CyborgUprising wrote:
Actually, just forking over cash is the worst idea. Many would use said cash for drugs/alcohol. This is fairly common where I live.
Where I live there is certainly that possibility but also food is usually something homeless people are after. Anyways non-homeless people use cash for drugs and alcohol to if you don't want someone using money for that there would have to be some sort of catch. For instance if you gave them a gift card for clothes somewhere they couldn't redeem it for cash.
Throwing a homeless person a bit of cash isn't exactly improving their life, so yeah they are likely to spend it on whatever comes to mind that they are wanting money for. I've given change to homeless people but its not like I expect them to save up and buy a house or something in fact saving money is probably not the best idea for a homeless person since the more cash they have on them the more danger they are in of being robbed. So when I spare some change I know perfectly well its likely going to go to food, booze, marijuana or maybe other drugs. But hey its money I am giving them once it belongs to them I have no say what they do with it.
_________________
We won't go back.