I was homeless by choice in 1987 when I was 27. I was never able to get or figure out how to make money. At the time I had a car to live in and always worked minimum wage jobs. I took to alcohol to forget the pain and I have always been called "Loser". I went to rehab in 1992 and was diagnosed "handicapped from birth". It took me 5 1/2 years to get a high school diploma. My brain and thoughts have always been confused. My best decision was to move out of NJ to the south in 1997. I bought some land and a used mobile home and worked my butt off to pay it off. $9 an hour plus straight time overtime got me there mostly painting houses for others. My birth condition has given me OA arthritis and all the hard labor jobs I had when I was younger is taking it's toll today. I am lucky I am on SSDI since 2005 and I have had a few joints replaced. I'm also lucky I paid off my cheap house/land in 2006. Another component is a Capitalist society. Whether NJ or here or probably anywhere in America, finding a job is tough. I did work for $10 an hour driving a truck last year including loading and unloading for 6 months and 2 weeks on the "ticket to work" program offered by disability. I quit because even after a weekend of recovery my body didn't recover and I was hurting a lot come Monday morning. Now my disability case is under review from SSDI because I voluntarily quit from too much physical pain. "God forbid I try to better myself and get back into the workforce." I don't like being handicapped but there isn't much I can do about it. I have "extra" doctor bills to pay. Most jobs here are $8 an hour, if you can find one and it's usually labor. I'm 57 now and still sober. Although I could probably still paint houses, the offers I get from financially successful folks are ridiculous. The South is rife with alcohol and drug abuse. People expect me to bid a job for $6-7 an hour. "I'm sorry, but I will have to turn your offer down but I do know a few guys at AA who just got out of prison who need a job, or they will be going back. And, they don't have cars so you will have to pick them up and drop them off." I want you and I'm trying to help you put food on your table! "Well, if you want someone who is neat and capable who also has transportation and tools you need to pay more." I'm glad I have a cheap house and a small income. Even with good credit I can't afford the cheapest new car and when I buy a used one it has a major problem someone doctored up to get sold that appears a week later and it costs more to fix then it's worth. The rich hurt the poor over and over more and more. When I try and sell something good online, eBay, CL, or Letgo I get offers of 1/2 or 1/3rd my asking price. eBay usually stands with the buyer if they say "The item was not as described". OK, return it and i will give you a refund. They get the refund and I get returned a broken piece of junk and not the good item I sent them. Plus, I have to pay listing fee's to get myself scammed. I know I'm not a loser but getting ripped off whether I'm buying or selling things these days makes me wonder. I know people my age with college degree's who can't find a job. I have figured out how to be successful in America. You need to be smart, and have a predator mentality to take advantage of others. If you don't have a conscious and can lie well chances are good you will be successful.
I was trying to get my license back after 5 years not being able to pay a fine and a friend help pay that fine and all I needed was the fee to get the license and I tried to hold a sign up, I cried the whole time I held it! I was so ashamed to beg for help!! I was not raise to beg. When a person reaches rock bottom who do they turn too? I only needed $60 because I had a CDL.I will never forget that experience the rest of my life. If I can give so someone else don't have to feel ashamed I will. No one should have to be humiliated when needing help!! No one!
People dont realise how easy it is to become homeless. People need to stop being so judgemental and narrow minded and be more understanding. Dont become homeless first for you to realise how judgemental you shouldn't of been towards homeless people. Because it can happen to anyone
I like how the social workers say, "you'll do more good if you give us the $5 instead of the beggar"! lol...yeh, give the money to his organization so that it can pay their salaries so they can keep their comfy homes! And the quote, "we need to keep the money our of their hands so they can hit bottom. I have a better idea. FIRE all of the high paid executives in these social organizations! Start with GOODWILL executives!
Also, $5 to a homeless person vs. the same $5 to a homeless organization is not a practical comparison. How likely are people to deliver $5 donations to charities?
***** Don't knock goodwill dude, I bought the cloths there for the interview that got me back from unemployment. Everything else I can agree with, but goodwill ( the store itself ) at least around here has been a blessing.
***** Wow, if you really believe that, you need to have your head examined. "ALL" is a big word and your comment is factually incorrect. Sorry, but this is not a question of opinion. Do some due diligence before you come spouting off blanket comments that are pure b.s. I'm not Jewish but I think everyone should be offended by your stupidity.
***** I do not wish to engage with you any further than my point of your use of the word, "ALL." It is not reality and it is not logical. I can name 1,000+++ high level execs. that are not Jewish. Whatever trend you are following, it is just that...a trend. NOT ALL! Good luck.
Most of us give. I lived in Houston, TX and was homeless there for six months no job.My mom sent me $30 a month. I was able to get on the county health care but was only good in case it was an emergency. I got food stamps for 3 months. I was fighting for disability because of an injury to my lower back. I was able to buy some cookware over time and other things I needed. Men may not care about staying clean but women do! I will say I was one of the lucky one to have been able to get out of it alive. I did not have to do things I would be ashamed of thank GOD!! But know a few women that had to do it, even a few men. It is wrong how America deals with homelessness. Shelters can be setup in many places and basic health care afforded to them. Work programs geared to help them save money to get out of the shelters in a timely manner, no just cut them off of services because there is others need the same services. It is stupid! When you help one to get off the street your helping the next person to. We never forget we was there once too!
I've given 5 or 10 bucks to some old winos to help them get thru the nite and I feel good about it every time I do, I wish a few bucks would make me so happy
lol@ the lady saying "give the 2 dollars to a facility and it will go further in helping that individual" ? insane. whether he be alcoholic/drug addict if hes down so low as to hold a sign give him what you can and who cares what he does wit it? maybe it will buy a half hour of peace for him/her so why not?
To actually get anything from there so called organizations is more degrading than holding a sign. They treat you like shit, like you are less than human, cattle. But they get rich off human misery, oh there are a few good ones... Have a great day!! Ed Lee
i always just give it to the people standing there. hell with whats right and wrong, and i dont care if they do use it for wine or whatever, everyone's entitled to their choices in life and everyone will one day answer for them. Its not my job to judge and its pn;y a very fine line between stopping in a new vette to hand 100 bucks to a sign holder, and being the guy with the sign, in-fact my chance to hold that sign could be minutes away.........
I have been close to that myself. Being at the right place at the right time saved me, so far, but when i can i spread the wealth... It's a karma thing... Ed Lee
Yes it is. Pisses me off when I see a vet out there. Nam tore my dad up, twice, cambodoa, cason and quantre. He foight for 17 years for va pay with 3 purple hearts and 176 wounds on his entire left side. 100% disabled and had to fight for benefits
"Wounded warrior project" as admirable as they are, it makes me sick to see private firms pick up where our goverment should be caring for these people. The very reason I talked my sons out of joining, despite one actually completing the academy.
Having been homeless many times through out my life. I would say the major contributing factor is the lack of affordable housing in the past. Now, as with my last bout with homelessness, it is compounded with rejection based on credit scores and evictions from the past. Hopelessly limiting opportunities for success.
I got my Econ degree in the mid 1970's and have been an avid reader of all things "Economic" ever since. I'm a rather conservative libertarian but, being a Christian, I have a LOT of empathy/sympathy for the Poor in our once great nation. All the Classic works of Economics discuss capitalism as though it is taken for granted that there will always be "Winners" and "Losers" in a free market system. Even though they pay lip service to caring for the Poor in a capitalist economy they have no solutions for helping raise the poor out of poverty. I'm far from being a socialist but when you live in a 'Dog eat Dog' economy about 75% of the 'dogs' will be eaten. So, even if you support an absolute Free Market, Libertarian society you must do something for the poor, especially the Working Poor. I wish I had the answers...
All those old motels, deteriorating away, should be used for putting a roof over people's heads. Have a manager, and 1 or 2 armed security guys, and you'll have no problems. They can wash their own sheets. seriously, every American city has a few run-down motels which would serve the purpose.
