This video shows the truth........homeless people for the most part do not want to work........mooching is too easy/fun. Then you just go out and bum money from the idiots who will give it to you.................wah-lah, dope/alcohol/filtharette money.
Yet Illegal Immigrants. Work so hard and get 2 Jobs a Day! And Work there ass off. Yet theses guys are lazy, and had the opportunity to thrive. Whats wrong with them?
See that's the thing with even welfare. You get paid more for doing nothing then you would if you got up and got a job. Of course we should help people, but to give them something for nothing is not acceptable. Also there really isn't to many disabilities that make it so you can't work at all. If Stephen Hawking can be a physicist without being able to move a muscle. Then you really don't have to many excuses, but laziness.
@thetvuser666 thank you for a honest reply not boggled down with political bias although we are for different political parties i agree with your response
on the other hand, we have a new labor class emerging. it seems more and more are bottle collectors and plastic collectors. this cannot be easy work, in that it is taxing physically and mentally challenging to carry large bags of trash and interfacing with trash throughout the time this is pursued.
@qncsc Well its no suprise how much they can actually earn from ruff aging from dumpster as to think how much cans, bottles and plastic we throw out daily. To them is like a gold mine
anyone choosing to live on the streets or chooses to live on the streets because their drinking is more important and thus allowing the drinking to serve as an impediment to doing more responsible, noble activities deserves to be called "mentally ill" as much as anyone else.
the difference is that there is a solution to this illness: hard work, independence and self-responsibility.
institutionalized care-giving is the problem plus govt welfare created this "pandemic."
This video does not represent all homeless people in the US. Some homeless people are just individuals who have fallen on hard times and it's actually difficult to get employers to hire you if you are homeless or give a shelter as your address. A lot of employers won't even hire a person if they've been out of work for an extended period of time.
@SepherStar Many other homeless individuals have a hard time getting or holding a job because they suffer from mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, or have neurological conditions such as an autistic spectrum disorder. Others do have physical conditions but aren't able to do the jobs available to them due to that condition, and can't get hired for the jobs they can do because they don't meet all of the qualifications or employers for those positions find out they are homeless.
@SepherStar And then you do have the lazy individuals, con men, and drug addicts. The point is, everyone's situation is different. If I ever end up on the streets with not a penny to my name, I hope someone will be kind enough to help me get a meal, and I'd rather give someone who appears to be in need the benefit of the doubt than not help someone who actually is in need.
I was on the streets for 2 years now I have an apt. But no one will hire me because I'm 65 I feel and act 40 all I want is to work. Now I do have med problems but l can work if I don't have to lift anything over 20 lbs. Anything Please help. 323.371.5799 R.J.Correa.
I heard guys in vietnam r doing really well and making good money. They prob dont wanna come to america anymore. Over the past years seem like no one talking about coming to america from vietnam. Makes me believe they are improving. I remember when people can live off minimum wage here.What happend about that.
We people in america are spoiled. After 28 years i realized we should be thankful for not having to go to war like our fathers did and thankful that we live in a place that offer many affordable things .
@Madeviets I've got a gf from America and she earns alot more here than she did there. They bleed you dry for every last cent in America. In Europe we're much better off! They know not to mess with us or another Hitler will come along. lol
@rustyrusky Man, in the US they refuse old grannys healthcare cause they got no money. You know just as well as I do, the EU is much better to live in!
@FieldMarshalRommel23 All I'm saying is that we are going exactly the same route as the USA, not enough people realise it. if we don't wake up as the euro collapses we have a dangerous situation. with no open debates and no consciousnes for the reasons we could see a government takeover.
@rustyrusky You're dead right man - As long as we hold it together the euro zone will start working as good as 2007 again though. Ireland for instance is doing much better than in 2010!
My cousins a freeloader and lives on the streets. He said i should give him money because i have a job and he doesnt want to work and dont want to go home.
Its kind of like obama saying the rich should get a bigger tax cut and we can use that money for the poor. Mite as well give them a piece of our house also to stay in?
@Madeviets Some people are troughly poor though. I knew a girl whose house burned down and she was a very hard worker! but she happened to lose her job and her house burned down at the same time, she was never homeless though cause they got her a house, her old employees helped too. Good people don't go homeless in Europe!
As Janice Joplin said, "Freedom means nothing left to lose". And it's true. I always had food and I could read and hang out with friends. I even had a girlfriend who was homeless and I had sex every night. I did have a job too but it was sporadic work and not enough for rent.
But I wanted something more so now I have a house, a car, a motorcycle. But the truth is I'd rather be free.
The three at 2:34-2:56 are just typical fuckin' worthless bums! At least the last one is honest: he's too busy drinking to want to work. Why the hell do we have to shell out tax money to keep such crap alive? Enough of this bullshit! Many homeless shelters are finally wisening up: they still help the homeless, but the homeless have to work to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, get sober, and start looking for work (or take courses to provide them necessary skills).
They sent all the good jobs over seas so why should people bend over backwards to make minimum wage working at walmart or mc donalds at the end of the day is there quality of life getting better or is the quality of the rich getting better? Id say the rich win weather they work or not. There are no jobs for anyone to feel proud of even working. America is not the home of the free its the home of the slave. America is a Fascist country.
@casinohijack I do agree,when i was homeless i could make more money boosting from sears,macys or any other big chain store than i could doing some jive ass job in a mcdonalds or walmart,those big chain stores can eat the loss.
@JohnShaft666 We as the public need to realize that corporations have only one thing in mind Profit and its all across the board from the things they sell to the way they pay there workers. Year after year working standards are lowered people are expected to work more for less as things start to deteriorate. There making it where you ether work for big brother or big government, even organized crime is in on the game its in the business plan. Theft is already priced in so they dont loose.
