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@hyewarrior: Hmm... they might not have shown it in the video, but I guess it's possible that someone would have beat the robot up if it was left out long enough.

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That's mostly a myth. I'm sure it happens some places, but it is incredibly rare. More often, the beggars you mention are being pimped. A rich guy pays in beer and drugs and they collect money for him.

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But then again, this has been going on for many years.

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are you kidding me??... just cause they're homeless they aren't necessary complete retards. any person with an iq>40 can count fucking change and tell if they're being ripped off.

and to the threadstarter, that's about the most ignorant thing I've ever heard. any idea how much change you'd have to haul in per day to make 100k per year?... about $275 a day in fucking nickles and quarters?

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However I have watched several of these people at the end of the day walk a few blocks and get into a brand now $30k+ car (that isn't loaded with all of their possessions) and drive off.

Mostly I was pointing out that the people you are attempting to help out may not actually need the help, and the way in which you are helping them may not be a productive one. Have you ever offered to buy them food? The few times I have, I've been berated for it. I'll stick to volunteering at shelters instead.

As for nickles and quarters, the people milking freeway offramps are usually not receiving pocket change. They're getting bills. $275 at 5 per car average, 1 car per light, 5 minutes apart. That's what, 4.5 hours?

Lower that to $3 per car average and it's still under 8 hours.

If you get $.50 every 5 minutes, 8 hours per day, 365 days per year, that's $17k. Not kingly or better than minimum wage, but there's also no tax paid on it either.

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i don't buy the freeway arguement that straight up does not happen. you can't bank on getter a 5 every time there's a read light for 5 hours (if that's what you meant)... there's no where on earth that would happen.

maybe $17k per year beginning for change in front of starbucks. if you got a really sweet spot. i donno if you've ever worked in a busy downtown where there are lots of bums and business people, but where i live in vancouver there are a lot of creakheads, and they're fucking ecstatic if you throw them a quarter, which i would estimate more like 1/50 people who walk by actually do... if that.

sure mltdwn maybe there's some off by one case in hollywood or manhatten where some guys do better than others... but that's why they get 20/20 pieces done on them. for the most part it's pretty shitty out there

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Or any number of reasons you end up w/ homeless people pandhandling. And People panhandling even when they aren't homeless. Same reason you have people who have 8 kids and are on welfare. It pays better than a legitimate minimum wage job that requires you pay taxes.

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You have to eat them through a hole in the wall..

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Thank you.

Thank you, very much.

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I love South Park.

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