Kittensugars, I have always thought about those buildings as well. There is one in particular where I live now that is five stories tall and I think used to be an office building. It would be absolutely perfect as ( shoot, I just had the word in my head!!!) in between shelter. So people and families could move in there for a two year period for instance. It wouldn’t be emergency situations but families who are almost back on their feet. Not sober living but not good luck have a good life. Living on your own with a safety net. It is across from a major airport so lots of work possibilities and on very dependable bus routes for public transportation. I see it so clearly in my head and I almost break down in tears whenever I pass this empty shell of a building because it is just being wasted. The possibilities are endless and that is what makes me so sad because there are so many people who just need help for a touch longer and then they would be better than okay. If I ever won the lottery that is what I would do. In a heartbeat.
maybe use some of the empty malls and storefronts as well. these organizations could buy up these foreclosed homes and make shelters as well lord knows that there are many of them out there.
Panhandling is not standing there doing nothing. It's humbling yourself standing there, confessing to the whole world, that you are totally defeated. Union road construction personal are paid journeyman wages to stand there and hold a sign all day long too.
It's humane but it shouldn't be compared to hard, tangible, legitimate work of the journeymen. They do more than "hold a sign all day long...". People just happen to see them holding their signs.
The man who said dont give homeless people money...let them get to the bottom. He must really enjoy looking down on people. They ARE at the bottom. This man should be ashamed of himself. Great movie Great music. Thank you. 💘 love how you echoed bottom and replayed people sleeping on street when that man said that. Point well made.
Yeah, and that guy apparently is involved with some kind of church or ministry or both, smh. A sadist minister is in the perfect position to feed his sadism isn't he?
if compassion compels you to give money to someone who has nothing, then how they spend it is none of your concern. those who say otherwise its guaranteed they have a home, sleep in a good bed and have no clue what its like to be homeless and desolate., not the slightest inkling
Love how all these police and case workers all dressed up and comfy opine on something they persanally can not fathum, because they never spent 1 day on the streets.
+Kyler Stock "...we've been IN BUSINESS since 1932...." - that one Gospel Mission man at 50:17 From what I've seen, in some areas it is a lucrative business too. Of course, if there were no homeless people, that "business" would evaporate.......
@@T1C45 hi. Have you ever had a Cop buy you SHOES? Have you ever had a Cop give you lunch? No I'm not a Cop. Thank you Jesus for the shoes I wear and the bed I sleep in and for the wife beside me and for running water in our motel room in West Sacramento California. Have a good day.
shelters ? this will not help the problem ..the shelters in salt lake city are making money off other peoples misery. It is a shame that the veterans suffer after returning from serving their country when they should be the #1 priority . And we can all see that not all homeless people are mentally ill they just need some help , love and direction. NO ONE should judge these people and be careful what you say because the average american is only two paychecks away from being homeless . I think the government should focus more on housing than spending billions fighting other peoples battles.
Damn right. I am fucking sick to death of seeing the USA piss money away in foreign lands playing police force to the world with our tax dollars. Let's take care of our own people and balance our own budget here at home in the USA. Then if we have money left, we can go play God in other countries. Our government has had it's head up it's ass for over half a century. It's time for an enema.
+Wealthy BigPenis you don't think united states is really helping anybody when they go invade another country,they do that as a pretext to get next to there countries resources
People say there are systems out there to help the homeless but they don't realize that the homeless are homeless because the system is flawed by the fact that its human element. To err is human, to forgive divine.
We have got to give someone the benefit of the doubt, seize the opportunity to help them ON-THE-SPOT and not have them have to deal with the buracracy to get help....
Fantastic doco guy's well done!! Keep making these videos for everyone to see what's going on outside our homes. It's education. We all want to know the truth and need to know to open our eyes
Ha! Unless we start to seriously organize for help, giving directly to the person is better. I hope we start soon because it's just going to get a lot worse.
How much money would society give if we put death row inmates on the corner with signs . Death row inmates are given so much compared to these poor disconnected people why
The people on this video who tell us not to give the homeless money, seem to have this belief that the homeless are alcoholics or on drugs. They seem to keep the stereotypes alive. SHAME ON THEM! I would rather give the homeless money than these men. They know what they need. Unfortunately, I have seen some of those on the corner leave for the day in their nice cars. All the same, they hurt those really in need.
Homeless Military Veterans can go to their local Veterans Admistration Hospital or Clinic, for help with their needs, food, clothing, lodging and medical care. Some may be eligible for a % of disability pay. The VA can pull up their file from their active duty years...
Realtors are to blame for homelessness. They should have to have degrees with ethics laws. They should not be able to sell homes to investors instead of homebuyers and should not be able to set rents or home values.
Very true story and take this as a lesson: A lady and her little kids were standing at an intersection "begging" for changes out in the hot summer sun. Feeling compassion for them, I gave them about $20 and advised her to buy her kids some food. The next day, EVERY ONE OF THE KIDS, INCLUDING THE "MOTHER," HAD SUNGLASSES ON WHILE SMILING AT ME!!!
The biggest problem contributing to this problem is the greed of the wealthy. As one woman in this video stated, years ago a minimum wage bought a great deal more than it does now. All we ever hear is that if minimum wage is raised, those companies will have to raise prices on what they are selling. That is only true if said company insists on what can be called a "greedy" profit margin. In Minnesota, when wages went up a few years ago, there followed a news report on how the cost of rental housing in Minnesota went up higher than the national average. Well of course it did - because one way or another the wealthy are going to get their hands on that extra money. Prices on everything went up dramatically when gas prices were up so high. We were told that it was because the cost of shipping had increased so much. But now when gas prices have come down, why are prices on everything else not coming down? It amounts to nothing more than legalized theft by the greedy rich.
That 54.80 in 8 hours was probably a great day. Im sure alot of days these guys don't even get 20 in 8 hours. And if youre sleeping under a bridge 54 bucks goes a long way to buy jackets,blankets,food,water,supplies, etc. And yeah maybe some of them booze. But to me if you were sleeping out in the cold everynight in fear for your life you might want a drink too now and then.
Panhandling + guitar = self respect, equals a colorful subjective exchange. Much more workable than a mere drab gray tin cup and a frown. Once, I stood eight hours at a remote rural freeway onramp, until I thought to put on the Hawaiian print shirt and a pale blue glat-top cloth hat.... Image. You can have one, easy.
As someone who has been homeless I find this documentary to be despicable. To tell people to only give money to organizations and not the people who need it is only a way for them to make money off the misfortune of others. How much of what's given goes to their pay checks? The reasons they say to give to them and not the people who need it is that the money will only enable them to drink and do drugs. As someone who don't drink or do drugs I find that offensive. There were times when I was living in a tent that $5.00 would have gone a long way to help with basic needs. That's what being homeless means, not being able to meet your basic needs and having to find a way to survive anyway. I doubt any of the people saying not to give the homeless money have ever had to starve for weeks or had to sleep outside in subzero temps. As someone who has I can tell you it's not easy and certainly not a choice. You do what you have to do so you can survive and sometimes $5.00 can make the difference between living and dying.
I agree. If i give a little money to a homeless i do it just to give something . I dont feel i have the right to be some kind of thought police. Thats horrible.
AMEN, BROTHER ! i am currently homeless. and in my town there are literally no resources for the homeless. i fly a sign and pray every day that i make enough to eat, and hope that somehow maybe today someone will see me and maybe help me get out of this situation that i am in. but i know i am going to die soon. i am diabetic and the lack of proper diet and medical care is killing me.
Tony Vapes Come to south Florida. The folks standing in the median make $100+ a day everyday. I know quite a few of them. Was one myself for 6 months once.
i was homeless from 2002 to 2009 and i slept in tents/cars and i could use my laptop/cellphone by charging them at cafés and laundrys, it was actually kind of nice
Good you found a home :) I guess you also saw other homeless that had a hard time ? I know that homeless people here in Scandinavia have a pretty hard life , especially in the winter.
I have an ex who is now homeless. He is disabled and a vet. He burnt a lot of people who he lived with and unfortunately no one including me is helping him. I sometimes feel guilty but he brought this upon himself. But I still feel bad for him, he is sleeping in the woods in Florida, at least it warm 63. I can never imagine it, I made sure my house was paid off and even though I am disabled I still make sure I live not above my means. I do feel bad for homeless people. Truly I am sure that no one WANTS to be homeless.
