I'm homeless. Give me free money or I will get violent!

[DougMD]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/25/BAGT5HEPCG1.DTL

[bruce_smith60]

I figured this had something to do with Houston and the "REFUGEE$$$$$" from N.O.

[cameronmclain]

HAHAHA. What a joke. What a bunch of bums looking for a handout.

original: San Francisco Times: "...There's so many people, and now they're upset they're not going to get their money."

Their money? THEIR MONEY??????? HAHAHAHA- IT WAS HIS MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...But people sat quietly around a square grass area near the parking lot entrance as Canada circled the area

The whole time they could've been WORKING!!!!!

..."This is messed up," said Brian Boykin, who said he was going to use his money for a hot meal. "That whole time we sat listening to him, thinking we would get money -- and then nothing."

That whole time you sat listening to him, you could have been WORKING!!!!! What a bum.Brian Boykin- you are a bum.


Now before everyone jumps on the "you're heartless" and "you're a republican" bandwagon, I'll say this. I believe in HELPING our fellow man. When somebody's in a tough spot, I think you should do all you can to help them. I've helped a lot of people, and I wouldn't be where I am withouta lot of poeplehelping me- and I am thankful. But there is a HUGE difference in "Helping" someone and "Giving" someone something for free. I think if the guy would help all of them get a job- that would be really helping them. Giving someone $10 doesn't help- just prolongs the disease. If someone helped them get a job they could make their own $10, and feed themselves. But per usual- a lot of people don't want to work- just looking for handouts. And there's plenty of people (normal citizens AND socialists) who are more than happy to oblige.

[Aught Six]

What a friggin' idiot. Whatdid he expect to happen?

I believe in helping our fellow man help themselves. That way I can get back to helping myself and my family. You want money? Earn it. You don't have to work 40 hours a week. Just put a little effort into obtaining whatever you want. Neighborhood kids (~12 years old) have learned that mowing or raking a lawn will get them enough cash to treat themselves (or better yet, save it). Why can't adults figure that out for themselves?

Giving somebody something for nothing hurts all parties involved.

Now, if private individuals or charities want to give money away, that's their prerogative. I still don't think it's a very wise choice to make, though.

[DougMD]

This reminds me of exactly what happened to my father. True story. He was a foreman for a utility company working in a DCneighborhood about 30 years ago. On a hot summer day, he bought three neighborhood kids an ice cream since it was so hot out and the kids looked really hot, sweaty etc. The next day, there were 20 kids there, asking him to buy them all ice cream.

[Aught Six]

This reminds me of exactly what happened to my father. True story. He was a foreman for a utility company working in a DCneighborhood about 30 years ago. On a hot summer day, he bought three neighborhood kids an ice cream since it was so hot out and the kids looked really hot, sweaty etc. The next day, there were 20 kids there, asking him to buy them all ice cream.

I lived in DC for almost two years. That experience led to many of mythoughts concerning work, welfare and entitlement.

Quick story off the top of my head (I remember this one like it was yesterday). I wasgoing to theNational Mall to hang out withmy dad one day and came out of the Smithsonian Metro station. At the top of the escalators stood a disheveled homeless man reeking of booze, who was scaring countless out-of-town families heading to the museums. He was holding a stack of free maps (the kind you get attourist kiosks) and selling them for $1each.

Mrs. Six was with me at the time, so I wasn't really eager tobe around this guy. But when wegot to ground level, he rushed over to me and started some slurred spiel like, "OK, got everything you need to know right here, you got your National History Museum over there, Air and Space Museum here, everything you need, $1".

I told him, "No thanks, I don't need the map," and started to walk away. The guy followed me, still yelling his sales pitch. So I told him "no" again. He kept it up. Finally I turned around againand said, "I don't want your friggin' map; I live here!"

His reply: "I don't give a @#$% where you live, you'd better buy my map, @#$hhole!"

Unfortunately some people simply feel that we owe them a living. I really don't know if we, as a society, can change that type of thinking, or if some people are just out to lunch when it comes to personal responsibility.

[Briman]

The nerve of people.[:@]

I'd rather be sodomized by a gang of lepers than to stand in line for a handout, but that's just me. Some people just have no shame.

[DougMD]

They should be grateful for any kind of handout to help them out. Instead, they increase to many people wanting their share, and view it as an entitlement that they'll be angry about ifyou don't continue to give them more. This is remarkably similarto foreign aid we give to the many countries who hate us.

[Charley]

Giving money away has worked so well for the US government,I don't see why it wouldn't workon a smaller scale!

Many folks around here who first move into the somewhat rural areas put up a deer feeder and feed corn to watch the deer. They typically start out withone or two does and some fawns coming to thefeeders. Within six months, it is not unusual to pull in20 to 30 animals, and the number keeps growing. Any animal, including humans, is going to go where it gets the most (food, shelter, drugs, etc) with the least amount of labor.