Thread: Do you give homeless people change? - Yahoo! Answers

No, because I don't like to feel sorry for them. I hate it. So what if I give them change. Tomorrow they'll need more. Now if there were organizations that honestly fight for the survival those people, I would gladly donate anyway I can.

Nope. Cause generally speaking, when someone is begging for change, they are only going to use it for liquor or drugs. I'm not here to support that.

Yes. Most homeless people are so due to mental illness. Whether they want to use the money to buy food, or a cheap bottle of liquor to numb the pain of their lives it is up to them. I feel sorry for anyone who has to sleep on the street, and I feel guilty for not doing more to help sometimes. Unfortunately, many people believe the old saying "DO NOT FEED THE BEARS", should also be applied to humans. I think you should do what...

Dollars if I can, otherwise pocket change. That is how I was raised. I haven't regretted one cent!

I used to be more willing until this woman asked me, while I was waiting at the bus stop, for change to catch the bus. I gave her the last money I had, she took the money and walked off. Then there was a man asking for money for food, I tried to give him the food I just bought because I didn't have any money to give him. He wouldn't take the food, he wanted money. I do still give money when I can but usually I don't...

yes....wait...no.....not once....id rather buy something that will get me ****** up and support my vices...not theres

No. unless I knew they were gonna do somethin useful with it that will actualyl help themselves, not makes themselves worse. Sometimes if I feel really bad tho

Obama is at my front door

sometimes i do, i do not ignore the poverty in the world.

I live in green bay Wisconsin, so homeless people aren't something i see on a regular basis. Sometimes when I do see someone who is homeless i will give them 10 or 20 bucks. I cant imagine what it must like to be homeless and hungry. Especially in winter time.