The Power of Giving Cash to Homeless People

[@InvisiblePeople]

The Truth About Giving Money to Homeless People kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKa1gZeji9-Ad68si=K-nZ8OfL1tIDs8Hd

[@zayawayaclassicsonic6201]

What about Earthship encampments to house its self sufficient helps climate change and recycling usage goes into the building, it’s something that’s helpful for all except greedy higher ups with land lot to pay them for but if I get the big winning lotto I would create that it’s messed up to not provide that is that something possible?

[@Growmap]

We need a follow up interview on the statement he made about 100% of the people in a test project being no longer homeless. That would imply that either they were working poor and homeless OR someone came up with subsidized housing for them OR they were able to take that money to get to somewhere family or friends would let them get set up. There is no way that $1000/mo could end homelessness for someone without other income unless one of those things is true.

[@Anita-rq9ev]

Mr. Donovan has a good heart, we need more people like him. Homelessness is tragic. This interview was very good 👍

[@peterers3]

Giving cash means you trust the human to do their own decision.

[@LoloO42]

I had been homeless for a few years when I received my stimulus payments. I saved that money. I used it for my security deposit when my name finally came up on an affordable housing list. It took 4.5 years, and countless hours of research and filling out applications. But I got here.

[@newtuber4freedom43]

@@LoloO42 :: so happy for you!!! ☮️💟

[@GregoryBoyce-w3i]

Then share how you change that. That worth more

[@tommyfromdetroitmi123]

I love the spirit of this! We need to raise the moral of our broken members in the communities which we live in. Open doors for the hopeless and provide a pathway to hope itself. Be the change you wish to see! ❤

[@tina-mariecrocker5687]

Very well said ❤

[@mryan765]

Live simply...Give generously...

[@Noname-dr1jm]

@mryan765 👍🏻👏🏻❤️

[@carolcollins3108]

Thank you !

[@wowenne3050]

I wish you many blessings for your kindness and compassion towards fellow human beings. ❤

[@roberthall6161]

Giving cash gives back dignity.

[@Jukebox95]

Been homeless on & off for about 9 years now. I have worked the whole time, but thats not enough to keep me off the streets. Very hard to do it alone. If I had the money, I would use the money for a stable housing, a good running car, and get the medical help I need.

[@InvisiblePeople]

(((Hugs)))

[@standingontherockofages]

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life Ephesians 2:8-9 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast ROMANS 10:13 For “whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. ◄ Acts 3:19 ► KJV New International Version Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

[@BigJake32]

You can do it, keep trying, you will make it. Accepting Jesus as your savior is the key.

[@Tammy121111]

YES IT IS VERY HARD TO DO THINGS BY YOURSELF BUT, YOU CAN DO IT!

[@johncarapinha5600]

Are you living in a vehicle or are you literally on the streets? I ask because if you're working without paying rent, the "van life" has changed people's lives for the better.

[@ALtVitalElements]

20:48 I like this statement, "I am not one who slams rich people. I prefer to criticize greed." My experience Anyone can have greed in any economic class

[@WilliamBrown-s7d]

I was homeless and have a job and a place to live now but I'm only 1 pay check away from being homeless again

[@WilliamBrown-s7d]

I'm very scared of this will happen again

[@tommyfromdetroitmi123]

@@WilliamBrown-s7d your not alone.... and would be surprised that there are many people faced with that dilemma as well. save when possible, and budget to the best of your ability my friend.

[@WMA31780]

​@@WilliamBrown-s7d feeling this, been there. I'm housed with my gma starting over again in my hometown but with inner peace and clarity. If I had the land I would use it to build a farming community with shelter and care for anyone who needs a break but wants to achieve self-sufficiency. We are going to build that world, my friend. So try to let those fears go by and feel that deserving.

[@7betJesus]

cool story grind harder

[@joyful_tanya]

​@@WilliamBrown-s7dmy husband and I are formerly homeless too. We are now a lot older, disabled on social security and with this economy, I am terrified. We will sacrifice everything for a roof, and electric, whether we can eat everyday or not. 😢 After COVID our food stamps were cut to $20/mo. We were thrown off Medicaid even though the federal government says we are disabled. It's a disgrace. Thanks Hellinois. 😢

[@jennifersaaidi]

I give them cash when I can. It’s never a great deal of money but if I can help I will. They are still people no matter how they got there and Jesus loves them.

