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Barefoot homeless man not actually homeless
Yahoo! News ^ | 12/4/12 | Mike Krumboltz

Posted on 12/05/2012 6:36:35 AM PST by Slings and Arrows

The homeless man who was given a pair of boots by a kindhearted New York City police officer apparently isn't homeless. According to the New York Daily News, Jeffrey Hillman, 54, has an apartment in the Bronx that is paid for via a combination of rent vouchers, Social Security, and military veteran benefits.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; US: New York
KEYWORDS: boots; hillman; homelessman; nyccop
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1 posted on 12/05/2012 6:36:38 AM PST by Slings and Arrows
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To: Slings and Arrows

It’s been said many times that there are homeless people who prefer it that way.


2 posted on 12/05/2012 6:38:50 AM PST by Amberdawn
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3 posted on 12/05/2012 6:40:16 AM PST by shove_it (the 0bama regime are the people Ayn Rand warned us about)
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To: shove_it

That’s where he “hid” the boots.


4 posted on 12/05/2012 6:42:09 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

So it was a scam.


5 posted on 12/05/2012 6:44:17 AM PST by Truth29
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To: Slings and Arrows

“Will go barefoot for food.


6 posted on 12/05/2012 6:45:55 AM PST by twister881
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To: Slings and Arrows

It takes wisdom to be charitable.

The USA is in unknown territory in terms of understand what our population really needs. We have unlimited demand at food banks, yet the fattest population on the planet. Everyone can go to college, yet we are bankrupting ourselves with school debt. We give boots to the homeless, but turns out they aren’t homeless.

We suffer from poverty, but its not material poverty.


7 posted on 12/05/2012 6:46:39 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Slings and Arrows
I saw a guy in DC stop being "homeless" at about 6ish, walk around the corner get in his BMW and drive off. I am guessing he makes more then I do, and I have a job.

I am sure he claims all this on his 10-99, and pays his "fair share" /sarc

8 posted on 12/05/2012 6:48:18 AM PST by DYngbld (I have read the back of the Book and we WIN!!!!)
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To: Truth29

The cop’s generosity was genuine. The bum’s need...yep, scam.


9 posted on 12/05/2012 6:49:50 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

He’s not a homeless guy. He’s a crazy guy. So he fits right in with most of the people who are actually homeless.


10 posted on 12/05/2012 6:50:05 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Republicans have made themselves useless, toothless, and clueless.)
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To: DYngbld

I’m disgusted, but not surprised.


11 posted on 12/05/2012 6:52:27 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: twister881

twister881 wrote: “Will go barefoot for food.

Now That’s funny!


12 posted on 12/05/2012 6:55:57 AM PST by RRismyhero (Mr. Obama - You can keep your change.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

And he probably makes around $40K per year (tax free) begging.


13 posted on 12/05/2012 6:57:37 AM PST by gore_sux (Al Franken - Preferred by Minnesota Educated Somali Pirates and Suicide Bombers Everywhere)
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To: DYngbld; Slings and Arrows

In my building there’s a guy who collects disability benefits and has subsidized rent. Every day he can be seen a few blocks from here panhandling while sitting in a wheelchair. At the end of the day he gets up, pushes the wheelchair home, then carries it up the stairs to his apartment on the 4th floor.


14 posted on 12/05/2012 6:58:45 AM PST by Squawk 8888 (True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
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To: Truth29

He didn’t really want shoes, he just wanted a few bucks from each passerby.


15 posted on 12/05/2012 7:01:12 AM PST by tiki
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To: shove_it

That’s what the Huff Post thinks he deserves... but it isn’t what he’s got.


16 posted on 12/05/2012 7:03:05 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Personally I don't care if the shoeless man had a million dollars, the picture and the story is all about the kindness of the cop. If one chooses to give to someone else it should not be about whether or not the person we give to actually “deserves” the gift.
17 posted on 12/05/2012 7:03:56 AM PST by pepperdog ( I still get a thrill up my leg when spell check doesn't recognize the name/word Obama!)
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To: Squawk 8888

Some folks who actually DO need wheelchairs ought to protest this phony but good.


18 posted on 12/05/2012 7:04:56 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: Slings and Arrows

From my experience, giving to panhandlers...

This deal where panhandlers do not live on the street has been the norm for a long time. People begging nowadays almost never live in a cardboard box like they used to. Most have government assistance. They are simply taking a little initiative to bolster the income they get from the government. Many have enough drug and disease problems that they could not really get a real job, but certainly all of them don’t try to earn on the side. Some actually try to do odd jobs here and there on the side to make money. Rotted out teeth on a relatively young person typically means a lot of drugs. Hanging on the streets begging, however, does put them at risk if they look like they have anything worth money on them, or drugs on them, or money on them. The more violent folks on the street will rob other street people. Shelters can be unsafe for them. Giving them a lot of money, or a nice pair of boots like the cop gave the dude, is dangerous for them. And, word can spread quickly if you give someone a lot of money, and you may find much more aggressive panhandlers coming up to you and being very pushy.


19 posted on 12/05/2012 7:05:06 AM PST by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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The left LIKES this behavior, they condone it. You won’t ever get a sheeperal to admit it, but they definitely wouldn’t support any action to put a stop to it.

They like the gov’t doing “charity” because there is no oversight (”judging”) of the need of the recipients.


20 posted on 12/05/2012 7:05:34 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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