Someone who has a sign saying work for food then turns down a job flipping burgers or construction like that one old guy in this video don't really want to work. If you're starving and can't really get on welfare as claimed then you should be willing to take any job you can get even if the job sucks. Even if you have a job that sucks you can eventually have something to put on a resume and get a better job.
Someone not able to work because of a disability I can understand (that's why I understand them collecting disability, I have no problem with that), but I do have a problem with these lazy homeless people on the street who choose not to work, and make excuses for not doing this or that job.
What I like saying to these guys is "you really want money for food, are you sure? " and when they say yes, I like to tell them "good then get a fucking job like everyone else." LOL, I do it all the time.
@asoka2000 How do you know these people aren't disabled? Not everyone who is disabled is in a wheelchair and not everyone who is disabled can collect disability. For SSDI a person has to have a sufficiently long work history and for SSI a person needs very thorough documentation and usually needs to hire a lawyer, but many individuals don't have a way to get documentation as they don't have the money to go see a doctor or pay for all the required tests, let alone a lawyer.
@SepherStar i know people who are disabled with down syndrome so i do not want to hear your excuses for the majority of the "poor" population who are taking advantage of entitlements and are dependent of the government. i think if you took something away form this video its that giving them things for free is not the answer.
@2superstobie What does you knowing people with Down's Syndrome have anything to do with anything? I know people with Down's Syndrome too. In fact I probably know more than you. Try a valid argument next time.
@SepherStar are you telling me that for some reason people with down syndrome can hold down a job but for some reason the homeless cannot because they are even more so disabled thats such a load of crap i love how your response in a nut shell was I KNOW PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME SNARF good for you kid
@2superstobie You can't hold Down's Syndrome as the standard against which all other disorders are measured as each disability is different and affects the individual in different ways. Even amongst those with Down's Syndrome there are varying degrees of disability. There are people with Down's Syndrome who are more mentally able than those with schizophrenia. There are people with Down's Syndrome who are more physically able than those with a ruptured disk in their back.
@SepherStar if you are trying to tell me that all homeless people have some severe mental disorder and that's why they are on the street begging for money I think you are full of crap my personal experience with homeless people in many different states across the us is that about 95% of them do not have any kind of mental disability they just have an addiction. People who have severe mental disorders don't have time to beg for money they are to busy being crazy.
@2superstobie I didn't say all homeless people have a disorder, mental or otherwise. You can go back and read what I said. Your perception that people with severe "mental disorders" are "too busy being crazy" is wrong. Most psychiatric or neuropsychiatric disorders don't involve psychosis. Schizophrenia is one of the few that does and many schizophrenics cycle between moments of lucidity and psychosis, or are simultaneously psychotic and lucid much as a person may have a partial lucid dream.
@SepherStar you said "how do you know these people are not disabled" there for you are arguing that they are disabled. If you look at simple statistics you can see the majority of homeless people in this country are not mentally or physically disabled end of story. the solution my perception of people with sever mental disorders are to busy being crazy is a sarcastic way of saying people with severe mental disorders are not out pan handling in front of fast food joints.
@2superstobie No, "how do you know these people are not disabled?" means "how do you know these people are not disabled?" I did not claim all of the individuals in the video were were healthy or disabled but you have. How do you substantiate this claim you have made? How do you come by that information on these individuals? Do you know them personally? Are you a doctor who has examined them? As I said, many disorders are invisible.
@SepherStar when you start a debate with "how do you know these people are not disabled?" you are insinuating that they are. and I answered your question no one on earth knows every homeless person personally, that's why we rely on statistics for these matters. you claim many disorders are invisible whats your point? should we give everyone free money because everyone could potentially have an invisible disorder? do you believe handing out money is the solution?
@SepherStar when you start a debate with "how do you know these people are not disabled?" you are insinuating that they are. and I answered your question no one on earth knows every homeless person personally, that's why we rely on statistics for these matters. you claim many disorders are invisible whats your point? should we give everyone free money because everyone could potentially have an invisible disorder? do you believe handing out money is the solution?
@SepherStar And you are wrong in your assumption that people with severe psychiatric disorders don't pan handle. I feel I've explained why in one of my previous posts.
I normally wouldn't say anything but I see you've previously taken to accusing others of being retards so I feel less obliged to restrain myself from comments that may be mis-interpreted as harsh. You obviously have an interest in intellectual debate, which is good. But your comprehension and critical thinking skills suck.
@2superstobie Most people with Down's Syndrome who work do so as part of a day program and they don't actually earn a living wage. They do menial work which someone with another type of disability might not be able to do, and in the instances where they have actual jobs that earn actual wages, employers are a lot more patient with them because their disability is a visible disability as opposed to an invisible disability.
@2superstobie It's actually more difficult for people with invisible disabilities to get and hold jobs because people equate looking fine with not having a disability. You yourself are a fine example. You have judged those with Down's Syndrome as severely disabled yet have decided that many homeless individuals who claim to have disabilities, don't, on the bases that they look fine, and they therefore must be lazy freeloaders.
@SepherStar wrong do not put words in my mouth i never decided that many homeless individuals who claim to have disabilities don't. you said that not me i am claiming most people pan handling don't have disabilities unless you can find a statistic to show otherwise then i don't want to hear any more of your candy land ideas.
@2superstobie It is people like you who epitomize the ignorance that makes it so difficult for those with invisible disabilities to work. I have a rare neuromuscular disorder that is an invisible disorder and I've had employers laugh in my face when I asked for accommodations, I've been fired for not being able to perform my job satisfactorily without those accommodations.
@SepherStar if you have it documented by a serious medical professional then you should not have any problems asking for acomadations and if you did you could sue them if it was documented so despite what you thought you will get no pity party from me. how dare you assume I do not have any disabilities or know any one who does HOW DO YOU KNOW for all you know i have some equal or more debilitating disability.
