Do you give the "bums" that are veterans or anyone of them money?(The ones on the roadways begging)
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I do, way too often though. I can't help myself. A short while ago I paid for a weeks housing for someone and gave them a contact where they could look for a job... (I normally don't go that far though.) Recently I have stopped doing these things because those "killed with kindness" ads make me feel terrible. :( http://flickr.com/photos/spirosk/128590438/
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People who are veterans are not “bums”. They may be begging, unemployed, and down and out. They once served their country and perhaps were traumatized by the experience of combat. This is much more frequent than it is accepted. Post Traumatic Stress (PST), is a very serious thing. Perhaps the appearance of so many veterans of war tells us more about the condition of society than it does about them. As a practice, I will give gift certificates to McDonalds to homeless people so that I am sure that I am feeding them and not a “habit”.
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everybody gives them money they make more than the average working man
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No, I give them fruit or food, helps them in the long run because the temptation of beer or cigeretes is gone.
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I help them whenever I can. Not usually with cash but I offer food, clothing and what ever else I can.
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Helping someone is not a problem for me I help anyone in need if I am able to buy a hot cup of coffee or soup is easy to do
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No not regularly i don't believe those people really...but ironicly enough today i gave a women with a sob story 10 cents...I got sucked in...
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Beggers have places to go, where they can be helped. If they have too much pride to go there, then they are begging to support a habit that is keeping them there. Veteran or not, I don't just "ask" for MY money, I have to do something for it. If he's disabled from the war, they have health insuarnce. If they are disabled from an attempted suicide, they have access to government health benefits. Even illegal immigrants can use the system. If they are on the street, it's a mental issue or a drug one. If they ask me for a dollar I say no. If they ask me for food I say no. If they ask me for work, I'll look for them.
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I don't give them money, if I happen to have something to eat in the car like a snack i brought with me I will give them that. They are usually greatful. Except one time when I was at school ( community college) they have a location downtown. I was outside having a smoke break with some friends and this begger came up and said he was hungry asked if we could spare some change. I said I couldn't give him any money, but I had a pop-tart i brought with me that day that I didn't eat. I gave it to him and he said they are nasty cold. If he was truly out to just get some food because he was hungry, he would have ate that pop-tart without even thinking about it.
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I think that is a very good question. I have given them food & money in the past, & have also read that it is a scam that is often very lucrative for some. - I also, would like to know more facts about this reality.
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I resent the fact that you refer to the men and women who have served this country "bums." If they are broke, sick or messed up due to saving us from harm & death they are not bums but lost heroes. I do support Veterans in many different ways.
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yes i do.. why not. they are only human. and i believe in this one word "karma" and trust me, you do something good, like giving money to those who need it, good things may come your way.
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I do give them money but not because i believe their little sad stories because for what we know those people make more money a year than you me. i do it because its always good to do an act of kindness everyday, and though their intensions might be wrong, yours were to help and that is all that matters.
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I dont ever offer money. If I can give food or gift certificates for food I will. I dont really care if they trade the food for something else. It is my act of kindness and it is a gift for them to do with as they please. The answers to this question are very enlightening.
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I do sometimes, but I think it's better just to buy them a meal from somewhere.
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if i ever encountered one, i would offer to buy them lunch or something
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I give bums money because thats good KARMA on you. You do something good for someone something good will happen to you. I dont like people who are so quick to pass judgment on people they dont know. Bums are people too...they just drink a lot more OLD ENGLISH and malt liqueur than the normal person.
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Not if they call me "sweetheart" and ask me where my boyfriend is. Try walking through Baltimore once without hearing some homeless guy say that to you.
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