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@NoDrama
Desperate people make terrible neighbors though. There are some real advantages to thinking more along the lines of "we're all in this together". From a cost/benefit point of view, it can save you money in the long run. Then, you know, compassion... empathy... I don't give out money to people on the street or anything... but I always hate to see when the homeless shelters are at max capacity in the winter. Lots of people get stuck on the street in dangerous temperatures... especially considering many of them are not in the best health. Many veterans.
A good story to maybe spark a little compassion in you.... when I eat at my favorite pizza place downtown, around 3 oclock, you can see the school bus stop at the homeless shelter dropping off kids. That shit breaks my heart. Those kids are not being lazy and needing to work harder. What was your 3 pm like after school growing up? And, you never know how the family ended up there. Assuming they were just lazy, or crackheads is pretty ignorant. But, sure, it could be the case... Even if it is, the kids did nothing to deserve that. In those cases, you don't know what sort of conditions the crack abusing parents came up in either.
@ Althor
If you didn't get dropped off at a homeless shelter after learning basic math only to climb up out of it, don't simplify over coming adversity for those who did not, with 3 sentences. If you didn't drop out of school to raise your siblings,,, you get the point.