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In reply to the discussion: If you are in the 1% you are nothing but an exploiter [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)I'm trying to make that clear. $150 was the highest I ever heard someone tell me they were making not that he made it every day and I know he went out and came back empty. I don't know how much panhandlers made per day or overall rate or not of that. You see up-thread for the most part they make "pocket change" but that is a guess.
I'm telling I was homeless and interacted with many homeless people so I've known and know homeless people. The $200 per day and vets was why I felt the need to clarify what I said. The only poster with the hundreds per day was poster #1 said a family was committing child cruelty making $700 per day with 3 freezers full of food.
I think there are misunderstandings here and certainly am probably sensitive on this issue. I agree with a lot of what you say and is pretty much the same here. In my experience most homeless I knew weren't panhandlers either, many shared similar social axieties I do. My own perspective is panhandling is incredibly difficult to make money and the selection of anecdotes were the lucky ones. Driving a taxi, one time I picked a customer at the mall drove out the reservation, customer handed me a tip of $100 and said "Merry Christmas" that is rare but doesn't happen all the time. I don't know what was perceived to be from my posts, just relaying my personal experiences as I have learned from many different individuals everyone had a very unique circumstances that led them to where they are now. A variety of reasons including trauma, PTSD, a numerous host of issues.
The per day of hundred or over regarding vets was why I replied. I only said he said made $150 once, all other times I don't know but certainly know it was an average like that.
I was just telling me story because of the whole can't keep a job is I see the problems has a lot to do with not having a house the challenges of maintaining a job are far more difficult because you are exposed basically. Challenges unless there is a place to store belongings, rest, shower, etc. Transportation, expenses, etc.