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[–]Akali 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

When you give money, it never reach destination.

The only foundations which aren't scams are the foodbanks because you aren't giving money.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

yeah that's kind of like how if a homeless person is out begging don't give them money, now if you want to be kind and help them out give them some food, they will often refuse it tho since no one really goes hungry in america, food is cheap, plenty of programs, but they want money for drugs and alcohol.

[–]jamesK_3rd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I still give them money. If you're living in the street, by choice or not, sometimes you want a beer.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

fair enuff you can waste your money if you want

[–]madcow-5 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I gave out a buck this morning for the first time in forever. I've never been approached in the town I live in now, the guy was begging hard and mentioning the cold, so I gave him a buck.

When I lived in a bigger city where you're asked for money multiple times a day, I never gave out money. It's also easier to just keep walking in a busy city and not acknowledge them, as opposed to this morning at a gas station with no one else around the guy's sort of following and walking up to me in the parking lot. At that point, half of it's less sympathy and more giving a buck to end this interaction.