I used to give 20 bucks to EVERYONE.Then I was told not to do this so NOW I take them to lunch if they are hungry.I offered work at my house whe I was injured but that is apparently OFFENCIVE ????
Anyone remember the camp in the woods behind Scottsdales, by the SeaTac mall? I spend five weeks there, in the mid eighties. Without, I might say, availing myself of the mental health facilities. Besides renewing the existing firepit, I was the guy who built the visqueen lean-to...oddly for the area, it rained only once, that June and early July.
I live in L.A. & we have a huge homeless population. I’ve been in a fortunate position to be able to give money and goods to the folks on the streets. Let me tell you, I created, what I thought was a great gift of sleeping bags, clothes, shoes, socks, toiletries etc. those were not well received. They want money and only money. Oh well. God bless these people. But for the grace of God, go I
If the halfway houses that house people that just got out of prison, can help their clients find a job, and then an apartment, then why can't these fucking homeless shelters do the same!!!!!!! I have a friend who just got out of prison . He had no place to go when he got out, because he didn't have family. However, he was on parole, so his parole officer had him placed in the community release center. There, he was able to get help with finding a job, because they had a job counselor that worked there, and received job leads from local businesses. They helped him get a job, and he was required to put 50 percent of his pay into a savings account, and was charged 52.50 a week for room and board. He shared a room with 2 other men, had a clean place to take showers and free laundry facilities. After saving money for 4 months he had about $2500.00. Staff at the community release center helped him find an affordable apartment, and helped him get situated. Now he's making good money and has his own place, and he's a convicted felon. If the criminal justice system can help people getting out of prison avoid homelessness, why can't these homeless shelters do the same? Because they are fraudulent scammers, that prey on the homeless in order to get donations, so that they can pay their CEOs. 6 figure incomes.
This kind of puts homeless people in a bad light. People don't make shit panhandling.I feel so bad for this country it is like there is no middle class and the system is designed for people in poverty to fail. My friend went and did there taxes and was considered in the poverty class. Then she signed up for medical insurance for her and her boyfriend who makes triple what she does as a construction laborer and he got accepted and she got denied because she made $14 over the amount to qualify. Yet she is considered as living in poverty. This shit males no sense. Also she has been working for almost all of her 35 yrs of age and has nothing to show for it. She and her boyfriend live with his mom, dad, sister and her three kids in a 2 bedroom townhouse.
Dumbing down ,put them in neutral ....Depakote...... File a claim.... Run around in circles then denied.... Convenience of the government.... But we got three billion dollars a year in foreign aid to Israel and 80000 homeless vets on the street.....U.S.M.C
We need to take "charity"out of the hands of the govt., get it back to family & faith-based organization. We did a far better job of looking after our own prior to the welfare state. Volunteers actually get things done. Govt employees just get paid.
Naelyn, minus the “faith-based” I agree with you. Faith should have nothing to do with doing what is right from one human being to another period. From my experiences “ faith -based” does nothing but complicate, separate, and muddy the remnants of the good intentions. When a person is that low and that tired the last thing they should have to worry about is their personal beliefs. Human being to human being.
we judge homeless for taking money or enabling them, and yet the governments of this world squander trillions of taxpayer dollars on useless adventures so what's the worse. the US pentagon lost an estimated 2.7 trillion, from the pentagon no less! and the story like most fades into obscurity because no one can be bothered to ask questions
In Las Vegas they do that crap too saying give the money to the organizations that then don't help the people on the street just ones on their always full shelter.
Thank you for enabling awareness & a great educational documentary !!! Homeless Issues Partnership,Inc. member & Agency member National low Income Housing Coalition - member & Agency member Advocate - "United for homes Campaign" National Housing Trust Fund I have experienced being Homeless & Panhandled in Addiction Wenholz House Director Anthony K Turner
50m X 50m rubbish clearance? Thet is the city profiting from the problem, and that is wrong. If the city charges exhorbitantly for services, whose fault is that ?
This hole notion about enabling people and claiming to be able to make a distinction what is "real" help for that person or not is ridiculous imo. If I give money to people who are panhandling on the streets I don't expect them to spend it for this or that. If I give something I give it because I want to give, because I have empathy and also because it makes me feel good somehow. I don't care if the person buys alcohol or dope, an alcoholic or addict needs it to function so obviously it's top of his priority list before food and other goods. People can call it enabling all they want, I know from personal experience that this notion of people having first to hit rock bottom before they can accept help is only true for some people but for many others it's not true at all. Someone in a drug substitution program once told me "look for many chronic addicts who were in detox/rehab countless times over the years and relapsed so many times it's important to just survive so they can live to their forties for example and hopefully step by step and with help from such programs but mostly due to their own maturing so to speak are able to live more stable and healthier lifes". Basically this is the whole philosophy behind modern harm reduction programs and I know many addicts who survived because of help from programs and individuals, people who when they were in their twenties were homeless and in constant trouble with the law but later in their thirties or forties were gradually able to stabilize their life situation, having an appartment, being in a Methadon/Heroin program, many of them working in some job programs but some would even work regular jobs. I'm also one of them and I'm streetwise and experienced enough to tell pretty quickly - at least after a short interaction - if some panhandler is a professional, a druggie, homeless/out of work or someone who panhandles on the side. I remember this young likable guy, a junkie, who panhandled around the railway station in a city where I lived years ago. I had given him money a couple times and he knew that I had no problem when he spent the money on dope. He would come up to me in the evening when I left work, grinning a bit sheepishly and ask me if I had a couple bucks to spare so he could later hopefully buy his mornning shot for the next day. And I would give him 5 or 10 bucks and say take care. I also remember this prick of a former work colleague I once had who took great pleasure in quizzing panhandling people what they wanted money for. He then would say listen how you come with me to the McDonalds and I'll buy you something and he would be disappointed if someone took him up on his phony offer, all he wanted was to prove a point and mock these people the next day when he recounted the story at work. But generally I'm way more sceptical when it comes to donations for well known NGO's for example. I used to support Greenpeace, WWF and other orgs but when you learn how much of the money is spent for administration and dubious salaries and such or some orgs openly state "listen it's impossible that every dollar arrives in African projects, you have to pay off the people in power there, there's no way around it but it's still better 30 cents out of every dollar arrive then nothing", it's mindboggling. So I stopped all these donations except to Amnesty I. because I used to be an active member for years and still am too fond of them to cut them off. Other than that I chose to support individuals, local small orgs or sometimes projects on the Net.
Thank you Sir, for your very good comment on theese subjects. It's always great to find pearls in a ocean of nonsense in commentsections. Not saying that (all) the other comments here is nonsense, but yours was the only one who was truly a pearl.
Carry on Veterans America has forgotten you you are not welcome in this country.... Or fill out a claim with the VA and be denied...... Homeless veteran WJ Finnigan United States Marine Corps....0311 infantry... Not a bootlicker
One time my husband knew a man that worked a 40 hour a week job. On weekends he would stand at an exit holding up a sign and dressed like a bum. He got money doing that, that he didnt need. Some of the people doing this may not even need it. Just want free money.
The reason I say this about flying a sign is this: there are so many free, hot meals served in Seattle that a need for cash is virtually non-existent. I know several of the people in this documentary and I know that their cash goes to heroin and/or cocaine. I was a heroin addict in Seattle for near thirty years.- and never once did I fly a sign or ask for spare change, etc...
I have known many people that said good things of Seattle for their programs , God bless them for their work with the homeless. I will always pray for Seattle, may they always know peace and prosperity.
Why work?! Because people don't stay young forever. It's gotta be miserable standing out there in all kinds of weather and subjecting oneself to possible abuse by motorists/public. Work will build self-esteem (not matter the job) and offer opportunities to build on experience for the future. It's extremely tough but it's possible to work and make progress. I do realize not everyone can make it but there's hope. I think the general public would do well to send their money to legitimate agencies for long term help and give them food, in addition. I was homeless for a very short time. It was scary and dehumanizing.
