Y'know, I always believed that given the opportunity... every member of society can get a job and feed him/herself. Aspirations and ambitions aside, this overly optimistic point of view often leads me to wonder about the poor folk in one of the most powerful and wealthy countries in the world. THE Hyper-power, if you must.
Led to this gentleman's blog by a funny link from mr brown's site about CosPlayers, I went further into Tian's blog and read this post: Spending on Homeless vs. Education ...
By giving cash to the homeless man standing at freeway off-ramp, he is being encouraged to live in a homeless lifestyle. When there is no incentive to be standing around waiting for hand-outs, he has to seek other ways to survive.I whole-heartly agree on this.
In more ways than one, I've always advised my friends and newbies (fresh undergrads) to ignore the bums on the streets coz they don't want your pity/concern, just money. And if you buy them something substantial like food and water, they spit it back at you. *pui* 
So next time, do yourself and other fellow pedestrians a favor and move along... Your money is better spent if you donate it to an active non-religious/political-oriented charity, and your time is better spent volunteering at your local public community services center.
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