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Originally Posted by txshopper73

You are a good person. I know that this may come across as being ugly and isn't true in every case but please be careful about what you feel for some people out there. There are so many scam artists out there that live off of the sympathy of others. Some of those people probably make more than I do in a year's time doing just that...standing on a street corner with all of their children wanting handouts from people driving by.

There are many places that those people can get help, food, shelter. What they don't get from those places is cash to go blow on whatever...that's why they will stand on a street corner.

The best thing you can do for those people is to go to McDonalds or some other fast food place and purchase a meal and bring it back to those people. Some MAY thank you and others may just scowl at you. Been there, done that!

I have to agree, as bad as it may sound,, I often wonder about people who want hand outs, with No willingness to EARN it.. I am no way WELL off,and I work everyday not by choice but to survive. We also have ALOT of people in our area that are always around wanting money,,not work, not food, MONEY! We recently opened a shelter in our town,and it is EMPTY alot,, You have to watch the ones that just want MONEY. As heartbreaking as it may seem to look. There is a woman also that has about 3 kids and everytime she has a baby, next time ya see her, she is PREGNET... I wanna scream, STOP HAVING CHILDREN,, you can't afford to take care of them.. remember.