I saw a man and a dog on the street today and the dog looked as fed up as the man and the dog had its head on its paws it didn’t move its head only moved his eyes to watch me when I stopped it looked like it was saying life’s a bitch
I give to homeless charities rather than individuals. As I’ve moved I had to find a new local homeless charity to donate to. The trouble with giving money to people on the street is you don’t know what they’ll spend it on. Are you really helping them or are you helping to fund an alcohol/drug addiction that only worsens their health ?
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But where are these charities if the man is sitting on the street
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The charities do what they can. At least you know with a charity they are not going to fund an alcohol/drug addiction.
Either way feels like a gamble… i cant tell what anyones doing with the money after i hand it off… i cant tell if the charity is pocketing most of each donation. I cant tell if the homless person is not just some ■■■■■■■ who is parked in a nicer car than i have 15 feet from where they are sitting…
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I try to give as much as I can to people even if they use the money on alcohol and drugs at least I gave them a chance. Also some people are addicts and they need a fix or the withdrawals can kill them. This sounds really weird coming from me, but sometimes you just have to trust people have some faith in them.
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I don’t know what homeless folks will spend money on, but I like to give money anyways. I used to be homeless, and it helps to know that at least one person in the world still thinks you’re a human being. And sometimes I did spend the money on alcohol. But I was just trying my best to survive. I never would have gotten better if nobody had given me a chance.
But you can never give more than you have, and you should never feel guilty that you can’t do more.
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