Saturday, April 2, 2011

Out of the river they come.

Seems like when the weather gets wet  the more beggars you see. I use the word beggar not to be derogatory or mean, I am just not sure what to call them. Homeless? But not all are. Disabled Veterans? Lots claim to be yet who knows how many really are? One thing for sure they are begging, begging for work, begging for money, begging for any bit of anything, "will help". 
We all see them but we all don't look at them. Why? Embarrassed, shamed? guilt? Some of us give a little some of us get angry because we offered work for food but they don't want to work. I have taken some home with different results. Sometimes they eat, sometimes they work a little than leave without pay. I have given them rides and food and clothes, they love socks when it is raining.
I am not bragging or ragging I just wonder what as Americans ewe think about how they got there, here? How come so many people are standing on street corners, outside Walmarts, and approaching people in cars begging?
Where are their families I think. Where will they go when it gets dark out? Why are so many people destitute. How do we fix it? How do we stop it and where will we go when we lose our jobs and our homes?

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