Should you give money to the homeless?
 

Interesting article from The Atlantic.

No.

No.

Give them money? Hell, I provide free room and board for years on end. :mad2:

Yes, you bunch of Simon Legrees! :p:

this is the reason I do it when I do. and I don't often. I'd rather give them a beer or a pizza. which I do more often.

What little I can afford makes no difference.
So if I can afford it and I choose to, there are far worse ways to spend my money.

No, screw that.

You should, however, give money or groceries to local food pantries that serve the needy.

SHOOT 'EM IN THE HEAD!

But only if they are hobos.

Hobos make great sandbags for flooding emergencies.

I'll give food or a bus ticket, but very, very rarely money.

The article was good. I hadn't thought about the fact that the incentives to spend, rather than save were so great or even that there would be any excess cash.

It's a trick question-- They're HOMELESS. They need homes, not money. If they were moneyless you'd give them money, not homes.

The answer is in the question people! Let's see some critical thinking skills, I can't do this all myself.

Build a man a fire and he's warm for a night, but light a man afire and he's warm for the rest of his life.