@2superstobie You display yet another example of poor reading comprehension skills. I never claimed you didn't have a disability so I'm perplexed as to where you got that idea, and I didn't state that you don't know anyone with a disability. To better educate you on government assistance programs, having a documented disability does not automatically qualify a person for assistance. It's very difficult to get and many individuals with disabilities are turned down for various reasons.
@SepherStar well i can play you game then maybe the fact that they were turned down were for various reasons. how bout them apples by the way to quote you "It is people like you who epitomize the ignorance that makes it so difficult for those with invisible disabilities to work. I have a rare neuromuscular disorder " those with were your words you did not say for those of us with disabilities including yourself perhaps even you. so you assumed i did not have any and did not even mention me.
@SepherStar well i can play you game then maybe the fact that they were turned down were for various reasons. how bout them apples by the way to quote you "It is people like you who epitomize the ignorance that makes it so difficult for those with invisible disabilities to work. I have a rare neuromuscular disorder " those with were your words you did not say for those of us with disabilities including yourself perhaps even you. so you assumed i did not have any and did not even mention me.
@2superstobie And the maximum one can get on SSI is between $600 and $900 or so depending on the state, which is not enough to cover most individual's living expenses. If you receive SSI and end up on the streets because you could not afford rent, they deduct a few hundred dollars on the pretense that you aren't paying rent.
@2superstobie I've been accused of being lazy, experienced rudeness, harassment, and public humiliation by people who don't believe I have a disorder and become upset when I can't function to their standards and many of these individuals are bosses and coworkers. It's very difficult to prove you were fired due to your disability because employers don't need to divulge reasons they are letting you go and good luck getting a co-worker to testify for you.
The sad truth is most businesses say they're hiring when they're not, because the government pays them to put listings in homeless shelters and unemployment offices.
This is sad Americans NEED to stop Drinking amd being lazy that part of the resons thouse homeless poeple r out there i know how some people jave a mental problem and NEED help but poeple have a problem with drinking thats a choose that U can get help for Amercans NEED TO STOP BEING LAZY WORK!
These people are a monetary black hole. Keep these people accountable so that they don't ride on the curtails of society and take up space. We need this type of stuff.
@asoka2000 In my area most of the homeless people suffer from schizophrenia or some other mental illness. They are not freeloaders and never pan handle, though occasionally they will look in the trashcans and dumpsters for food. You can't lump all homeless individuals into the same category. People are on the streets for different reasons. Some are happy being chronically homeless freeloaders but most aren't.
@asoka2000 Actually, most of them have mental illness and are in need of treatment. However, we don't take care of people who genuinely need it, we just label them and use misinformation to stigmatize them. Great job at being part of the problem.
@765tony - Congratulations brother! My parents were alcoholics. I saw at an early age what drugs and alcohol can do, so I've avoided them. I swore that I'd never allow something to take control of my life. Life is hard enough without drugs and alcohol. Keep up the good work and may God bless.
@765tony - I couldn't agree with you more. It's all about choices. I'm no rocket scientist and I made a good life for my family. I've been knocked down so many times, I sometimes wonder how I kept going, but I did. In this country, anybody who panhandles to live, does it by choice. Everybody needs a hand up sometimes, but most of these people have learned how to scam the system and they'll keep taking whatever society hands them.
What I want to know is why this video report only highlights the enablers in the homeless shelter services and not the astronomically high cost of living that goes along with it. You can't afford a good apartment on minimum wage, not if you want to have food and furniture and things to go with it. So how can you blame people for their survival techniques? Maybe it's not that they don't want work, it's that they know they won't make enough to live anyway, so they buy alcohol instead.
@IJest You can't afford an apartment on minimum wage? So? Minimum wage is for teenagers. It's for people just starting out.
You can survive on minimum wage. Get a cheap apartment and a room mate. You won't be able to live high; no smart phone, cheap car (or no car), no flashy clothes. But you'll be out there, surviving. And working on improving your life.
@immikeurnot The vast majority of jobs in my area are split into two categories: minimum wage or professional (years of college required). I luckily work in an office where I make $1.25 higher than minimum wage, but I have looked through the apartments (I still live at home, since I am going to college and do not make enough right now to get an apartment) and it is hard to find cheap housing here. I will agree that having a roommate makes it easier, but that's if you have/want one.
@IJest It ain't about what you "want". I want a Bughatti, five mistresses and a thousand acre estate. I'm not holding my breath.
It's about what you need to do. Living with your parents is what you need to do. But remember; you're just starting out. If you're still making minimum wage at 30, that's different. It's a sign that you've screwed up somewhere and it's way past time to reassess your life.
@PipeManChuck I work at homeless shelter and I had that tough love and what I found some people was given six month to fine a job or if they had a job to find apartment .and some them had found housing and was back in month or 2 according to some people that knew these people they will say john doe had been out of shelter all his life and lot of them don't like paying bill , working ect. IF YOU every GET CHANCE TO WORK IN A SHELTER YOU WILL C THE LAZINESS
@PipeManChuck You are right about the fact that there are legitimate people in true need. However when you make the statement "People who are homeless are almost all mentally ill" you are flat wrong. Look up the actual statistics, it is roughly 1/3. I'm sure this figure includes things such as claims of Bipolar which almost anyone can make. For all those who are opposed to finding out the actual personality of the person to determine what kind of help he actually needs- I have a solution-
@PipeManChuck Carry a case of bottled water and granola bars in your car- Noone trades bottled water and granola bars for dope that I know of, and you will truly help some people:) The best method is to actually get to know the person, to know their personality, and whether they will abuse the money, but I understand not everyone has time for that. We all must ask ourselves how we would want to be treated if we ended up homelesss, but also take into about there are scammers and freeloaders.
to the loser @:47... fuck you!!! you worthless piece of free loading shit!!! why dont you just hang yourself now and get it over with?? i fucking hate guys like you. you're homeless because you want to be. or is it, homeless because you refuse to do what it takes to get off the streets? either way, you got what you deserve!!! i'd toss you a dime, about three feet in front of you, just to watch you get on your knees to pick it up. scumbag.
