RB> Let's just say when laundry day comes, I have a hard time finding
RB> quarters.
RB> I'm not giving Tom a budget or anything like that. But I have no
RB> problem saying
RB> that privilege and circumstance is what enables some people to eat
RB> and some people to starve. And anyone who decides to play 'daddy'
RB> with a few spare coins
RB> is the patronizing one.
I understand your perspective... but having been on both sides of the 
coin (pun intended) I can only say whomever has earned the money and 
has become a prospective benefactor should have a right to decided how 
their "gift" should be spent. I wouldn't expect a vegetarian to 
supply an indingent with dead cow parts, nor would I fault an avid 
teetotaler to carry the emotional burden of having supplied a wino 
with their juice.
Lotta scams out there... however, once the money has changed hands 
then that should be the end of it. I don't have those restrictions 
when I occasionally pass out spare change (which is never really 
spare.) I've been aware for too long that most of the legitimate 
homeless have some bonefide need for some type of crutch to help them 
get through their torment every day.
DB
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