem is we no working network for the mentally ill.

[yldstrk]

mental illness, not deliberate degeneracy.

[yldstrk]

obamaphone

[fatima]

If she was closer we could help her.

[T-Bone Texan]

"By definition you are not capable of taking care of a child if you can't put a roof over your head.".

you know this, and I know this, but common sense is no longer common.