@prosteelheader yeah, he is a piece of work. He acts as if he has better going on in his life, flip burgers cant do, construction bad back, work 5 days a week, cant do. Whats his purpose they should force these people to clean the streets and gudders or go to jail
to the loser @:47... fuck you!!! you worthless piece of free loading shit!!! why dont you just hang yourself now and get it over with?? i fucking hate guys like you. you're homeless because you want to be. or is it, homeless because you refuse to do what it takes to get off the streets? either way, you got what you deserve!!! i'd toss you a dime, about three feet in front of you, just to watch you get on your knees to pick it up. scumbag.
Its called Social Darwanism people. Survival of the fittest. If these lazy scumbags don't want to work then let them die so they can stop bothering us hard-working people. I was a landscaper and a clerk and both jobs SUCKED. But you know what I sucked it up and at the end of the week I got a decent paycheck with money that I EARNED. And i spent that money on whatever the hell i wanted. Fuck you freeloaders. Fuck off because that's MY pocketchange
I still think that welfare should be replaced by a negative income tax in the long run.It may be ''cruel'' to some people but at least people would have more incentive to find work.
While there are some people through no fault on thier own lose thier jobs and participate in unemployment welfare against thier will some people delibrately use welfare as a way of life which is a huge drain.
I hate to admit ti but there are slight positives to unemployment welfare.When people participate in these programs if they have lost thier job you can argue ''whats wrong with people getting back the money the government took from these people without consent''?
I also agree however that scumbags who think that society owes them a living and dont even try to get work,thats th emain problem so the slight positives of welfare become a negative and a burden on taxpayers
So why exactly did 30 to 50% of Americans live in poverty in the 1800s?
Was it all the 19th century welfare handouts?
The logic is appalling, since welfare programs have been put in place, poverty has gone down dramatically and what's more, since welfare programs have been decinmated in the 80s and 90s, poverty has been on the rise.
I swear to God this has happened to me before. I was walking out of Farmer Joe in Lancaster/Palmdale and I saw a hispanic women panhandling, holding a sign that says something around the line: "I am a unemployed mother of 3 who needs work" or something like that. To make things worse, she was parading her daughter in front of customers entering and exiting the store. i began spying on her for a couple of minutes until she stopped panhandling. Until I saw her walking to her FUCKING Lexus!
i didn't literally scream at them, i was pretty much screaming in anger,annoyance,etc , with the door closed and windows up, that is. I was pretty much shocked to see a fucking freeloader parading her daughter in front of people one minute, and seeing her driving her Luxus the next minute..
No one wants to work for slave wages and being disrespected by employees.
Why do big corporations such as mcdonald,walmart,gas stations couldn't pay better?Share the wealth.People who are paid better they respond with greater loyality to their employer.
The global elite and bankers wants to reduce the population check this:
Georgia Guidestones is a large granite monument in Elbert County, Georgia, USA.
So your saying that every single person thats on welfare is lazy? Some people actually use it for what its for, getting on your feet so you can eventually start working for yourself. Thats what Im doing. Im on welfare but I hand out resumes just about every day.
@tydaguy They aren't EVERY homeless person, but the vast majority of homeless are there because of the actions and decisions they made in the past. They didn't stay in school, didn't work well, hooked on drugs or booze. And these handouts with no requirements of personal responsibility! Make them work or stay in rehab for their bed or food.
i thought about this ,end welfare see what happens ,but take the kids away from their parents .first see if their willing to work to get their kids back .
Stossel rather conveniently overlooks, that even if they did work a minimum wage job full time, they would still be homeless in any major American city. Real estate has denied working people self-preservation.
@MegaAvalonn but these people could work a minimum wage job and save money for a year and then find a place to live that would give them a chance to get out of the city too and find a cheaper place to live.
This news piece seems to hit hard at the homeless, but when the guy with the tough love shelter comes on, John uses a critical tone with him. What's up with that?
These journalists are sheltered, naive fucks. They should let these bums crash in their mansion for just a night!
@lucypunch Stossel always plays devil's advocate in order to answer questions the view is thinking. He's not being critical, he's proving a point. And why should someone be in someone's mansion when they earned it. Did those homeless people earn it? Study the free market and maybe you'll learn a thing or two...
@lucypunch Stossel always plays devil's advocate in order to answer questions the view is thinking. He's not being critical, he's proving a point. And why should someone be in someone's mansion when they earned it. Did those homeless people earn it? Study the free market and maybe you'll learn a thing or two...
@lucypunch He's not using a critical tone, retard. It's called interviewing. If Stossel only enthusiastically agrees with him, then that doesn't give him a chance to espouse his viewpoints does it?
"Why does a man have to work everyday if he don't want to"....are you f'ing kidding me? What a waste of life! I wanna kick this guys ass. I'm a chick and I'VE worked FULLTIME since I was 14 and no, I didn't WANT to. What a piece of shit this guy is.
In the '30s they were called work houses or work farms. They worked for their shelter and their food. The social work industry became "professional" in the '40s and has gained momentum ever since.Incidentally, it has created a society of stupid losers. Isn't it funny how going back to the ways of our grandparents and great-grandparents seems to improve life?