No one has address the elephant in the room, too many people, not enough resources to accommodate them. There is not enough food in the world, not enough jobs, not enough fresh water. We destroy everything in our paths in order to make more room for humans. Now man has created computers to do most of our repetitive jobs. As a programmer, I'll have a job for life. But if you work in a store, Amazon, Walmart, and Ebay are taking your jobs. And if you don't have a job, then you are homeless. When you have a politician wanting to raise minimum wage, keep in mind that doing so everything else must go up, and many companies must lay off people in order to pay those higher salaries. The rich get richer no matter what you do. Think about the price of a hamburger here in USA, the price of gas and so forth. We now have more cars requiring more fuel, more oil and so forth. So those needs must be met. And you have government wanting to give more to the poor. Some one must pay so those of you who work, keep in mind you are paying for those who can't. And those of you who are rich, can sway government not to tax you like they do the middle class. It's not that some of these can't get off homelessness, you need an engineer salary just to pay current rent.
1990 i made 80 dollars holding a WWFF sign less than 30 minutes I layed my sign down for someone else to use. Its better to let a person ask for money 1st 4th 8th says we have the right
maby you are didn't blive me , but I want to tell you somthing , we haven't a homelees in saudi arabia , we give a poor people some money because our religion urges us , and the government provided them a warm houses.
These assholes who fly signs "Please help - even a smile" and that shit. Or the ones who sleep in someone's doorway on the main street - they give being homeless a bad name.
I can't get over these Christian groups telling people they have to listen to a sermon to get a meal. WTF So if they're a different religion or not wanting to 'find God's, they're deprived of the most basic need, which is good! Unbelievable! Why can't they have food stations with hot food cooking away all day,?,Let them take it and eat where they want. Provide shelter and good nutritional meals some with meat some vegetable dishes, and shelter without discrimination. These are people. I know many businesses donate food , to charity. They usually get it back through tax. I know the government doesn't always like that but it shouldn't be so complicated
Jobs are part time not paying enough money. Depression sets in people run to meditate there depression issues. Jobs do not like paying for retirement or for your medical. Part time jobs do not have to offer these options, this is why they undercut your pay and your hours. The public finds comfort as well on saying the homeless are druggies or mentally ill. We are all sick and should be ashamed of our selves, one planet is one planet. The government will go out of business, if this thought doesn't scare you, it should.
Just playin devils advocate here, but couldn't a lot of the homeless vets be the vets who partied, did acid religiously, coke, heroin, speed , dope of all kinds , all the following (while they were in Vietnam) drugs were extremely prevalent in that war.. perhaps some of the vets who survived were ones who made SMART decisions when they were 20/25 yrs old. Some vets did not do drugs, and fuck themselves up. If I put myself in their shoes, I wouldve used the drugs to, so who knows. Hopefully they can find peace.
hi i want to say something doug have you ever been homeless you dont know how it feel to make a comment some time it not your fault some time it happen to good people to life throws you a curve ball i hate people who make comments about like it your fault for being homeless no it not bad things happen and people dont blame other but if you was homeless you see world differently and humble you to cause when people got going good for them selves they are quick to say things like that ever body falls some people dont think they wont you got to keep living and another thing i like to add the things about the jobs would walk up in a placs dirty and smelly you think they are going to hire you your sadly mistaking i been homeless for a month i no close but the one i am wearing i when job hunting and the dirty looks and laughing at you some need to experience this and see what homeless feel every day people dont know if they never went through it so stop making comments on something you dont know about and feeling down already but to have people make comments on homeless people it make me see the world has no empathy
fuck this documentary telling people to give the money to these businesses instead of someone that needs it. what is a few coins or a dollar gonna hurt? makes me sick. have a heart and help your fellow man. try being homeless and lets see if you still have the same thinking.
Problem is .. people will say they are military veterans... just thinking they will get more free money. Especially now since soldiers are returning from OIF and OEF.. very troublesome. Most of them come up with a story they don't know how or they are trying to get benefits when they know the VA facilities and other military assistance is out there - they are just lazy not to go or they are pulling the wool over civilians eyes. Local police and fire departments will always assist a militry veteran with finding the resources. Desert Shield/Storm (Persian Gulf War) is another one, but age of a person gives the lying person away. Opoid and Fentynol is a replacement for Meth and is imported from Mexico and China aided by politicians - one reason politicians push for open borders. Bureaucrats and politicians make matters worse - if they do not make money on the efforts they will never address a positive solution.
***** Look at how fresh his complexion - look how bright ...it is sooooo obvious this guy has NOT been sleeping rough. Come on - you would really believe that guy has been sleeping rough for more than a day - if that - Really?
don't give money to the homeless, instead give them something to eat, something to drink, or something they can wear. A lot of homeless become addicts drown out their depression, and by you giving them money you are just enabling them with their addiction. If you want to help, then hand them something they can eat.
***** I'm talking about the people walking down the street, or driving down the road. There are none for profit organizations that help with such things like 100,000 Homes 100khomes.org/ that will help find homes for the homelessness, help them with programs for job placement, provide basic health needs.
Hoss Hoskins If you had watched the entire documentary, you would know that he was part of an experiment to see how much money, on average, a homeless person would make by panhandling, Thank God for those people who give money to those roadside panhandlers! Not all homeless people do drugs or drink. They want to do what you do - to wash their clothes, get something to eat, somewhere to sleep or something warm and clean to wrap themselves in so they can sleep. So don't give them money. Give them a bag with clean socks, lip balm, Dunkin' Donuts gift cards, travel-size mouthwash, toothpaste, toothbrushes, hand cream, aspirin/ibuprofen, Q-tips and body powder. How about a bottle of water? Homeless women need female sanitary items. You can think of a million reasons why NOT to give money to the homeless. I can think of a million reasons why to give money to the homeless. The pipes are frozen in my (foreclosed) house as I write this. This IS the straw that will break my financial back. Would you not give me a dollar for a bottle of water if I was holding up a cardboard sign on the side of the road or are you too busy thinking how i could possibly afford to be on the internet?" Don't judge. We're all just people, trying our very best.
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I was homeless by choice in 1987 when I was 27. I was never able to get or figure out how to make money. At the time I had a car to live in and always worked minimum wage jobs. I took to alcohol to forget the pain and I have always been called "Loser". I went to rehab in 1992 and was diagnosed "handicapped from birth". It took me 5 1/2 years to get a high school diploma. My brain and thoughts have always been confused. My best decision was to move out of NJ to the south in 1997. I bought some land and a used mobile home and worked my butt off to pay it off. $9 an hour plus straight time overtime got me there mostly painting houses for others. My birth condition has given me OA arthritis and all the hard labor jobs I had when I was younger is taking it's toll today. I am lucky I am on SSDI since 2005 and I have had a few joints replaced. I'm also lucky I paid off my cheap house/land in 2006. Another component is a Capitalist society. Whether NJ or here or probably anywhere in America, finding a job is tough. I did work for $10 an hour driving a truck last year including loading and unloading for 6 months and 2 weeks on the "ticket to work" program offered by disability. I quit because even after a weekend of recovery my body didn't recover and I was hurting a lot come Monday morning. Now my disability case is under review from SSDI because I voluntarily quit from too much physical pain. "God forbid I try to better myself and get back into the workforce." I don't like being handicapped but there isn't much I can do about it. I have "extra" doctor bills to pay. Most jobs here are $8 an hour, if you can find one and it's usually labor. I'm 57 now and still sober. Although I could probably still paint houses, the offers I get from financially successful folks are ridiculous. The South is rife with alcohol and drug abuse. People expect me to bid a job for $6-7 an hour. "I'm sorry, but I will have to turn your offer down but I do know a few guys at AA who just got out of prison who need a job, or they will be going back. And, they don't have cars so you will have to pick them up and drop them off." I want you and I'm trying to help you put food on your table! "Well, if you want someone who is neat and capable who also has transportation and tools you need to pay more." I'm glad I have a cheap house and a small income. Even with good credit I can't afford the cheapest new car and when I buy a used one it has a major problem someone doctored up to get sold that appears a week later and it costs more to fix then it's worth. The rich hurt the poor over and over more and more. When I try and sell something good online, eBay, CL, or Letgo I get offers of 1/2 or 1/3rd my asking price. eBay usually stands with the buyer if they say "The item was not as described". OK, return it and i will give you a refund. They get the refund and I get returned a broken piece of junk and not the good item I sent them. Plus, I have to pay listing fee's to get myself scammed. I know I'm not a loser but getting ripped off whether I'm buying or selling things these days makes me wonder. I know people my age with college degree's who can't find a job. I have figured out how to be successful in America. You need to be smart, and have a predator mentality to take advantage of others. If you don't have a conscious and can lie well chances are good you will be successful.