[@BoadiceanRevenge]

It was the woman with a child who had the least to give that Jesus noticed the most, when she put her contribution into the poor box at the Temple. But even without the tenets of religion, it is the humane thing to do to help a fellow human being. Its our DNA. Well, most of us! Blessings to all. 🙏⚖️🙏🕊️👍

[@Topg1]

Amen

[@Faithlove-dk6vf]

Amen​@@Topg1

[@Tammy121111]

I WORKED FOR A WAREHOUSE COMPANY IN DENVER AND THEY PAID GREAT WAGES AT THE TIME AND WE PACKAGED BABY ITEMS , I PERSONALLY DIDN'T STAY AT THE JOB BUT, I WENT TO WORK AT A SIDING COMPANY AND THEN WE STARTED OUR OWN COMPANY AND WE BOUGHT A HOUSE IN ERIE COLO. & THEN THE BIG CRASH HIT US & THEN WE MOVED BACK TO THE EAST COAST AND BOUGHT A NEW HOME & WE HAVE STRUGGLED ALOT & THEN WE OWN OUR HOUSE NOW AND WE AREN'T HOMELESS BUT, WE HAVE COME REALLY CLOSE TO BEING HOMELESS BUT, WE HAVE WORKED OUR BUTT OFF FOR EVERYTHING WE HAVE !

[@deborahcaldwell9775]

Oh Thank Goodness-and-Light. With all the good work I’ve done one person at a time. Little stuff and middle sized stuff for me. No one I know has followed up including my children. They’re just proud of me and amazed. Oh thank goodness. I’m now entering my 85th year and I’m all tired out. My partner is in a nursing home and I visit him every single day with all the minor things he needs , I am going to get him closer but I’m all tired out folks. Thank you thank you thank you for being there. I’m so excited.

[@1st1anarkissed]

I'm also on the edge with no fixed address. It was quite disappointing to discover that most charities just reccommend each other and are, in fact, in the business of employing staff. The help done is curated for PR and fundraising but the rest of us are out.

[@lisaa.6879]

Thank you both for seeing the simplest, effective way forward and for sharing it so inspired others can do the same. 👏👏

[@dovaillancourt]

Absolutely fabulous ! It reminds me of an episode of New Amsterdam where the director started to give people "WHAT THEY NEEDED TO HEAL", sometimes being just money to take the bus to their home. Of course, the bureaucracy found it totally unacceptable. I hope this project lives in every city in the world.

[@kathymorris4553]

I have said all my life if I had a lot of money,I would give it away and just use what I need which isn’t much. A friend from many years ago came into some money. She was helping organizing help people in need. I hadn’t seen her in years and she told me the reason why was she remembered what I said about giving money to the needy. That touched my heart.❤

[@shanehowerton175]

Thank you very much for all that you are doing for the people of this country.

[@AshleyDuval-ur8lv]

Bless this man and the people he is working with. We need more good people like this in the world.

[@carolcollins3108]

Yes, people are hungry and there's something that says, I see you hungry. They'll buy food. I trust . I'm loving the relationships that I've developed with the homeless people. I want to learn more about this .

[@Josh-tm8qj]

I cannot wait for UBI to become a thing in the USA. I think the major problem we have now is that there is a group of people getting what is similar to UBI in the USA right now, and that is non US citizens. We know this is the right thing to do, and that is why illegal immigrants are getting it- but it needs to be for everyone.

[@paavoviuhko7250]

I have money and want to give;. Lead me to the homeless.

[@andrewmorton395]

I am going to be homeless soon I am Autistic 68 really struggling

[@paavoviuhko7250]

@@andrewmorton395 I donated 50 dollars last week

[@MikeJackson-p6m]

I'd love to get into real estate. If I did I'd want to have enough to open my own homeless program. A first time program nationwide. If you're chronicly homeless you get a house free from that program. The Realtor Homeless Fund.

[@janetbusener6326]

I wish more people would give me money for trash for tips. Do NOT give your money to drug addicts. I am a senior and really need your help with food and housing. Thanks Pan Jan

[@lynsweeney7257]

There should be more people like Mr. Donovan to encourage new ways of preventing people from being homeless. Great video, learned a lot. Thank you Mark & Mr.Donovan for this new thinking and voicing for an effective alternative for really helping.

[@darylmckay]

I really enjoyed this fascinating and respectful dialogue 🙂

[@davynolan182]

I think a good idea would be a video from a former homeless person that educates someone how to tell the difference between a homeless person who would benefit from cash and someone who is going to spend it on an addiction. It’s not always obvious. I know your saying the data doesn’t support it but It’s why people don’t give. There not gonna take that for an answer but a course that makes them feel like they’re making an informed decisions based on cues would probably be more effective at getting people to give.

