but i did well. if i did this for an eight-hour day, i would have made 90 bucks. 23,000 for a year, tax free. that s the reason social workers say don t give to beggars. often it s a scam and very often you re an enabler. by giving cash, you subsidize the beggar s drug or alcohol habit. by not giving, you may encourage them to get real help. a few respectable charities solicited on the streets, like the people who collect for the salvation army before christmas, but most who beg in public are running scams. i need your help! i am homeless. will you help me out? new york s attorney general said this pitch from a group calling itself united homeless, is a scam. its director keeps nearly all the money. spends it on things like his weight watcher bill. how is it a scam? i hear you keep most of the money. we re homeless people. we work the tables. correct? but the pitch is it s going to shelters.
23,000 for a year. tax free. so who should you donate to? let s talk to the guy who is not really homeless. we re talking about john stossel. good morning to you. good morning. are you suggesting that the people who are begging for money on the streets, we should not give them money? yes. it s not i who am suggesting that. the people who work with the homeless say don t give them money. it s a bad thing. you re an enabler. yoenabling their alcohol or drug habit and far better to if you really think they re for real and most are not, to try to help them get to one of the social service agencies. i think people do like seeing exactly where their money is going. this actually brings me to the next point. you say there are a ton of charities out there that really aren t putting the money where their mouth is, right? you have ones we should most of the money on fundraising and officers salaries. i give to charities that i can observe personally. but there are also which is
americans were receiving food stamps. today 46 million are getting them. 53% rise under president obama. charles krauthammer will have some thoughts on the situation a bit later on. but, first, our pal john stossel went undercover to show how easy it is to get money without government help. that s me with a beard. thank you. i wanted to see how much money i could make. at first i tried the basic homeless and cold, anything will help sign. after half an hour i switched to this sign. can i get a beer? i had seen beggars trying this more honest or you might say funny approach. i didn t think anyone would give this guy money but i was wrong. i just begged for an hour but i did well. if i did this for an 8 hour day i would have made 90 bucks. 23,000 for a year. tax-free. bill: here now is stossel. what did you learn from that? obviously that was done last winner it was 100 degrees in new york now. what did you learn from that? that some people just
listen to this stat. 40 years ago 30 million americans were receiving food stamps. today 46 million are getting them. 53% rise under president obama. charles krauthammer will have some thoughts on the situation a bit later on. but, first, our pal john stossel went undercover to show how easy it is to get money without government help. that s me with a beard. thank you. i wanted to see how much money i could make. at first i tried the basic homeless and cold, anything will help sign. after half an hour i switched to this sign. can i get a beer? i had seen beggars trying this more honest or you might say funny approach. i didn t think anyone would give this guy money but i was wrong. i just begged for an hour but i did well. if i did this for an 8 hour day i would have made 90 bucks. 23,000 for a year. tax-free. bill: here now is stossel. what did you learn from that? obviously that was done last winner it was 100 degrees in new york now. what did you learn from that?
listen to this stat. 40 years ago 30 million americans were receiving food stamps. today 46 million are getting them. 53% rise under president obama. charles krauthammer will have some thoughts on the situation a bit later on. but, first, our pal john stossel went undercover to show how easy it is to get money without government help. that s me with a beard. thank you. i wanted to see how much money i could make. at first i tried the basic homeless and cold, anything will help sign. after half an hour i switched to this sign. can i get a beer? i had seen beggars trying this more honest or you might say funny approach. i didn t think anyone would give this guy money but i was wrong. i just begged for an hour but i did well. if i did this for an 8 hour day i would have made 90 bucks. 23,000 for a year. tax-free. bill: here now is stossel. what did you learn from that? obviously that was done last winner it was 100 degrees in new york now. what did you learn from that?