...to sit at an intersection waiting for people to hand me money. How does this work? Isn't easier, and more profitable, to simply get a job, which typically is indoors and climate controlled?
A local reporter interviewed a panhandler in the Mishawaka area. They admitted to making $75,000 tax free annually.
My Mother in law keeps $5 gift cards to McDonalds with her. She said she just follows her heart. If she feels compassion for the person then she gives them a gift card. $5 on the value menu can go a long way if your really hungry.
Its not cash so not buying booze or drugs with it.
A $5 Mcdonalds gift card can be readily sold for $3 or $4, and THAT cash CAN (and often WILL) be used to purchase booze or drugs. Heck, a hard core addict would gladly sell it for $1.
Who would they sell it to?
The same people that used to buy food stamps. There are ALWAYS enterprising people out there ready to make a buck, especially off of the downtrodden.
A local reporter interviewed a panhandler in the Mishawaka area. They admitted to making $75,000 tax free annually.
My Mother in law keeps $5 gift cards to McDonalds with her. She said she just follows her heart. If she feels compassion for the person then she gives them a gift card. $5 on the value menu can go a long way if your really hungry.
Its not cash so not buying booze or drugs with it.
McDonalds restaurants serve beer over here.
Well that explains a lot
I don't drink.
McDonalds restaurants serve beer over here.
Local expose here found that they make damn good money doing it. Actually got one lady to admit it was just over 6 figures some years.
There is one guy that stands at the top of the EB70 to Emerson exit. He is in his late 40s, early 50s. He takes his teeth out and hobbles around on a cane, with one foot flexed up so he walks on his heel like he is crippled.
One day I left work late. I saw him speed walking toward his car, fit as a fiddle. Ever since I have been tempted to stick a sign at the base of the ramp "He isnt crippled, he is playing you".
In the Drive thru?