[@davynolan182]

Video, not course*

[@richjohnson8777]

When I give money to someone in need I don't care what they use it for. If it turns out the money goes to addiction then I hope for that brief peoriod of time they are relieved from their pay. In an ideal world I wish the addiction did not exsisit but it does. We need to stop punishing people.

[@faith_God]

havea Blessed weekend 🙌🏽

[@TONIKOBLER]

I like this podcast

[@mrscottspodcast]

Homelessness is caused by several different factors. Drug and alcohol addiction and bad life choices, then there are those who are homeless because they simply can't afford rent or a place to live. it's sad and should not be especially in the U.S. People definitely need to work and many people who are homeless in fact DO WORK and the cost of living is just too D-M High. We have to get inflation down and we need to provide free to affordable rehab programs for addicted people

[@josephgray3996]

This should be national for everyone...

[@WisconsinWanderer]

These people are hurting we have an obligation to lift up our brothers and sisters who fall into cracks. It’s cheaper to be nice than cruel and inhumane. Been there I no

[@Dachozan1]

God how I wished I was one of these lucky people to receive help of any kind is a blessing

[@charlesutley4539]

Thanks again brother 🎉❤

[@goldielocks8231]

God bless you!!

[@Topg1]

This blows my mind.

[@Slow-Rolling]

Give who God puts on your heart to give it to…. Not just homeless people and not just money. Be led by the spirit of God.

[@Oilers1972]

Universal income would mean the world to me right now. Health issues that forced me off work and an insurance company, that despite a surgery needed after consultation with a specialist, refuse to give me a cent. If it wasn’t for family I’d be homeless. Anything right now in the form of an income would make a huge difference for mental health alone. It’s about dignity and being able to even slightly take care of yourself. I’m at the end of my rope because I can’t keep relying on my elderly family and the surgery is taking forever because of our 🇨🇦 healthcare system.

[@ALtVitalElements]

I Love this Conversation

[@pamelamallory3922]

God bless you sir❤❤

[@knot4frogging553]

I'm a crocheter, would love to make things to help, I use mostly acrylic yarn, how can I help?

[@happity]

etsy, etc.

[@roberthall6161]

All people do not spend money recklessly because they are needy. Many people had their lives enhanced.

[@maryosgood9933]

I absolutely love what you are doing. I am a 65 year old on disability. I live in an rv and am fine. My youngest daughter, age 26, has recently become homeless. There is a cabin on the lot I rent she can live in but it is very old with no heat or insulation. If we could winterize the cabin you would have another success story. I am in El Paso County. How can I apply?

[@dcpunk4]

I haven't gone through the whole video yet and i'm as progressive as they come and love this channel, but there is a problem with this large scale and that is corporate greed. If there is now a higher floor for income, companies will adjust their prices accordingly to the point where this extra $1k a month will still not be enough. We all saw it happen during the pandemic with the stimulus checks. Housing and grocery prices are now as high as ever. UBI would have to be followed by a myriad of regulations aimed at price control.

[@NiecyCatz]

Love it!

[@tommyfromdetroitmi123]

Me too 😊

[@wonder7798]

I experienced homelessness because of domestic violence. I self Advocated in order to get my daughter and I housed. I don't have a subsidy, I have been working with a career coach, 16l5 certifications later still no response from employers. I have a degree, and had been self employed since 2017. I have attempted a fiscal sponsor for a pilot project, yetno one is interested in my idea. I have participated in my own self directed outreach, thus is unpaid . Transfering 14 unsheltered out homelessness in 32 days, using the same pathway I used for my situation.

[@wonder7798]

Yet we are now facing homelessness again, because I have not nern able to get a response after resume submitted

[@RowenaSnow-px3jg]

What is the pilot project you are interested in? I would be interested to know. I probably couldn't help, but never say never.

[@HappyMarriedTradWife]

Supporting addiction will only make things worse

[@InvisiblePeople]

Watch this all the way through. It’s not that long. There’s a part in the middle about giving money to people who may go buy a beer or use it on drugs that you might find interesting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKa1gZeji9-Ad68si=8Jat5S8ZK-fx0t9w

[@HappyMarriedTradWife]

@@InvisiblePeople Supporting laziness only hurts those types. It’s best to offer them a job or buy them a meal.