I was trying to get my license back after 5 years not being able to pay a fine and a friend help pay that fine and all I needed was the fee to get the license and I tried to hold a sign up, I cried the whole time I held it! I was so ashamed to beg for help!! I was not raise to beg. When a person reaches rock bottom who do they turn too? I only needed $60 because I had a CDL.I will never forget that experience the rest of my life. If I can give so someone else don't have to feel ashamed I will. No one should have to be humiliated when needing help!! No one!
the best time and place too panhandle is new York city Manhattan rite before Christmas
+Doug Dorite I've seen black dudes fill 5 gallon buckets of money standing on a corner just before Christmas downtown Manhattan
Those guys always get the easiest ride through life. Expectations are different.
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People dont realise how easy it is to become homeless. People need to stop being so judgemental and narrow minded and be more understanding. Dont become homeless first for you to realise how judgemental you shouldn't of been towards homeless people. Because it can happen to anyone
I like how the social workers say, "you'll do more good if you give us the $5 instead of the beggar"! lol...yeh, give the money to his organization so that it can pay their salaries so they can keep their comfy homes! And the quote, "we need to keep the money our of their hands so they can hit bottom. I have a better idea. FIRE all of the high paid executives in these social organizations! Start with GOODWILL executives!
Also, $5 to a homeless person vs. the same $5 to a homeless organization is not a practical comparison. How likely are people to deliver $5 donations to charities?
***** Don't knock goodwill dude, I bought the cloths there for the interview that got me back from unemployment.
Everything else I can agree with, but goodwill ( the store itself ) at least around here has been a blessing.
develray Definitely not knocking "Good Will." Just noting a flawed comparison. I'm for donating and helping as much as possible!
***** Wow, if you really believe that, you need to have your head examined. "ALL" is a big word and your comment is factually incorrect. Sorry, but this is not a question of opinion. Do some due diligence before you come spouting off blanket comments that are pure b.s. I'm not Jewish but I think everyone should be offended by your stupidity.
***** I do not wish to engage with you any further than my point of your use of the word, "ALL." It is not reality and it is not logical. I can name 1,000+++ high level execs. that are not Jewish. Whatever trend you are following, it is just that...a trend. NOT ALL! Good luck.
Most of us give. I lived in Houston, TX and was homeless there for six months no job.My mom sent me $30 a month. I was able to get on the county health care but was only good in case it was an emergency. I got food stamps for 3 months. I was fighting for disability because of an injury to my lower back. I was able to buy some cookware over time and other things I needed. Men may not care about staying clean but women do! I will say I was one of the lucky one to have been able to get out of it alive. I did not have to do things I would be ashamed of thank GOD!! But know a few women that had to do it, even a few men. It is wrong how America deals with homelessness. Shelters can be setup in many places and basic health care afforded to them. Work programs geared to help them save money to get out of the shelters in a timely manner, no just cut them off of services because there is others need the same services. It is stupid! When you help one to get off the street your helping the next person to. We never forget we was there once too!
I've given 5 or 10 bucks to some old winos to help them get thru the nite and I feel good about it every time I do, I wish a few bucks would make me so happy
Ha, just give them heroin, that will warm them up...
I just love all these people talk about how the homeless are spending the money they are given. How the hell do they know, anyone's situation.
Read your comment again and reword it because I don't understand what u r saying
@@teresawicks-kq3bq then don't read it dumbass.
lol@ the lady saying "give the 2 dollars to a facility and it will go further in helping that individual" ? insane. whether he be alcoholic/drug addict if hes down so low as to hold a sign give him what you can and who cares what he does wit it? maybe it will buy a half hour of peace for him/her so why not?
To actually get anything from there so called organizations is more degrading than holding a sign. They treat you like shit, like you are less than human, cattle. But they get rich off human misery, oh there are a few good ones... Have a great day!! Ed Lee
i always just give it to the people standing there. hell with whats right and wrong, and i dont care if they do use it for wine or whatever, everyone's entitled to their choices in life and everyone will one day answer for them. Its not my job to judge and its pn;y a very fine line between stopping in a new vette to hand 100 bucks to a sign holder, and being the guy with the sign, in-fact my chance to hold that sign could be minutes away.........
I have been close to that myself. Being at the right place at the right time saved me, so far, but when i can i spread the wealth... It's a karma thing... Ed Lee
Yes it is. Pisses me off when I see a vet out there. Nam tore my dad up, twice, cambodoa, cason and quantre. He foight for 17 years for va pay with 3 purple hearts and 176 wounds on his entire left side. 100% disabled and had to fight for benefits
"Wounded warrior project" as admirable as they are, it makes me sick to see private firms pick up where our goverment should be caring for these people. The very reason I talked my sons out of joining, despite one actually completing the academy.
Having been homeless many times through out my life. I would say the major contributing factor is the lack of affordable housing in the past. Now, as with my last bout with homelessness, it is compounded with rejection based on credit scores and evictions from the past. Hopelessly limiting opportunities for success.
James Gillard get yourself a van man. I started in an rv and now have a van otherwise I'd be homeless on the street
I got my Econ degree in the mid 1970's and have been an avid reader of all things "Economic" ever since. I'm a rather conservative libertarian but, being a Christian, I have a LOT of empathy/sympathy for the Poor in our once great nation. All the Classic works of Economics discuss capitalism as though it is taken for granted that there will always be "Winners" and "Losers" in a free market system. Even though they pay lip service to caring for the Poor in a capitalist economy they have no solutions for helping raise the poor out of poverty. I'm far from being a socialist but when you live in a 'Dog eat Dog' economy about 75% of the 'dogs' will be eaten. So, even if you support an absolute Free Market, Libertarian society you must do something for the poor, especially the Working Poor. I wish I had the answers...
All those old motels, deteriorating away, should be used for putting a roof over people's heads. Have a manager, and 1 or 2 armed security guys, and you'll have no problems. They can wash their own sheets. seriously, every American city has a few run-down motels which would serve the purpose.
Kittensugars, I have always thought about those buildings as well. There is one in particular where I live now that is five stories tall and I think used to be an office building. It would be absolutely perfect as ( shoot, I just had the word in my head!!!) in between shelter. So people and families could move in there for a two year period for instance. It wouldn’t be emergency situations but families who are almost back on their feet. Not sober living but not good luck have a good life. Living on your own with a safety net. It is across from a major airport so lots of work possibilities and on very dependable bus routes for public transportation. I see it so clearly in my head and I almost break down in tears whenever I pass this empty shell of a building because it is just being wasted. The possibilities are endless and that is what makes me so sad because there are so many people who just need help for a touch longer and then they would be better than okay. If I ever won the lottery that is what I would do. In a heartbeat.
maybe use some of the empty malls and storefronts as well. these organizations could buy up these foreclosed homes and make shelters as well lord knows that there are many of them out there.
Panhandling is not standing there doing nothing. It's humbling yourself standing there, confessing to the whole world, that you are totally defeated. Union road construction personal are paid journeyman wages to stand there and hold a sign all day long too.
Daniel Tyler I am one check from homelessness! If I got into that situation, I would starve! And folks say " Get a Job"!
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If you don't have a job, where does your check come from? Please pardon my asking, I mean no harm.
Admirable . Thank you for a different yet so humane observation. God bless you.
'personnel', pal.
It's humane but it shouldn't be compared to hard, tangible, legitimate work of the journeymen. They do more than "hold a sign all day long...". People just happen to see them holding their signs.
The man who said dont give homeless people money...let them get to the bottom. He must really enjoy looking down on people. They ARE at the bottom. This man should be ashamed of himself. Great movie Great music. Thank you. 💘 love how you echoed bottom and replayed people sleeping on street when that man said that. Point well made.