@maybetuesday1790 Agreed. However, we have a work ethic in the states that's based on puritanical values. Today, even secular people promote and uphold this ethic, whether they acknowledge it's religious roots or not. We work twice as much as other developed countries and yet on average we're in debt for the majority of our lives. I agree, though. Something is severely skewed about modern American lifestyle. I find myself longing for my grandparent's era, even though I never lived through it
Yeah these last two presidential administrations have gone overboard with the federal bailouts. However Goldman Sachs has paid back their federal loans and overall the banks are now realistic and not giving loans to just anybody.
The homeless for the most part should rely on family and friends for help. Oh but they probably already shut these people out of their lives due to their lack of self-control (alcohol, drugs, religion, etc.).
There is indeed such a thing as the "Poverty Industry" and those that work in this industry have absolutely no wish to see an end to poverty.
There is also "the Refugee Industry", and I used to work in this industry. And again, there is no wish to see an end to refugee services.
Its all a HUGE scam.
Using your guilt to take your money. The actual money that goes to help refugees is pennies on the dollar. The majority of money disappears thru poor accounting practices, "wink, wink"...
@rustydusty40 America is most certainly not stingy. I could point to a hundred cases where America has put out a helping hand. Just because you're telling people to be responsible for themselves does not mean you are "stingy."
I find it interesting that some people on this site have such negative things to say about John Stossel, but completely gloss over the actual content of his interviews with the people in the piece, such as Bob Coté. It's very difficult to slag off the strong views on the "poverty industry" by someone who was at one time an actual homeless recipient of said industry. Easier to attack the interviewer, rather than the interviewee who scorns the poverty racket as detrimental to his life.
The guy who showed works for his drugs, unlike the fucking crack dealer with nice clothes trys to bum change and smokes. What a country!
thepcyouth 1 week ago
@ bus tokens for vodka haha
chuyochoa15 1 week ago
"Cause I'm drinklin today"
At least the man was honest.
CCRider100 1 week ago
This video shows the truth........homeless people for the most part do not want to work........mooching is too easy/fun. Then you just go out and bum money from the idiots who will give it to you.................wah-lah, dope/alcohol/filtharette money.
tickyul 1 month ago
society is fucked. I hope a nuclear war starts soooon.
goddog47 1 month ago
@shiron236
puggyman09 1 month ago
Yet Illegal Immigrants. Work so hard and get 2 Jobs a Day! And Work there ass off. Yet theses guys are lazy, and had the opportunity to thrive. Whats wrong with them?
Pierre4452 1 month ago
Typical Republican BS
richjasonjones 2 months ago
@richjasonjones Out of curiosity, which part of the story specifically did you think was BS?
sc2155 2 months ago
5:42--AMEN!
arivas713 2 months ago
"Now I'm drinking"
--That's an honest answer!
hellofaname 2 months ago
What kind of selfish society do we live in.
Charles2337 3 months ago
See that's the thing with even welfare. You get paid more for doing nothing then you would if you got up and got a job. Of course we should help people, but to give them something for nothing is not acceptable. Also there really isn't to many disabilities that make it so you can't work at all. If Stephen Hawking can be a physicist without being able to move a muscle. Then you really don't have to many excuses, but laziness.
skeptictom818 3 months ago
Kick out all the illegals and put these bums to work!
lucypunch 3 months ago
@lucypunch They don't want to work. At least the illegals want to.
shiron236 3 months ago 6
@thetvuser666 thank you for a honest reply not boggled down with political bias although we are for different political parties i agree with your response
2superstobie 4 months ago
state of the US:
on the other hand, we have a new labor class emerging. it seems more and more are bottle collectors and plastic collectors. this cannot be easy work, in that it is taxing physically and mentally challenging to carry large bags of trash and interfacing with trash throughout the time this is pursued.
qncsc 5 months ago
@qncsc Well its no suprise how much they can actually earn from ruff aging from dumpster as to think how much cans, bottles and plastic we throw out daily. To them is like a gold mine
redeye117 4 months ago
anyone choosing to live on the streets or chooses to live on the streets because their drinking is more important and thus allowing the drinking to serve as an impediment to doing more responsible, noble activities deserves to be called "mentally ill" as much as anyone else.
the difference is that there is a solution to this illness: hard work, independence and self-responsibility.
institutionalized care-giving is the problem plus govt welfare created this "pandemic."
qncsc 5 months ago
This video does not represent all homeless people in the US. Some homeless people are just individuals who have fallen on hard times and it's actually difficult to get employers to hire you if you are homeless or give a shelter as your address. A lot of employers won't even hire a person if they've been out of work for an extended period of time.
SepherStar 5 months ago
@SepherStar Many other homeless individuals have a hard time getting or holding a job because they suffer from mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, or have neurological conditions such as an autistic spectrum disorder. Others do have physical conditions but aren't able to do the jobs available to them due to that condition, and can't get hired for the jobs they can do because they don't meet all of the qualifications or employers for those positions find out they are homeless.
SepherStar 5 months ago
@SepherStar And then you do have the lazy individuals, con men, and drug addicts. The point is, everyone's situation is different. If I ever end up on the streets with not a penny to my name, I hope someone will be kind enough to help me get a meal, and I'd rather give someone who appears to be in need the benefit of the doubt than not help someone who actually is in need.
SepherStar 5 months ago
THE BIGGEST HANDOUTS GO TO THE BANKS
cbjgdicad1 6 months ago
that "Cotay" guy at 4:45 looks/acts like he could be Stossels brother lol!
tkx7 6 months ago
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2pistonshd 6 months ago
Problem with simpleton minded fools like Stossel is that they lump almost everyone under the same stereotype.
Search for "invisiblepeople" on Youtube and it'll change your perspective on who the homeless people are.
ninuxy 6 months ago
I heard guys in vietnam r doing really well and making good money. They prob dont wanna come to america anymore. Over the past years seem like no one talking about coming to america from vietnam. Makes me believe they are improving. I remember when people can live off minimum wage here.What happend about that.