[@SalehRealist]

​@@HappyMarriedTradWifeagreed

[@richjohnson8777]

@@HappyMarriedTradWife Then as a country we need a National Peace Corp or make the VISTA program viable. We also need to revive the WPA and the CCC.

[@teemadarif8243]

Beautiful!

[@ohdannyboy4727]

Yeah man this guy is doin something. I like what he's saying. great video great ideas and I hope it keeps working and changing things for the better.

[@andrewmorton395]

This is so so very true

[@cryptidsprinkles]

I do love this, though I have to say people with mental health conditions and substance use disorder need support too. And especially so. I don’t find that particularly fair because all that good will and humanization for others who qualify for this is taken from disabled people. For whom costs to stay alive are higher than nondisabled people by quite a bit. Still this was a great video and I really appreciate the channel ❤

[@andrewmorton395]

So so very true

[@GregoryBoyce-w3i]

Charity isn’t empowerment

[@roxannedunlop1044]

How do homeless in Denver find out about this and get signed up?

[@unedited2716]

MARK LOVE ❤ IT GOD BLESS🙏💯👍🌏🌎🌍

[@roberthall6161]

All needy people do spend money recklessly. A lot of the money you give does actually enhance lives.

[@JadeAngelina]

❤❤❤

[@wonder7798]

I wish I could have been a part of this

[@Tammy121111]

WE NOW LIVES IN A DINKY STATE & WE'RE KIND OF RETIRED & UNFORT. IM DISABLED TOO CAUSE I WOULD STILL BE WORKING! NOW MY HUSBAND HAS BECOME A DEACON OF A CHURCH AND IS WORKING ON THE CHURCH ! ANY WAYS THERE'S TONS OF JOBS IN OUR STATE EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LOT SMALLER THAN COLORADO!

[@omazz1965]

Great conversation on automation. Even if the machines take over how are rich owners going to stay rich if they dont hire people to earn? How? Giving cash away or stipends to keep business running.

[@bigsarge2085]

❤

[@jnazzise]

Non-profits pay themselves handsomely

[@kentalanlee]

Guaranteed safe housing and treatment (dependencies and mental illness) before basic income. IMHO.

[@InvisiblePeople]

Treatment fails more than it works One of the reason people abuse drugs is to escape the pain of poverty. Having some money can actually help a person self-worth to help them get off drugs

[@kentalanlee]

​@@InvisiblePeople After watching all your videos, I find them quite valuable. Especially for people who have never allowed themselves to see the humanity in people who are on the street. I frequently recommend them, as an introduction to homelessness, for those who don't understand it. You are quite talented. You make sure the viewer really sees the people you interview. That is hard to do. I do know a little about your history by what you have chosen to reveal in them, so thank you for what you have decided to do with your life. It's amazing. You don't know anything about me, but I also have been homeless in my past. I was lucky enough to get back to a productive life, and became a medical anthropologist, then a physician, and now teach at a medical school. One of my duties is inpatient treatment of substance dependency patients. I also oversee an addiction medicine fellowship program. So maybe I am more optimistic about treatment programs for substance issues than you are. I like to think that there is a 50/50% chance at every intervention. But SAMHSA says it's 68% success as a national average. Keep bringing this issue forward. You may not realize it, but you have been teaching a lot of young healers how to look at this important subject. Thank you.😇

[@theancienteternaloaktree]

@@kentalanlee You have to keep trying. Even if you fail. Many times. Keep trying.

[@sondorp]

@@InvisiblePeople thanks for posting this Mark, i have shared with all my UBI friends. I remember you were being sceptical of Andrew Yang's proposal, now you sound a lot more positive. Good to hear!

[@loganskiwyse7823]

As someone with significant mental health issues, extended times of being homeless both working and non-working and multiple such occasions I am going to respectfully disagree. I am in "safe" housing with SSID now, But for the first 5 years of that I had zero usable cash income because of the lack of affordable housing at SSID payment rates. Which is still below the basic income model here and even with subsidized housing I have very limited funds for things I need let alone things I want/need due those same disabilities. It can take months or years to get services or equipment. If we start with the income first, then the individual can pick safe housing that works for them not based off a system's decision. The worst place for the homeless to end up in St. Paul are the two biggest shelter/housing options in the city. One wastefully built on the most expensive property around while still treating the people they help like gutter trash, having open crime and drug use in the hallways. But this is that safe housing you are describing. I refused to use those places and have never felt even remotely safe in any place like them. That is as an over 6 foot well-built male whose physical disability only became a problem about a decade ago. AKA I wasn't the biggest guy in the room but by no means the runt either. If I didn't feel safe, most others won't either which ramps up drug use and mental health crisis(s). If you go basic income first, with housing experts to help guide you on where to look and what is available, I would have been safer faster, more likely to have been able to stay off the street and not have repeating episodes of homelessness and would have gotten a diagnosis long before 53. I am 60 now. My mental health would be better today, and I might even still be working instead of being unable to work at all. shrugs, just my experiences.

