Subj : Re: handouts  was: Retire
To   : DARYL STOUT
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Wed Feb 26 2020 20:20:00

-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 02-22-20  17:37 <=-

 DS>> Plus, the panhandlers don't have to declare it as income, and don't
 DS>> have to pay taxes on it...and they can work whatever days and hours
 DS>> they want.
 NB>> And often aren't out when the weather is lousy, unless they are trying
 NB>> to play on the emotions....

 DS> As P.T. Barnum noted, "there's a sucker born every minute".

And they're hoping to capitalise on it...
 
 NB>> Once in a great while, the story is true, and they do take the person
 NB>> up on the offer of the actual gasoline or food...

 DS> From what I've seen, that's more the exception than the rule.
 
That may be... but it does happen from time to time....

 NB>> Not necessarily the case any more... there are a couple of plans for
 NB>> the disabled/elderly poor that don't cost anything, like Safelink...
 NB>> One does have to apply and qualify for it, but once approved, one
 NB>> just has to recertify annually (and make at least one call per month),
 NB>> and gets a certain number of minutes per month each month... I know
 NB>> someone that has that, and the phone they sent her was a smartphone...

 DS> There are things like that, but I think there are too many "abusing
 DS> the system".

There may well be... but one just shouldn't be too quick to judge just
on appearances....
 
 NB>> I'll usually just tell them I'm sorry, but I don't have anything that
 NB>> I can share right now...  I've been known to hand out meal tickets
 NB>> from our local homeless mission, and suggest that they check that out
 NB>> for help...

 DS> Most of them don't want that...they want the cash for tobacco,
 DS> drugs, alcohol, or something else.

And I'm not feeding into that... :)
 
 NB>> Of course, the point isn't that if you help them, they'll help you...
 NB>> it's that they probably won't be able to reciprocate, especially if
 NB>> truly needy...

 DS> Exactly. But, so many nowadays are selfish...thinking only of
 DS> themselves.

True.

ttyl           neb

.... Today is the first day of the rest of your mess.

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
 * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)

.