Madeviets 6 months ago
We people in america are spoiled. After 28 years i realized we should be thankful for not having to go to war like our fathers did and thankful that we live in a place that offer many affordable things .
Madeviets 7 months ago
@Madeviets I've got a gf from America and she earns alot more here than she did there. They bleed you dry for every last cent in America. In Europe we're much better off! They know not to mess with us or another Hitler will come along. lol
FieldMarshalRommel23 6 months ago
@FieldMarshalRommel23 Where do you get that idea from? I fuckin' hate that phony attitude towards Americans. We are not much better off!
"None are more hopelessly enslaved
than those who falsely believe they are free." -Goethe
rustyrusky 6 months ago
@rustyrusky Man, in the US they refuse old grannys healthcare cause they got no money. You know just as well as I do, the EU is much better to live in!
FieldMarshalRommel23 6 months ago
@FieldMarshalRommel23 All I'm saying is that we are going exactly the same route as the USA, not enough people realise it. if we don't wake up as the euro collapses we have a dangerous situation. with no open debates and no consciousnes for the reasons we could see a government takeover.
rustyrusky 6 months ago
@rustyrusky You're dead right man - As long as we hold it together the euro zone will start working as good as 2007 again though. Ireland for instance is doing much better than in 2010!
FieldMarshalRommel23 6 months ago
Let them freeload - they'll never have a wife and kids etc. they'll always be on the streets by themselves. fuck them!
FieldMarshalRommel23 7 months ago
@FieldMarshalRommel23 not allways.
JohnShaft666 6 months ago
My cousins a freeloader and lives on the streets. He said i should give him money because i have a job and he doesnt want to work and dont want to go home.
Its kind of like obama saying the rich should get a bigger tax cut and we can use that money for the poor. Mite as well give them a piece of our house also to stay in?
Madeviets 7 months ago
@Madeviets Some people are troughly poor though. I knew a girl whose house burned down and she was a very hard worker! but she happened to lose her job and her house burned down at the same time, she was never homeless though cause they got her a house, her old employees helped too. Good people don't go homeless in Europe!
FieldMarshalRommel23 7 months ago
I was homeless once.
As Janice Joplin said, "Freedom means nothing left to lose". And it's true. I always had food and I could read and hang out with friends. I even had a girlfriend who was homeless and I had sex every night. I did have a job too but it was sporadic work and not enough for rent.
But I wanted something more so now I have a house, a car, a motorcycle. But the truth is I'd rather be free.
gamenode 7 months ago
The three at 2:34-2:56 are just typical fuckin' worthless bums! At least the last one is honest: he's too busy drinking to want to work. Why the hell do we have to shell out tax money to keep such crap alive? Enough of this bullshit! Many homeless shelters are finally wisening up: they still help the homeless, but the homeless have to work to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, get sober, and start looking for work (or take courses to provide them necessary skills).
frtw4428 7 months ago
THIS IS MISLEADING THIS DURING THE CLINTON YR NOW IT NOT LIKE THAT THERE R NO JOBS SHELTER R TURNING PPL AWAY . SOME HOMELESS PPL WANT AN APT
samantha34ize 8 months ago
They sent all the good jobs over seas so why should people bend over backwards to make minimum wage working at walmart or mc donalds at the end of the day is there quality of life getting better or is the quality of the rich getting better? Id say the rich win weather they work or not. There are no jobs for anyone to feel proud of even working. America is not the home of the free its the home of the slave. America is a Fascist country.
casinohijack 8 months ago
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dugger23 8 months ago
@casinohijack I do agree,when i was homeless i could make more money boosting from sears,macys or any other big chain store than i could doing some jive ass job in a mcdonalds or walmart,those big chain stores can eat the loss.
JohnShaft666 6 months ago
@JohnShaft666 We as the public need to realize that corporations have only one thing in mind Profit and its all across the board from the things they sell to the way they pay there workers. Year after year working standards are lowered people are expected to work more for less as things start to deteriorate. There making it where you ether work for big brother or big government, even organized crime is in on the game its in the business plan. Theft is already priced in so they dont loose.
casinohijack 6 months ago
I really prefered it when John Stossel was helping to demonstrait open-hand slaps.
festdir 8 months ago
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Someone who has a sign saying work for food then turns down a job flipping burgers or construction like that one old guy in this video don't really want to work. If you're starving and can't really get on welfare as claimed then you should be willing to take any job you can get even if the job sucks. Even if you have a job that sucks you can eventually have something to put on a resume and get a better job.
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asoka2000 8 months ago
Someone not able to work because of a disability I can understand (that's why I understand them collecting disability, I have no problem with that), but I do have a problem with these lazy homeless people on the street who choose not to work, and make excuses for not doing this or that job.
What I like saying to these guys is "you really want money for food, are you sure? " and when they say yes, I like to tell them "good then get a fucking job like everyone else." LOL, I do it all the time.
asoka2000 8 months ago
@asoka2000 How do you know these people aren't disabled? Not everyone who is disabled is in a wheelchair and not everyone who is disabled can collect disability. For SSDI a person has to have a sufficiently long work history and for SSI a person needs very thorough documentation and usually needs to hire a lawyer, but many individuals don't have a way to get documentation as they don't have the money to go see a doctor or pay for all the required tests, let alone a lawyer.
SepherStar 5 months ago
@SepherStar i know people who are disabled with down syndrome so i do not want to hear your excuses for the majority of the "poor" population who are taking advantage of entitlements and are dependent of the government. i think if you took something away form this video its that giving them things for free is not the answer.
2superstobie 4 months ago
@2superstobie What does you knowing people with Down's Syndrome have anything to do with anything? I know people with Down's Syndrome too. In fact I probably know more than you. Try a valid argument next time.