[@andrewmorton395]

Yes so so very true need a universal uncome because of machines taking all the job's.

[@brunosilvaribeiro6381]

Giving money to the poor may be a nice attitude, but like putting a small bandage on a bruise outside your chest, it doesn't solve the problem. Capitalism needs unemployed people, people on the streets, people without anything to eat, people without money, people in debt, sick people without money to pay their bills, capitalism needs the desperation of thousands so that they can be a workforce cheap to generate profit for a few. Without significant changes in the way of society to build Socialism, we will not have changes and these people who received money sooner or later will be at risk of returning to the streets.

[@WMA31780]

Nothing to do with capitalism. Most people just hate poor people. I can only think of one person Ive ever met that wasn't a volunteer that didn't hate poor people. And poor people hate the homeless. The vast majority of people are insanely selfish and emotionally detached.

[@slofty]

Capitalism also needs to make a markup off that booze as well. Bring food and they get insulted, but a sealed bottle on the other hand...

[@dopaminecloud]

Look too deep into where the problem lies and you may not like what you find, then you can arbitrarily draw the line at capitalism which allows you to pretend there is utopia still.

[@TheaGillespie-e1u]

I am homeless so I find a place to live

[@TheAngelwithhorns2]

For the Algorithm. Thanks for the content.

[@Tammy121111]

WE WENT TO COLORADO TO DO JOBS & EVEN THOUGH WE HAD JOBS, WE STAYED AT A HOTEL ROOM IN DENVER & THERE WAS PEOPLE WHOM WAS LOOKING FOR EMPLOYEES AND SO, IDK WHAT HAPPENED TO DENVER ??

[@andrewmorton395]

Homeless need money to buy food and drinking

[@Jrbj-js1lw]

Most homeless people that drink beer will buy food what they really need before getting a beer a lot homeless people that drink beer would love to own their own business if they had the money I'm homeless I drink beer if I had a big amount of money at once to own a food truck and had the permit to run it I would not be begging on the street s

[@andrewmorton395]

I am Autistic with learning disabilities and really struggling 68 now

[@thisisnotmyhandle0]

Help. Homeless for several years;fleeing domestic violence. I would get a 1 bdrm, pay utilities, and basic needs. looking to also serving others.

[@richjohnson8777]

When a robot is providing a job that could have been done by a human a fair wage should be established for the job. The employer/corporation should not have to pay the wage but what would have come out of the employee's paycheck in SS and taxes should go to UBI/Homeless. Just an idea.

[@newtuber4freedom43]

11:50 he did not answer the question of how many people were on the streets are now in housing. It requires a simple answer with numbers and not lots of evasive words.

[@InvisiblePeople]

Watch the whole thing.

[@leighhoppins9273]

So yeah, money is very, very, very powerful but the people that make the money are also in charge of doing something good with their money or charging people $20 for coffee and water, Like I am hoping to sell my artwork one day like my gift boxes that I paint and I’ve been painting gift boxes lately and it’s really really really fun And even I know that people don’t have money to be able to afford nice stuff so yeah and I don’t price my stuff as high like not even the biggest canvases that I have painted on would not go past $20 or $25 like I think maybe I would sell them for like $17 or $18 you know so yeah you can be the creator of something like Sure, I can get out a table and then sit at the end of my driveway and sell my art and I have done that for sure I have had no luck with that but you know I don’t price my artwork for high cost because I know people don’t have money But that is just me I am not a greedy person

[@rbj5767]

❣️⚡️

[@GregoryBoyce-w3i]

Welfare or give start funds guide them

[@peggyowen3386]

What do you do with people who have mental illness or drug abuse problems??