Yeah, and that guy apparently is involved with some kind of church or ministry or both, smh. A sadist minister is in the perfect position to feed his sadism isn't he?
if compassion compels you to give money to someone who has nothing, then how they spend it is none of your concern. those who say otherwise its guaranteed they have a home, sleep in a good bed and have no clue what its like to be homeless and desolate., not the slightest inkling
Love how all these police and case workers all dressed up and comfy opine on something they persanally can not fathum, because they never spent 1 day on the streets.
+Kyler Stock "...we've been IN BUSINESS since 1932...." - that one Gospel Mission man at 50:17
From what I've seen, in some areas it is a lucrative business too.
Of course, if there were no homeless people, that "business" would evaporate.......
Kyler Stock What a snowflake comment.
Faux Manchu what does that mean ?
@@T1C45 hi. Have you ever had a Cop buy you SHOES? Have you ever had a Cop give you lunch? No I'm not a Cop. Thank you Jesus for the shoes I wear and the bed I sleep in and for the wife beside me and for running water in our motel room in West Sacramento California. Have a good day.
23:52 I feel soo sorry for that homeless guy who can't remember anything, I would help him if I could, sweet soul
shelters ? this will not help the problem ..the shelters in salt lake city are making money off other peoples misery. It is a shame that the veterans suffer after returning from serving their country when they should be the #1 priority . And we can all see that not all homeless people are mentally ill they just need some help , love and direction. NO ONE should judge these people and be careful what you say because the average american is only two paychecks away from being homeless . I think the government should focus more on housing than spending billions fighting other peoples battles.
Damn right. I am fucking sick to death of seeing the USA piss money away in foreign lands playing police force to the world with our tax dollars. Let's take care of our own people and balance our own budget here at home in the USA. Then if we have money left, we can go play God in other countries. Our government has had it's head up it's ass for over half a century. It's time for an enema.
+Wealthy BigPenis you don't think united states is really helping anybody when they go invade another country,they do that as a pretext to get next to there countries resources
2 paychecks? How about 1.
People say there are systems out there to help the homeless but they don't realize that the homeless are homeless because the system is flawed by the fact that its human element. To err is human, to forgive divine.
Poverty will always exist but when you have a population that's becoming more poor then you have a problem
I learned a few things by watching this; something is indeed wrong in the world and not just our country.
We have got to give someone the benefit of the doubt, seize the opportunity to help them ON-THE-SPOT and not have them have to deal with the buracracy to get help....
Fantastic doco guy's well done!! Keep making these videos for everyone to see what's going on outside our homes. It's education. We all want to know the truth and need to know to open our eyes
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I have EVERY AMBITION TO GET INVOLVED!
I know a few that stand at a spot and their lucky to make ten bucks in a few hours
My husband is 62. He works 10 hour days doing construction work. Does he get tired?
Ha! Unless we start to seriously organize for help, giving directly to the person is better. I hope we start soon because it's just going to get a lot worse.
How much money would society give if we put death row inmates on the corner with signs . Death row inmates are given so much compared to these poor disconnected people why
The people on this video who tell us not to give the homeless money, seem to have this belief that the homeless are alcoholics or on drugs. They seem to keep the stereotypes alive. SHAME ON THEM! I would rather give the homeless money than these men. They know what they need. Unfortunately, I have seen some of those on the corner leave for the day in their nice cars. All the same, they hurt those really in need.
Judge not lest ye be judged. I know people don't like that rule because you are held accountable for your judgemental state of mind.
the intro guitar scratch should be on "America's Not Got Talent" couldn't make it through, sorry. I'm sure it is a great document, though.
If I were homeless, Id have NO problem listening to a sermon for a place to sleep and food.
Homeless Military Veterans can go to their local Veterans Admistration Hospital or Clinic, for help with their needs, food, clothing, lodging and medical care. Some may be eligible for a % of disability pay. The VA can pull up their file from their active duty years...
Realtors are to blame for homelessness. They should have to have degrees with ethics laws. They should not be able to sell homes to investors instead of homebuyers and should not be able to set rents or home values.
Very true story and take this as a lesson: A lady and her little kids were standing at an intersection "begging" for changes out in the hot summer sun. Feeling compassion for them, I gave them about $20 and advised her to buy her kids some food. The next day, EVERY ONE OF THE KIDS, INCLUDING THE "MOTHER," HAD SUNGLASSES ON WHILE SMILING AT ME!!!
The biggest problem contributing to this problem is the greed of the wealthy. As one woman in this video stated, years ago a minimum wage bought a great deal more than it does now. All we ever hear is that if minimum wage is raised, those companies will have to raise prices on what they are selling. That is only true if said company insists on what can be called a "greedy" profit margin. In Minnesota, when wages went up a few years ago, there followed a news report on how the cost of rental housing in Minnesota went up higher than the national average. Well of course it did - because one way or another the wealthy are going to get their hands on that extra money. Prices on everything went up dramatically when gas prices were up so high. We were told that it was because the cost of shipping had increased so much. But now when gas prices have come down, why are prices on everything else not coming down? It amounts to nothing more than legalized theft by the greedy rich.
That 54.80 in 8 hours was probably a great day. Im sure alot of days these guys don't even get 20 in 8 hours. And if youre sleeping under a bridge 54 bucks goes a long way to buy jackets,blankets,food,water,supplies, etc. And yeah maybe some of them booze. But to me if you were sleeping out in the cold everynight in fear for your life you might want a drink too now and then.
This is not a documentary. This is a mockumentary.
Propaganda or indoctrination would be even better labels.
Panhandling + guitar = self respect, equals a colorful subjective exchange. Much more workable than a mere drab gray tin cup and a frown. Once, I stood eight hours at a remote rural freeway onramp, until I thought to put on the Hawaiian print shirt and a pale blue glat-top cloth hat.... Image. You can have one, easy.
well there is a reason to learn how to play!
As someone who has been homeless I find this documentary to be despicable. To tell people to only give money to organizations and not the people who need it is only a way for them to make money off the misfortune of others. How much of what's given goes to their pay checks? The reasons they say to give to them and not the people who need it is that the money will only enable them to drink and do drugs. As someone who don't drink or do drugs I find that offensive. There were times when I was living in a tent that $5.00 would have gone a long way to help with basic needs. That's what being homeless means, not being able to meet your basic needs and having to find a way to survive anyway. I doubt any of the people saying not to give the homeless money have ever had to starve for weeks or had to sleep outside in subzero temps. As someone who has I can tell you it's not easy and certainly not a choice. You do what you have to do so you can survive and sometimes $5.00 can make the difference between living and dying.
I agree. If i give a little money to a homeless i do it just to give something . I dont feel i have the right to be some kind of thought police. Thats horrible.
AMEN, BROTHER ! i am currently homeless. and in my town there are literally no resources for the homeless. i fly a sign and pray every day that i make enough to eat, and hope that somehow maybe today someone will see me and maybe help me get out of this situation that i am in. but i know i am going to die soon. i am diabetic and the lack of proper diet and medical care is killing me.
Tony Vapes Come to south Florida. The folks standing in the median make $100+ a day everyday. I know quite a few of them. Was one myself for 6 months once.
i was homeless from 2002 to 2009 and i slept in tents/cars and i could use my laptop/cellphone by charging them at cafés and laundrys, it was actually kind of nice
Good you found a home :) I guess you also saw other homeless that had a hard time ? I know that homeless people here in Scandinavia have a pretty hard life , especially in the winter.
I have an ex who is now homeless. He is disabled and a vet. He burnt a lot of people who he lived with and unfortunately no one including me is helping him. I sometimes feel guilty but he brought this upon himself. But I still feel bad for him, he is sleeping in the woods in Florida, at least it warm 63. I can never imagine it, I made sure my house was paid off and even though I am disabled I still make sure I live not above my means. I do feel bad for homeless people. Truly I am sure that no one WANTS to be homeless.
Bless you Cyndi.
Yes I know.
I used to give 20 bucks to EVERYONE.Then I was told not to do this so NOW I take them to lunch if they are hungry.I offered work at my house whe I was injured but that is apparently OFFENCIVE ????
