Every once in a while something grabs you

Maybe its just because I see it every day but i have no sympathy for the homeless. I see them everyday at practically every intersection and they aren't just 'down and out'....being down and out doesnt give you the shakes, make you slur your words or smell like booze. There are more than enough ways for people that want to get off the street to do so.

At one time I was homeless and I didnt get off the street by begging with a cardboard sign or waiting until someone takes pity on me

I tend to agree with Michael... I never feel too sorry for the homeless because I have seen it so much... and all of them want something for nothing. Heck, if I gave out all my money, then I'd end up homeless too.

I dont mind giving money to someone that truly needs it. But when you're holding a sign that says 'will work for food' and you're less than a block from a strip mall with multiple 'help wanted' signs or you live in an area, like this one, that has unending amounts of day labor places (but that means you have to get up early) or you are standing on the corner in your freshly ironed jeans and new shoes with a fresh shave and clean shirt...i find it hard to part with my cash to pay for your beer/crack/smack

Thanks for the videos, very powerful stuff. Sometimes its hard for us as humans and as internet marketers to get caught up in the daily grind of making money that we dont take the time to take a step back and realize where we are in our lives, what we have, and how lucky we all are.

Its so powerful when one guy in the video has one wish and he wishes for a van so he can stay warm and dry at night


powerful stuff

See the third world. This is nothing compared to the conditions there. I'm not saying they are better off but its just sad how things are worse in diff parts of the world.
It comes down to the individual as well. 8 out of 10 times its there fault and most of the times they can't be bothered to work as they get easy money food and even cigarrettes of the walkers by.
Some are genuine but some really take the p*ss.

We have panhandlers that work in shifts here at the highway exits. Seriously, they change out with another panhandler about mid-day or so. I had an intersection about 2 blocks from my house that i came through every night on my way home and there was a bum there. I saw this one bum there everyday and this is what i observed.

Monday - walking with a limp
Tuesday - waking with a limp and a pantleg rolled up (looked like an injury if you didnt look close)
Wednesday - strap on brace on the leg with the pantleg rolled up
Thursday - crutches
Friday - crutches strap on brace and a sling on his arm.

i didnt watch him past that, but i figured by about sunday he should be in a full body cast.

They had an article in one of the local papers here on the panhandlers and these people aren't down and out', they are bums. They have strategies as to how to get the most money. Most of them they talked to couldnt get a job because of some physical ailment or another that apparently kept them from working, but didnt keep them from walking up and down the median of a busy street for 9-10 hours. Some of these people were making $150 or so a day tax free.


People who are truly down and out, down on their luck, whatever you want to call it, are usually the last people to beg money from someone else. They really DO want to work, and usually are atleast somewhat taken care of by a state agency or the thousands of church based or citizen run outreach programs. Those that have some form of addiction prodding them along are the ones out there with a cardboard box begging for money.

I've seen guys down here with signs that say 'why lie, i need beer money'