Who to blame?

It is really very unfortunate that some people live with out enough food and other basic needs. We can't blame any one for that. But we can try to help them if they deserve it.

If they are still young and able they should look for a job. They should not always depend on public sympathy. But most of the homeless people did not ask to be in that situation. They are just unlucky in life. The Government should look after the welfare of her citizen and give them houses. It is done in my country. The government provides free homes for people who are homeless.

In the past there was a large component of the homeless who were mentally ill but non med compliant. In the 60's and 70's they shut down a lot of the community mental health facilities, so they needed to stay on their meds and get some kind of job. They cannot do this without support and supervision. Often their illness makes them not trust anyone. In our current economy there are a lot of people who are homeless who cannot help it. I think we need to quit placing blame and do something about it. I am not sure what, but community service in exchange for food and a place to stay comes to mind.

I worked in a homeless shelter for many years. Each person has a unique situation in which they were involved in that unfortunately left them in the state of homelessness. But, there are also many factors that attribute to this. There could be mental conditions affecting that person, luck itself, is a condition in which people have problems bouncing back. That manager was in the wrong in my opinion. If she didn't feel comfortable in helping that person in that way, the least she could have done was tried to help him in another way by directing them to a place where they could get help. There are quite a few homeless locations in many cities. Depending on where I worked growing I always made an effort to have information for people who where down on their luck. I would research where different shelters were located. Give them the numbers for the unemployment office or the address. The shelter that I worked for, we even gave people an address so they could receive mail and help get them the much needed job. Or for that matter get them into a program to get into an apartment. The person that is in that situation also needs to have the desire to want to get off the streets and better themselves. I have seen cases where the person feels they are making more money or are doing better living on the streets. Some feel they don't want to get strapped by the government, so by living on the streets they feel they have the freedom to do what they want and not be bound by someone telling them how they should live, etc. I can recall a homeless guy or who I thought was homeless sitting on the corner with a sign. I felt really bad for him. He had a cane and a dog. I watched this guy for a little while, prepared myself to get out of my car and help him. I then watched a bit longer, he changed the way he walked with his cane, shifting so he limped with the other leg. My mouth fell open. I could not believe this guy was scamming people in this way. I drove off, a few weeks later, I came upon this guy once again. I got up my courage and asked him, why he was scamming people the way he was. He laughed looked at me and said "Lady, I make more hussling people in a day, by standing here, then I ever did in some office." I shook my head, told him that I thought he was a horrible person for doing what he did. When I walked away, he got mad, walked over and hopped into his Mercedes and drove off. Talk about the biggest hit of all to watch that guy drive off in that nice car. Seeing all these sides of homelessness, has really opened my eyes and made me aware of how unique situations can be. However, it has also opened my eyes up to watch for those who are just trying to scam people as well. You are a good person. We need more like you in our societies.

I do not feel bad for homeless people. I do as well feel that they put themselves in the situation by some aspect. even if they didn't directly do it, they have the chance to try to get out of it. sitting on a street corner begging for money doesn't help. That's part of the problem. People give them money for sitting on the corner and whatnot, sot hey dont have to get a real job because people give them whatever they need for nothing. They have chances to get a job. Go to a shelter and get a shower and some clothes and apply for jobs.

No one is to blame for being homeless. No one wants to be homeless so who are we to judge the homeless people. We should be thankful to God that we are not in the shoes of the homeless.

Was the margin for profit at Arbys so small she couldn't afford to donate a sandwich? If I hadn't married my husband when I did, I would be a street person by now. Yet, I've done everything right. I went to college, got my degrees, had great jobs, but now I'm lucky if I get enough work to pay 1/3 of my bills, my husband has to pay the rest. I worked in a prison with a teacher whose entire family were street people. There were no jobs where they were. They came up here with the last money they had. They were illegally squatting on public land: her, her husband, and two kids. She had applied for a job in the prison system and left the name, phone #, and address of a friend. The friend drove to where they were hiding and told her that she had an interview. Her underwear was in a tree, she went to get it down and the wind took it. It flew up higher on the tree. Her husband climbed the tree to get her underwear for an interview. She got the job in October, it took until November to get paid and for them to find an appartment. Until then 4 people living out of a station wagon and eventually a tent that the friend loaned them. AFterward her husband got a job in the prison system, too. They were able to get their kids through high school. Then the prison system down-sized and they were lucky to get other jobs. That's the only trouble with two people working the same place. Many of our homeless here are out of work families or veterans. There is a shelter for families, but not for single people here. They have to give them a ticket for Vermont or downstate NY where there are single people shelters. Most people who loose their jobs and aren't homeless, it's because their families take them in or they find another job quickly. If they have neither of those things happen, then they're homeless.

