Man give $35,000 to Denver homeless

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
Hopefully they won't spend it all on cheap hooch and hookers.

oops ... http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/25/christmas.homelessdonations.ap/index.html

It's hard to question the goodness of this act, but it isn't hard to question its wisdom. These people need more than just a Benjamin to get them out of their situation. I do seriously hope that it doesn't just get spent on booze.

all they got is a c-note. thats not gonna get em out of the ditch. spend it all on the sauce fellas! have a ball! or save it for college...

I think they should spend their $100 bucks on booze if that's what they want. At least they will have a good couple of days. What else are they going to do with it? Enroll in the community college?

if a man came around and bought them all a pad and a college education yeah thatd be great but i dont know of anyone whod do that. spend that 100 on sauce and if their smart a quick ticket out of denver

its good and smart. made their day
edit: and better than the people who just stand around and saying 'man i wish i could help someone'

[Edited on Dec 25, 2004 by Testm0nkey]

ya left that off
i think thats the coolest part

[Edited on Dec 25, 2004 by Testm0nkey]

Well that was rather nice of him. I wonder who he was......

Maybe he used to be homeless himself and then pulled himself out of the hole.

Selfish. Completely selfish.
The man gave himself the biggest Christmas present ever: an overblown ego of Goodwill. I doubt he stopped for a second in his self-glorification to realize that these people would have little use for $100.
What an asshole.

[Edited on Dec 25, 2004 by SaintLucifer]

or with 100 clams they could buy a cheap gun.
a guns an investment

Kudos to him.

Hey. It's a fucking nice thing to do, regardless if it could've been allocated better.

I'm not questioning the niceness of it at all, just the efficacy of it. The 5 large to the family is probably a much better contribution (that'll pay several months' rent on an apartment, hopefully enough time for them to get some sort of income). I guess I would have rather had sevearl of those sorts of contributions than just handing out C-notes willy nilly to people.

Yeah, people who have nothing have "little use' with $100.

While I think this man's generosity and willingness to help is great, his judgment is woefully deficient. He would have done more good either donating this money to the homeless shelter (or some other charity) directly, or using it in some similar way where the impact wouldn't be diffused. Most of the people who received this money are probably going to use it to abuse the substance of their choice for a few days and maybe buy some food, and that's it. Even if they don't, they're probably not going to be able to do anything of lasting value with this money.

It was nice, but I hope none of them get hurt over it. 100+ dollars could make a big target in a community where $10 might get you murdered.

So what? So it gets them through the next couple of days. When youre that down and out, its all you look at anyhow. So whats wrong with alleviating the short term worry and suffering? Is it less valid somehow? And who are you or anyone to say what they need to do with the money? If theyre going to abuse, theyre going to do it with or without the c-note. Its the holiday season. This guy wanted to give those people an xmas gift- for some its a house, for others its a bottle. Just like the rest of us.

I'm not saying that the man's generosity and willingness to help is less valid, I'm just saying that it's misdirected. It should be pointed out that he isn't alleviating their short-term worry and suffering because they're still just as homeless. And there are collateral problems that are created by his generosity, like the possibility that Keith mentioned above that these people might be assaulted for the c-note in their pocket. Or the more likely possibility that they're going to use the money to purchase more of the substance that likely led them down the road to homelessness in the first place - which might purchase them some very temporary "comfort," but also puts them further away from a long-term solution to their problem and closer to the grave. And I'm sure it's more difficult to abuse if you don't have the money to purchase drugs or alcohol with, so giving them money like that does make them more likely to do so.

I neither have nor claim to have any say over what this guy does with his money, and again I don't mean to invalidate his good intentions. As for who I am to question what he does with his money, I'm someone who has had to deal with the pain of loved ones abusing hard drugs and who understands the damage that people can do with well-intentioned yet misdirected generosity. Beyond that, I'm just another asshole with an opinion like everyone else, and while I wasn't setting out to offend anyone I don't regret feeling the way I do on this subject.

Did he make sad people happy at Christmastime? Yes.

'Nuff said.

well said

exactly.

Thank you.

i do know a homeless guy that ended up in the ER for a week or so when he got his throat slit for a beer...approximate value $1-4. that is the best point so far...if every big angry homeless guy knows everyone else has $100 too he could have himself an easy grand in no time flat.

[Edited on Dec 26, 2004 by meanwhilethecat]