Do you give money to people holding signs on street corners?

[Anonymous]

Such as, lost job or hungry or veteran?

[Anonymous]

I just gave a ten dollar bill to a homeless man yesterday. I rarely give though.

[Anonymous]

No not usually.

There was one guy at the corner every day for years and I got to know him. I gave him money every few weeks or so.

[Anonymous]

No, because that money will go to booze or drugs. I give my money to So Others Might Eat, a DC charity that will feed and cloth the homeless, and give them medical care and job training.

They could use your help. Spare change?

http://www.some.org/

[Anonymous]

No. If I was going to give anything, it would be food, but I rarely do that either.

[Anonymous]

A dollar here and there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. If I was going to give anything, it would be food, but I rarely do that either.

+1

Too many scammers out there. DCUM won't like that response but I really couldn't care less.

[Anonymous]

OP here: I haven't since I saw a few episodes of that Addiction show where they confront someone addicted to drugs or alcohol and offer free but immediate in patient treatment. One episode showed the person made hundreds of dollars a day and then immediate shot up.

[Anonymous]

No!

[Anonymous]

I do occasionally but not as a rule. Sometimes I just feel moved to give a dollar or two, but most of the time I don't.

[Anonymous]

It depends on the person.

[Anonymous]

Yes. The argument that "it just goes to booze or drugs" doesn't fly with me. I feel a responsibility to respond in kindness when I see another human hurting. If I have cash, I'll give a few dollars. It's none of my business what that person chooses to do with my gift.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. If I was going to give anything, it would be food, but I rarely do that either.

Same.

[Anonymous]

I occasionally see someone collecting money from the people on the traffic islands. It seems as if the people on the corners collect a good deal of money and then give it to someone who either holds the money for them as a security measure or takes a cut of the money to bring them to the street corners.

Does anyone know how this is structured?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The argument that "it just goes to booze or drugs" doesn't fly with me. I feel a responsibility to respond in kindness when I see another human hurting. If I have cash, I'll give a few dollars. It's none of my business what that person chooses to do with my gift.

If you've seen addiction up close, you wouldn't want someone giving your loved one money to get high with from those funds.