I don't think that all people are homeless by choice. Especially because of the way that the society has been for this last couple of years. I've made friends with a wonderful lady here on mylot that was in a homeless situation this year and it was through no fault of her own. This recession means that absolutely no one is safe, who knows, my hubby could go to work tomorrow and come right back home because the company decided that they didn't need him anymore. I don't think it is going to happen, but then again, you just never know.

I think that people fall hard on their luck and that is why they are homeless. Nobody wants to be homeless, but it does happen. The economy is bad and jobs are so scarce. I am a college graduate and have not been able to find work. My husband is working part-time which has not made our income any better. He is attending school, while I am waiting to hear about graduate school. The financial aid money has been helping out, but not much. I feel the economy is to blame for the homelessness.

I thank God for everything , every blessings that he poured unto me and to my family.. and for not being one of the homeless out there. yes, i pity those homeless, especially the old ones, in our country there are thousands of them, living under the bridge,streets or even at parks., its so sad to see those homeless people. big companies like fast food chain should organize a feeding program for them some times, yes your manager seem to be very heartless..she shouldn't do that.anyway, we can not please everybody. We can not blame homeless people for being misfortune.,but they can not also depend on another person to get them on top,or out of poverty..they should work themselves.

There are so many homeless people every where in the world,in my mind a homeless guy always seemed pity in face,but we don't know whom he truely is,there are always alot of tricksters too.so to that promblem I think that a homeless man must have some resons for himself,we needn't to discuss much about that.but if a man truely need help,we should give more love for the sociaty.

Hello, Actually We cant blame any one unless and untill we dont know how they are got this i agreed with vijaynanths that we have to help them if they deserv it but better we would help them in manners like it would make income for them like u can get them for a job in this way they can get earn for them self....i think this better way to help them and yes if they dont deserve just leav it and blame e.g. i saw some ppls who dont even have basic needs which is house food and shelter still they have attitude like hell so dont help such ppl becauz they deserve it.......Hope u clear with my stuff...regards,

Well, it happened everywhere. I also live in a country where there are homeless people, sleeping in the side streets or in wooden carts or in vacant lots near the rail roads, oh! they're everywhere! They just put together scraps of galvanized iron, woods, old tarpoline or anything, and presto! they got roofs to shield them. their children are everywhere asking for alms, left-over foods, used clothing, etc. You might think that they are eye sores but as you said, who's to blame? The government here in our country see them but why is it they're still like that? The rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer and poorer. Corruption, maybe? If I have the resources I'd be willing to help them.

When I see the people homeless work or sit in the street, I will feel sad, just try my best to help them. Much more than this, I think to solve this problem completly, more people and the society want to think the way to help the homeless. The world will be better.

u cant blame anyone in this.I also try to help people in my own way.rather lending money to them i prefer to give food and clothes to them because i have seen that some people use that money in a wrong way.i am sure not all of them are like that.. there is a saying that "god only help to those who help themselves".i know its a harsh line but till some extent its true..if i can see that sumbody is really working hard but did not have luck then i would really like to help those persons.

You cant put all the blame on one person for this but you can say that homeless person bares responsibility for being homeless and everyone else bares some responsibility to try and help person if possible.

Even if a homeless man is guilty for his destiny, I think, we should try to be more nice with them. Well most of them maybe deserve to be homeless because of stupid actions in life. But there are people who have been cheated in life somehow. And yes, you can lose everything in minute! Just like that... It's not fair. That's why we should try to understand. My mom says " Don't have mercy on them, because you'll became one of them! " But I don't think she's right at all. Maybe she's just scared of what these people look like.

Well, in your opinion, and your observation. Are those homeless are capable to work? If they are handicap, no one would be blamed. If they are perfect fine with their limbs, and they are able to work, they are the one should be blamed. No one get them to be homeless, if they want food, they can work just like you in the fast food joint. Why beg.