Anyone remember the camp in the woods behind Scottsdales, by the SeaTac mall? I spend five weeks there, in the mid eighties. Without, I might say, availing myself of the mental health facilities. Besides renewing the existing firepit, I was the guy who built the visqueen lean-to...oddly for the area, it rained only once, that June and early July.
The numbers continue to grow precisely because of our generosity. This is super evident in my city, Albuquerque, NM.
YEAH MAN! Raven rools I love dat dude. Straight up got the best lines in this joint
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I live in L.A. & we have a huge homeless population. I’ve been in a fortunate position to be able to give money and goods to the folks on the streets. Let me tell you, I created, what I thought was a great gift of sleeping bags, clothes, shoes, socks, toiletries etc. those were not well received. They want money and only money. Oh well. God bless these people.
But for the grace of God, go I
If the halfway houses that house people that just got out of prison, can help their clients find a job, and then an apartment, then why can't these fucking homeless shelters do the same!!!!!!! I have a friend who just got out of prison . He had no place to go when he got out, because he didn't have family. However, he was on parole, so his parole officer had him placed in the community release center. There, he was able to get help with finding a job, because they had a job counselor that worked there, and received job leads from local businesses. They helped him get a job, and he was required to put 50 percent of his pay into a savings account, and was charged 52.50 a week for room and board. He shared a room with 2 other men, had a clean place to take showers and free laundry facilities. After saving money for 4 months he had about $2500.00. Staff at the community release center helped him find an affordable apartment, and helped him get situated. Now he's making good money and has his own place, and he's a convicted felon. If the criminal justice system can help people getting out of prison avoid homelessness, why can't these homeless shelters do the same? Because they are fraudulent scammers, that prey on the homeless in order to get donations, so that they can pay their CEOs. 6 figure incomes.
I wish there was a date of production.
its a known fact that the staff at the millionares club have been padding their pockets for years
dude seems a crook from way back
we have homeless, and poor in canada , now where near the problems the us has .
This kind of puts homeless people in a bad light. People don't make shit panhandling.I feel so bad for this country it is like there is no middle class and the system is designed for people in poverty to fail. My friend went and did there taxes and was considered in the poverty class. Then she signed up for medical insurance for her and her boyfriend who makes triple what she does as a construction laborer and he got accepted and she got denied because she made $14 over the amount to qualify. Yet she is considered as living in poverty. This shit males no sense. Also she has been working for almost all of her 35 yrs of age and has nothing to show for it. She and her boyfriend live with his mom, dad, sister and her three kids in a 2 bedroom townhouse.
Hello they wouldn’t show this years ago on tv in Seattle sad 😞
Dumbing down ,put them in neutral ....Depakote...... File a claim.... Run around in circles then denied.... Convenience of the government.... But we got three billion dollars a year in foreign aid to Israel and 80000 homeless vets on the street.....U.S.M.C
We need to take "charity"out of the hands of the govt., get it back to family & faith-based organization.
We did a far better job of looking after our own prior to the welfare state.
Volunteers actually get things done. Govt employees just get paid.
Naelyn, minus the “faith-based” I agree with you. Faith should have nothing to do with doing what is right from one human being to another period. From my experiences “ faith -based” does nothing but complicate, separate, and muddy the remnants of the good intentions. When a person is that low and that tired the last thing they should have to worry about is their personal beliefs. Human being to human being.
Im watching this and Im really concerned for this country.
thank you
we judge homeless for taking money or enabling them, and yet the governments of this world squander trillions of taxpayer dollars on useless adventures so what's the worse. the US pentagon lost an estimated 2.7 trillion, from the pentagon no less! and the story like most fades into obscurity because no one can be bothered to ask questions
In Las Vegas they do that crap too saying give the money to the organizations that then don't help the people on the street just ones on their always full shelter.
We could use the residential hotels those were shelter at least they came in handy
Thank you for enabling awareness & a great educational documentary !!!
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I have experienced being Homeless & Panhandled in Addiction
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So heartbreaking!
50m X 50m rubbish clearance? Thet is the city profiting from the problem, and that is wrong. If the city charges exhorbitantly for services, whose fault is that ?
Anyone happen to know the name of the song playing at the beginning?
This hole notion about enabling people and claiming to be able to make a distinction what is "real" help for that person or not is ridiculous imo. If I give money to people who are panhandling on the streets I don't expect them to spend it for this or that. If I give something I give it because I want to give, because I have empathy and also because it makes me feel good somehow. I don't care if the person buys alcohol or dope, an alcoholic or addict needs it to function so obviously it's top of his priority list before food and other goods. People can call it enabling all they want, I know from personal experience that this notion of people having first to hit rock bottom before they can accept help is only true for some people but for many others it's not true at all. Someone in a drug substitution program once told me "look for many chronic addicts who were in detox/rehab countless times over the years and relapsed so many times it's important to just survive so they can live to their forties for example and hopefully step by step and with help from such programs but mostly due to their own maturing so to speak are able to live more stable and healthier lifes". Basically this is the whole philosophy behind modern harm reduction programs and I know many addicts who survived because of help from programs and individuals, people who when they were in their twenties were homeless and in constant trouble with the law but later in their thirties or forties were gradually able to stabilize their life situation, having an appartment, being in a Methadon/Heroin program, many of them working in some job programs but some would even work regular jobs. I'm also one of them and I'm streetwise and experienced enough to tell pretty quickly - at least after a short interaction - if some panhandler is a professional, a druggie, homeless/out of work or someone who panhandles on the side. I remember this young likable guy, a junkie, who panhandled around the railway station in a city where I lived years ago. I had given him money a couple times and he knew that I had no problem when he spent the money on dope. He would come up to me in the evening when I left work, grinning a bit sheepishly and ask me if I had a couple bucks to spare so he could later hopefully buy his mornning shot for the next day. And I would give him 5 or 10 bucks and say take care. I also remember this prick of a former work colleague I once had who took great pleasure in quizzing panhandling people what they wanted money for. He then would say listen how you come with me to the McDonalds and I'll buy you something and he would be disappointed if someone took him up on his phony offer, all he wanted was to prove a point and mock these people the next day when he recounted the story at work. But generally I'm way more sceptical when it comes to donations for well known NGO's for example. I used to support Greenpeace, WWF and other orgs but when you learn how much of the money is spent for administration and dubious salaries and such or some orgs openly state "listen it's impossible that every dollar arrives in African projects, you have to pay off the people in power there, there's no way around it but it's still better 30 cents out of every dollar arrive then nothing", it's mindboggling. So I stopped all these donations except to Amnesty I. because I used to be an active member for years and still am too fond of them to cut them off. Other than that I chose to support individuals, local small orgs or sometimes projects on the Net.
Thank you Sir, for your very good comment on theese subjects. It's always great to find pearls in a ocean of nonsense in commentsections. Not saying that (all) the other comments here is nonsense, but yours was the only one who was truly a pearl.
"Kindness shows, a dollar knows" think about that people.
Carry on Veterans America has forgotten you you are not welcome in this country....
Or fill out a claim with the VA and be denied......
Homeless veteran WJ Finnigan United States Marine Corps....0311 infantry... Not a bootlicker
what song is that playing on beginning?
One time my husband knew a man that worked a 40 hour a week job. On weekends he would stand at an exit holding up a sign and dressed like a bum. He got money doing that, that he didnt need. Some of the people doing this may not even need it. Just want free money.
The reason I say this about flying a sign is this: there are so many free, hot meals served in Seattle that a need for cash is virtually non-existent. I know several of the people in this documentary and I know that their cash goes to heroin and/or cocaine. I was a heroin addict in Seattle for near thirty years.- and never once did I fly a sign or ask for spare change, etc...
I have known many people that said good things of Seattle for their programs , God bless them for their work with the homeless. I will always pray for Seattle, may they always know peace and prosperity.
30 years!!! I don't believe that. And if you where using, you stole to feed your habit.
I never said I didn't steal...
I spent 138 months in the federal bureau of prisons for non violent crimes I committed to feed my addiction.
daniel213141 Do you know how to read?