SepherStar 4 months ago
@SepherStar are you telling me that for some reason people with down syndrome can hold down a job but for some reason the homeless cannot because they are even more so disabled thats such a load of crap i love how your response in a nut shell was I KNOW PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME SNARF good for you kid
2superstobie 4 months ago
@2superstobie You can't hold Down's Syndrome as the standard against which all other disorders are measured as each disability is different and affects the individual in different ways. Even amongst those with Down's Syndrome there are varying degrees of disability. There are people with Down's Syndrome who are more mentally able than those with schizophrenia. There are people with Down's Syndrome who are more physically able than those with a ruptured disk in their back.
SepherStar 4 months ago
@SepherStar if you are trying to tell me that all homeless people have some severe mental disorder and that's why they are on the street begging for money I think you are full of crap my personal experience with homeless people in many different states across the us is that about 95% of them do not have any kind of mental disability they just have an addiction. People who have severe mental disorders don't have time to beg for money they are to busy being crazy.
2superstobie 4 months ago
@2superstobie I didn't say all homeless people have a disorder, mental or otherwise. You can go back and read what I said. Your perception that people with severe "mental disorders" are "too busy being crazy" is wrong. Most psychiatric or neuropsychiatric disorders don't involve psychosis. Schizophrenia is one of the few that does and many schizophrenics cycle between moments of lucidity and psychosis, or are simultaneously psychotic and lucid much as a person may have a partial lucid dream.
SepherStar 4 months ago
@SepherStar you said "how do you know these people are not disabled" there for you are arguing that they are disabled. If you look at simple statistics you can see the majority of homeless people in this country are not mentally or physically disabled end of story. the solution my perception of people with sever mental disorders are to busy being crazy is a sarcastic way of saying people with severe mental disorders are not out pan handling in front of fast food joints.
2superstobie 4 months ago
@2superstobie No, "how do you know these people are not disabled?" means "how do you know these people are not disabled?" I did not claim all of the individuals in the video were were healthy or disabled but you have. How do you substantiate this claim you have made? How do you come by that information on these individuals? Do you know them personally? Are you a doctor who has examined them? As I said, many disorders are invisible.
SepherStar 4 months ago
@SepherStar when you start a debate with "how do you know these people are not disabled?" you are insinuating that they are. and I answered your question no one on earth knows every homeless person personally, that's why we rely on statistics for these matters. you claim many disorders are invisible whats your point? should we give everyone free money because everyone could potentially have an invisible disorder? do you believe handing out money is the solution?
2superstobie 4 months ago
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@SepherStar when you start a debate with "how do you know these people are not disabled?" you are insinuating that they are. and I answered your question no one on earth knows every homeless person personally, that's why we rely on statistics for these matters. you claim many disorders are invisible whats your point? should we give everyone free money because everyone could potentially have an invisible disorder? do you believe handing out money is the solution?
2superstobie 4 months ago
@SepherStar And you are wrong in your assumption that people with severe psychiatric disorders don't pan handle. I feel I've explained why in one of my previous posts.
I normally wouldn't say anything but I see you've previously taken to accusing others of being retards so I feel less obliged to restrain myself from comments that may be mis-interpreted as harsh. You obviously have an interest in intellectual debate, which is good. But your comprehension and critical thinking skills suck.
SepherStar 4 months ago
@2superstobie Most people with Down's Syndrome who work do so as part of a day program and they don't actually earn a living wage. They do menial work which someone with another type of disability might not be able to do, and in the instances where they have actual jobs that earn actual wages, employers are a lot more patient with them because their disability is a visible disability as opposed to an invisible disability.
SepherStar 4 months ago
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@2superstobie It's actually more difficult for people with invisible disabilities to get and hold jobs because people equate looking fine with not having a disability. You yourself are a fine example. You have judged those with Down's Syndrome as severely disabled yet have decided that many homeless individuals who claim to have disabilities, don't, on the bases that they look fine, and they therefore must be lazy freeloaders.
SepherStar 4 months ago
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@SepherStar wrong do not put words in my mouth i never decided that many homeless individuals who claim to have disabilities don't. you said that not me i am claiming most people pan handling don't have disabilities unless you can find a statistic to show otherwise then i don't want to hear any more of your candy land ideas.
2superstobie 4 months ago
@2superstobie It is people like you who epitomize the ignorance that makes it so difficult for those with invisible disabilities to work. I have a rare neuromuscular disorder that is an invisible disorder and I've had employers laugh in my face when I asked for accommodations, I've been fired for not being able to perform my job satisfactorily without those accommodations.
SepherStar 4 months ago
@SepherStar if you have it documented by a serious medical professional then you should not have any problems asking for acomadations and if you did you could sue them if it was documented so despite what you thought you will get no pity party from me. how dare you assume I do not have any disabilities or know any one who does HOW DO YOU KNOW for all you know i have some equal or more debilitating disability.
2superstobie 4 months ago
@2superstobie You display yet another example of poor reading comprehension skills. I never claimed you didn't have a disability so I'm perplexed as to where you got that idea, and I didn't state that you don't know anyone with a disability. To better educate you on government assistance programs, having a documented disability does not automatically qualify a person for assistance. It's very difficult to get and many individuals with disabilities are turned down for various reasons.
SepherStar 4 months ago
@SepherStar well i can play you game then maybe the fact that they were turned down were for various reasons. how bout them apples by the way to quote you "It is people like you who epitomize the ignorance that makes it so difficult for those with invisible disabilities to work. I have a rare neuromuscular disorder " those with were your words you did not say for those of us with disabilities including yourself perhaps even you. so you assumed i did not have any and did not even mention me.
