How does a homeless man spend $100?

[Woof]

About how some formerly homeless members here might expect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUBTAdI7zuY

[mohawkx]

This video will squash a lot of people's fantasies. Thanks for putting it up.

[desertdetroiter]

Truth is, the people who have the least are the most generous. I've found this to be the case time and time again. A friend sent me this video a few weeks ago and i was blown away by it:

[carlbenator]

Originally Posted by Woof

About how some formerly homeless members here might expect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUBTAdI7zuY

Thanks for posting this. I hope it gets a lot more views.

Reminds me of the definition of "character", its what you do when you don't think anybody's watching.

[froglipz]

It is all about values and character.

[Three Wolves In Snow]

This video was used yesterday in this thread:

I don't think a lot of people realize how poor a lot of Americans are

to illustrate that not all poor people are that way because they are "lazy", "stupid", "make bad decisions", or are drug or alcohol addicts. Feel free to join in.

[PuddingPops]

My friends on Facebook who have forwarded this to me are mostly the same people who complain about how selfish and greedy "Wall Street" and old rich GOP members are, and then leave a 50 cent tip to their sandwich delivery guy.

[aplcr0331]

Looks fake.

[banjomike]

When a person becomes truly hungry, he knows what hunger is like. The homeless know hunger, and they know gratitude for anyone willing to share food with them, no matter where or how it comes.

There are many just like that homeless guy out on the streets these days, trying their best to get back into the mainstream where they've spent almost all their lives. Once on the street, everything suddenly becomes a LOT harder, but it doesn't mean they're all drunks or addicts. Far from it.

[steven_h]

Originally Posted by Woof

About how some formerly homeless members here might expect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUBTAdI7zuY

That's awesome! I've met some really great people, who just happen to be homeless, and I try to help as much as I can.

It looks like Thomas (the man in the video) is going to have a great new start!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/h...-a-fresh-start

I guess the people who made the video started a kickstarter campaign trying to raise $10k for him. It's up to nearly $80k with a month to go.

No matter how much certain ideologists want to hate and break down the US, our people are the most generous in the world.

Originally Posted by aplcr0331

Looks fake.

Thanks for making my point

Originally Posted by Three Wolves In Snow

This video was used yesterday in this thread:

I don't think a lot of people realize how poor a lot of Americans are

to illustrate that not all poor people are that way because they are "lazy", "stupid", "make bad decisions", or are drug or alcohol addicts. Feel free to join in.

On top of all that, and I agree with you; a large segment of the homeless are Veterans.

Far too many veterans are homeless in America—between 130,000 and 200,000 on any given night—representing between one fourth and one-fifth of all homeless people.
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/fact.../veterans.html

Though this article is 5 years old, the numbers have actually increased since.