You misunderstood my post.
Homeless dude WANTED to work for a meal.
Meadows, instead of giving the homeless man a minor job, gave him free food. Homeless did not have to work for it although he wanted to. This is where meadows acted like the government.
Meadows could have had him sweep or mop the floor, take out the trash or something that would have made the man happy to have earned his meal.
Also, nowhere is there stated who or how the meal was paid for. Did meadows pay for the meal at the cash register or did he just grab one? Easy to give away something when it isn’t yours.
Yes, I understood your post. It would have been good for everybody if he had him work for his meal.
I’m not sure that would be possible. Insurance regulations and public health regulations might not allow it. There are some struck regulations about cleaning in restaurants, even sweeping, around where food is prepared and served. Sweeping in the parking lot would be a good ‘make work’ project as long as the company regulations and their insurance would allow it but that’s highly unlikely. Running a business is controlled by thousands of regulations.