Handing out money to the homeless has been pretty conclusively shown to not help, in fact it tends to aggravate the situation because begging becomes that person's job. Social programmes, though universally flawed, are the best way to commit your money or time if you want to help.
We've all heard the stories of the pregnant teen who turned her life around after some kindly soul bought her a meal and bus ticket back home. We want to be that person should that situation arise, not to show off but because most people genuinely want to help. But those situations are rare.
Usually the person is on the street not because they want to be there but because circumstances have conspired to put them there and assuming they aren't mentally ill it is possible to get yourself back off the street... BUT you have to want to. And giving money to beggars is not incentive to do that.
Handing out money to the homeless has been pretty conclusively shown to not help,
It continues because it's the only way the Democrats can stay in power.
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