[@Banban_tv]

We need god, Christ & trump in this country

[@BoadiceanRevenge]

Apple: 1 TRILLION DOLLARS!!! 😮

[@pamelamallory3922]

Im homeless age 65😂

[@mostlyends]

I'm in Fort Collins. I got woke up by gun in my face. They wanted my car. I need a cash injection. I'm working 2 jobs but sleeping in my car

[@mostlyends]

@@riceexperiment definitely a crime problem here. Also a problem with militant police. I've tried everything the past ten years to get permanent housing. There are so many strings attached. Last apartment raised the rent each year more than my disability payment increases. I gave up with help and got jobs. I have 3 incomes. The requirements to get housing are just unattainable in the near future. I simply plan to own a few vehicles so that I am never without a working vehicle. But after 15 years of disability, I can't wait anymore for the government to act. This has been ridiculous and unjust. Everyone assumes the worst. People ask if I'm clean. LOL yeah I shower daily. And no I'm not homeless because of drugs. The rent is too damn high. And now storage facilities know that a rising number of us use storage as closets so they too are jacking up rates. What was $88/month last year is now $133/month!! And the rent will increase like this every 10 months. They bought all the competition and converted them. Clearly a monopoly. So I have to give up storage ASAP and move everything into something on wheels. Climate control is an issue. Security is a major issue. I plan to get a very mean dog and bang bang. The men that robbed me were well dressed and athletic. The cops said that on the video they walked directly to my car like they were invited. So I was targeted. The cops wake me up for sleeping in my car all the time. That day they accused me of lying and or of having a really bad nightmare and actually had ME under criminal investigation because I wrecked my car in the incident. And even after the video was found. The detective said to be honest and tell him if I knew the men and had invited them... No joke. I am so appalled. These cops assume I am not intelligent. I have a very high IQ thanks in part to autism. Which they knew about and used against me to justify investigating me for criminal behavior because mental illness is a crime here... It is so sad. And if I leave, then I will have let them win. I gave up San Francisco in 2009 to come here to survive because I became homeless there in August 2009 and it has never officially ended. I literally lost my housing just down the street from where Pelosi lives. Small world ...

[@roberthall6161]

Everyone gets panhandled.There are nearly few exceptions.

[@jnazzise]

Teach me how to start a non-profit, teach me how to invest 😊

[@ramirosabatini]

I help people. NOT in front of a camera

[@Dachozan1]

Will u help me please

[@ronberman8947]

We need UBI across America. Hopefully, it would be a priority for the Harris administration if she's elected...

[@MikeJackson-p6m]

My lady and I are homeless and are working hard trying to obtain housing. We've invested a lot into this house but are separated because of our jobs. We are so close to getting moved in but my birthday is coming up soon and I don't know if we'll be moved in by my birthday. That's my birthday wish about $1000 so my lady and I can be moved in by my birthday.

[@roberthall6161]

Homeless people do not spend their money on one or two things. Do you?

[@andrewmorton395]

In 1948 the United Nations said it is illegal to have homeless people wots gone wrong to meny crupt governments

[@libertarian4323]

Giving cash to a homeless person is like giving a college kid car keys and a bottle of whiskey. Maybe they'll make wise decisions and everything will be fine, but probably not.

[@libertarian4323]

If they say their hungry, buy them a meal. Giving them cash is likely to result in an alcohol or drug purchase.

[@BrokerLower]

If someone gave me 8k to stop being homeless.... I wouldn't lose contact , poor Mark got played

[@alextsukanov3536]

Give cash to people, where a huge percentage is addicted to drugs and alcohol (looks up statistics if you doubt this).... what could possibly go wrong 😅

[@InvisiblePeople]

If you look up statistics, you’d see that most homeless people are sober. Most people that use drugs, live in apartments and houses and will never experience homelessness in their lifetime. Plus, the reason, people abuse drugs is to escape paying of not having money

[@vincentyoung8472]

No.

[@BrokerLower]

That money would be better at a children's hospital

[@jaqueitch]

Making people dependent on free handout creates a nation of people who produce nothing. This will lead to even worse depression.

[@meggrotte4760]

So they're taking people who don't have substance abuse, problems and mental problems.Well of course they can help

[@mediocrity25years68]

I think its time for me to become homeless to get some free cash.

[@billbarney4937]

the problem will be solved once people get together and make their own little communities outside of existing cities. separation from the U.S. completely

[@jaqueitch]

This guy certainly doesn't look like he's missing meals. Not a good advocate for homelessness...

[@shellbythesea12]

He hasn't been homeless for a long time now

[@Dachozan1]

Wow sickening

[@SupermarketsRevil]

why not just donate directly to the liquor store or your local drug dealer? that's where the money is going anyway

[@pearlbubbles6885]

Not true

[@vincentyoung8472]

@@pearlbubbles6885 don’t believe your lying eyes.