(Let’s try this again...) Right on guys! I’m no liberal commie b%#^%^#t who needs to feel any responsibility towards those who have fallen on hard times.
I knew a guy once, long time ago now. Nice guy - people remember he could sing the Lord’s Prayer so sweetly. Went off to World War II as a 19-year-old kid. Had the back luck to be wet and freezing in a foxhole during the Nazi Ardenne offensive. Saw his buddies blown apart; his best friend died in his arms. Came back and was never the same. One of those guys who jumped whenever a car backfired; woke up in the night screaming. Started drinking to numb the memories. Over the years things went from bad to worse. He bought a six-pack every night after his janitor job and drank himself to sleep in front of the TV; his cigarettes fell from his hands, leaving burning trails in the floor. He lost his family and ended up on the street, still fighting the Battle of the Bulge during feverish dreams under cardboard on the mean streets. And every day as I pass by, I thank God I am not like that that sinner...
God bless you, tjd1454.
And giving him spare change keeps him on the street drunk. Good job!
Some of us have actually done quite a bit to really help people who are homeless, drug addicted, or otherwise in need of assistance, so your sarcasm is misplaced.
If you think giving money to people with serious substance abuse problems helps them think again. Talk to them, watch over them to ensure their safety, give them clothes or shelter on a rainy night, buy them food, help them get into treatment, or just walk right by, but giving them cash is the same as buying their favorite drink or drug for them. You wouldn't do that would you?
If you want to do this guy some real good, steer him to the local VA hospital or VFW or other veteran's organization of your choice or AA or Salvation Army or like-minded church group of your choice. They will do a lot more for him than throw him spare change to buy his next bottle. Sometimes, they even turn lives like this around.
For that very reason, I donate to my local shelter, whom I know serves many veterans. Helps them out, get clean, gives a place to stay, help get their lives straight. I also give me mony to my church, where I also know where that money goes. I do not feed homeless people money to feed their addictions. PERIOD!