Teach, Learn and Grow
Give to the person not organizations don't help pay their salaries only a few give a shit about the homeless
Why work?! Because people don't stay young forever. It's gotta be miserable standing out there in all kinds of weather and subjecting oneself to possible abuse by motorists/public. Work will build self-esteem (not matter the job) and offer opportunities to build on experience for the future. It's extremely tough but it's possible to work and make progress. I do realize not everyone can make it but there's hope. I think the general public would do well to send their money to legitimate agencies for long term help and give them food, in addition. I was homeless for a very short time. It was scary and dehumanizing.
No one has address the elephant in the room, too many people, not enough resources to accommodate them. There is not enough food in the world, not enough jobs, not enough fresh water. We destroy everything in our paths in order to make more room for humans. Now man has created computers to do most of our repetitive jobs. As a programmer, I'll have a job for life. But if you work in a store, Amazon, Walmart, and Ebay are taking your jobs. And if you don't have a job, then you are homeless. When you have a politician wanting to raise minimum wage, keep in mind that doing so everything else must go up, and many companies must lay off people in order to pay those higher salaries. The rich get richer no matter what you do. Think about the price of a hamburger here in USA, the price of gas and so forth. We now have more cars requiring more fuel, more oil and so forth. So those needs must be met. And you have government wanting to give more to the poor. Some one must pay so those of you who work, keep in mind you are paying for those who can't. And those of you who are rich, can sway government not to tax you like they do the middle class. It's not that some of these can't get off homelessness, you need an engineer salary just to pay current rent.
Damn Rick L. Winters, could you do a longer intro? Pffft
1990 i made 80 dollars holding a WWFF sign less than 30 minutes I layed my sign down for someone else to use. Its better to let a person ask for money 1st 4th 8th says we have the right
The homeless vet with the flag on his sign should work in Vegas as a jeff goldblum impersonater. .
maby you are didn't blive me , but I want to tell you somthing , we haven't a homelees in saudi arabia , we give a poor people some money because our religion urges us , and the government provided them a warm houses.
these people are better then me
i'm with ya glen
The answer to homelessness in USA build homes The bailout to the bankers could have solved it
& HERE WE ARE IN 2020 & IT'S GOTTEN ALOT WORSE !!!
$20 a day for 365 days does not equal 3.5 million dollars. My calculation is $7,300. Maybe 20% of the homeless population might
These assholes who fly signs "Please help - even a smile" and that shit. Or the ones who sleep in someone's doorway on the main street - they give being homeless a bad name.
Listen to the poor and the babies
good soundtrack
I rather give them money, if theyre using drugs then I at least stopped a possible crime to get the money instead
Halle Berry was 1st runner up in the Miss USA pageant before she was an actress.
I can't get over these Christian groups telling people they have to listen to a sermon to get a meal. WTF So if they're a different religion or not wanting to 'find God's, they're deprived of the most basic need, which is good! Unbelievable! Why can't they have food stations with hot food cooking away all day,?,Let them take it and eat where they want. Provide shelter and good nutritional meals some with meat some vegetable dishes, and shelter without discrimination. These are people. I know many businesses donate food , to charity. They usually get it back through tax. I know the government doesn't always like that but it shouldn't be so complicated
Jobs are part time not paying enough money. Depression sets in people run to meditate there depression issues. Jobs do not like paying for retirement or for your medical. Part time jobs do not have to offer these options, this is why they undercut your pay and your hours. The public finds comfort as well on saying the homeless are druggies or mentally ill. We are all sick and should be ashamed of our selves, one planet is one planet. The government will go out of business, if this thought doesn't scare you, it should.
I would never give cash. I see a sign they are hungry, Ill take food to them.
So sad making money of people who are already down it's a shame
It's like a Job?? What, sitting on your ass doing absolutely NOTHING, is like a job?? Where can I find a job like that?
The poor philantfist and the Rich Man
Just playin devils advocate here, but couldn't a lot of the homeless vets be the vets who partied, did acid religiously, coke, heroin, speed , dope of all kinds , all the following (while they were in Vietnam) drugs were extremely prevalent in that war..
perhaps some of the vets who survived were ones who made SMART decisions when they were 20/25 yrs old.
Some vets did not do drugs, and fuck themselves up.
If I put myself in their shoes, I wouldve used the drugs to, so who knows.
Hopefully they can find peace.
I don't give money to panhandling people. When I can help them, I do it by buying them a meal. Dnt feed the monster
hi i want to say something doug have you ever been homeless you dont know how it feel to make a comment some time it not your fault some time it happen to good people to life throws you a curve ball i hate people who make comments about like it your fault for being homeless no it not bad things happen and people dont blame other but if you was homeless you see world differently and humble you to cause when people got going good for them selves they are quick to say things like that ever body falls some people dont think they wont you got to keep living and another thing i like to add the things about the jobs would walk up in a placs dirty and smelly you think they are going to hire you your sadly mistaking i been homeless for a month i no close but the one i am wearing i when job hunting and the dirty looks and laughing at you some need to experience this and see what homeless feel every day people dont know if they never went through it so stop making comments on something you dont know about and feeling down already but to have people make comments on homeless people it make me see the world has no empathy
fuck this documentary telling people to give the money to these businesses instead of someone that needs it. what is a few coins or a dollar gonna hurt? makes me sick. have a heart and help your fellow man. try being homeless and lets see if you still have the same thinking.
Problem is .. people will say they are military veterans... just thinking they will get more free money. Especially now since soldiers are returning from OIF and OEF.. very troublesome. Most of them come up with a story they don't know how or they are trying to get benefits when they know the VA facilities and other military assistance is out there - they are just lazy not to go or they are pulling the wool over civilians eyes. Local police and fire departments will always assist a militry veteran with finding the resources. Desert Shield/Storm (Persian Gulf War) is another one, but age of a person gives the lying person away.
Opoid and Fentynol is a replacement for Meth and is imported from Mexico and China aided by politicians - one reason politicians push for open borders.
Bureaucrats and politicians make matters worse - if they do not make money on the efforts they will never address a positive solution.
14:58 - Not sure how much I would give a "hungry" homeless person that looked as well fed and rested as he does...
how well fed are thier minds tho myt b n inbalance or dis proportionate to the other id stil help
***** Look at how fresh his complexion - look how bright ...it is sooooo obvious this guy has NOT been sleeping rough. Come on - you would really believe that guy has been sleeping rough for more than a day - if that - Really?
don't give money to the homeless, instead give them something to eat, something to drink, or something they can wear. A lot of homeless become addicts drown out their depression, and by you giving them money you are just enabling them with their addiction. If you want to help, then hand them something they can eat.
***** I'm talking about the people walking down the street, or driving down the road. There are none for profit organizations that help with such things like 100,000 Homes 100khomes.org/ that will help find homes for the homelessness, help them with programs for job placement, provide basic health needs.
Hoss Hoskins If you had watched the entire documentary, you would know that he was part of an experiment to see how much money, on average, a homeless person would make by panhandling, Thank God for those people who give money to those roadside panhandlers! Not all homeless people do drugs or drink. They want to do what you do - to wash their clothes, get something to eat, somewhere to sleep or something warm and clean to wrap themselves in so they can sleep. So don't give them money. Give them a bag with clean socks, lip balm, Dunkin' Donuts gift cards, travel-size mouthwash, toothpaste, toothbrushes, hand cream, aspirin/ibuprofen, Q-tips and body powder. How about a bottle of water? Homeless women need female sanitary items. You can think of a million reasons why NOT to give money to the homeless. I can think of a million reasons why to give money to the homeless. The pipes are frozen in my (foreclosed) house as I write this. This IS the straw that will break my financial back. Would you not give me a dollar for a bottle of water if I was holding up a cardboard sign on the side of the road or are you too busy thinking how i could possibly afford to be on the internet?" Don't judge. We're all just people, trying our very best.
6 biljon dollars go to the army and wars instead of people to make a life or free healthy care
IMO you first have to call it what it is before you can find solutions. It’s not a homeless problem it a drug problem ❤️😢
Not true. Many homeless people do not have a drug/alcohol- problem.