2superstobie 4 months ago
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@SepherStar well i can play you game then maybe the fact that they were turned down were for various reasons. how bout them apples by the way to quote you "It is people like you who epitomize the ignorance that makes it so difficult for those with invisible disabilities to work. I have a rare neuromuscular disorder " those with were your words you did not say for those of us with disabilities including yourself perhaps even you. so you assumed i did not have any and did not even mention me.
2superstobie 4 months ago
@2superstobie And the maximum one can get on SSI is between $600 and $900 or so depending on the state, which is not enough to cover most individual's living expenses. If you receive SSI and end up on the streets because you could not afford rent, they deduct a few hundred dollars on the pretense that you aren't paying rent.
SepherStar 4 months ago
@2superstobie I've been accused of being lazy, experienced rudeness, harassment, and public humiliation by people who don't believe I have a disorder and become upset when I can't function to their standards and many of these individuals are bosses and coworkers. It's very difficult to prove you were fired due to your disability because employers don't need to divulge reasons they are letting you go and good luck getting a co-worker to testify for you.
SepherStar 4 months ago
Passion turns into action, turns into a few lousy bucks. This careless philosophy might just be the death of me. -Voluntary Poverty-
guitarman0731 8 months ago
Who are more evil, the freeloaders or those who create freeloaders by robbing money from hardworking taxpayers ?
EasyGameFR 9 months ago
@EasyGameFR 'The Government
nixonpunk222 8 months ago
Jobs no one wants !!!
mba2ceo 9 months ago
The sad truth is most businesses say they're hiring when they're not, because the government pays them to put listings in homeless shelters and unemployment offices.
coolcat3232 9 months ago
This is sad Americans NEED to stop Drinking amd being lazy that part of the resons thouse homeless poeple r out there i know how some people jave a mental problem and NEED help but poeple have a problem with drinking thats a choose that U can get help for Amercans NEED TO STOP BEING LAZY WORK!
FunTwilightpuppy 9 months ago
90 percent of these people are scumbags
multibillionsspent 9 months ago
These people are a monetary black hole. Keep these people accountable so that they don't ride on the curtails of society and take up space. We need this type of stuff.
LOLiverify 9 months ago
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fuck welfare, get a job you pieces of shit
YaDigggg42 9 months ago
This is why the homeless remain homeless. Why should they go to work, earning 4 bucks an hour toiling 9 hours a day.
While they just lie back and ask for change. They get more or less the same amount from handouts.
redeye117 9 months ago 5
Why don't we have farming versions of TVA,work camps?
captinseperoth 10 months ago
This is the exact reason I don't feel sorry for these homeless people and never give them change.
Most homeless people are free-loaders.
asoka2000 10 months ago 12
@asoka2000 bastards.... they all need a hard smack in the back of the head
multibillionsspent 8 months ago
@multibillionsspent I agree 100%
asoka2000 8 months ago
@asoka2000 What about if you were 100% positive someone was a victim of circumstance and was a good person usually!
FieldMarshalRommel23 7 months ago
@asoka2000 In my area most of the homeless people suffer from schizophrenia or some other mental illness. They are not freeloaders and never pan handle, though occasionally they will look in the trashcans and dumpsters for food. You can't lump all homeless individuals into the same category. People are on the streets for different reasons. Some are happy being chronically homeless freeloaders but most aren't.
SepherStar 5 months ago
@asoka2000 Actually, most of them have mental illness and are in need of treatment. However, we don't take care of people who genuinely need it, we just label them and use misinformation to stigmatize them. Great job at being part of the problem.
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@765tony - Congratulations brother! My parents were alcoholics. I saw at an early age what drugs and alcohol can do, so I've avoided them. I swore that I'd never allow something to take control of my life. Life is hard enough without drugs and alcohol. Keep up the good work and may God bless.
NAGGERNUTZ 10 months ago 2
@765tony - I couldn't agree with you more. It's all about choices. I'm no rocket scientist and I made a good life for my family. I've been knocked down so many times, I sometimes wonder how I kept going, but I did. In this country, anybody who panhandles to live, does it by choice. Everybody needs a hand up sometimes, but most of these people have learned how to scam the system and they'll keep taking whatever society hands them.
NAGGERNUTZ 10 months ago
I'm quitting my job today!
JohnBrody23 10 months ago
don't feed the drunks and crackheads
smedheat 10 months ago
At 2:53, that guy looks a little like a young Fredric Forrest
SirFlannel 10 months ago
What I want to know is why this video report only highlights the enablers in the homeless shelter services and not the astronomically high cost of living that goes along with it. You can't afford a good apartment on minimum wage, not if you want to have food and furniture and things to go with it. So how can you blame people for their survival techniques? Maybe it's not that they don't want work, it's that they know they won't make enough to live anyway, so they buy alcohol instead.
IJest 10 months ago
@IJest You can't afford an apartment on minimum wage? So? Minimum wage is for teenagers. It's for people just starting out.
You can survive on minimum wage. Get a cheap apartment and a room mate. You won't be able to live high; no smart phone, cheap car (or no car), no flashy clothes. But you'll be out there, surviving. And working on improving your life.
immikeurnot 10 months ago
@immikeurnot The vast majority of jobs in my area are split into two categories: minimum wage or professional (years of college required). I luckily work in an office where I make $1.25 higher than minimum wage, but I have looked through the apartments (I still live at home, since I am going to college and do not make enough right now to get an apartment) and it is hard to find cheap housing here. I will agree that having a roommate makes it easier, but that's if you have/want one.
IJest 10 months ago
@IJest It ain't about what you "want". I want a Bughatti, five mistresses and a thousand acre estate. I'm not holding my breath.
It's about what you need to do. Living with your parents is what you need to do. But remember; you're just starting out. If you're still making minimum wage at 30, that's different. It's a sign that you've screwed up somewhere and it's way past time to reassess your life.
immikeurnot 10 months ago
Our county just built a new 3 million dollar homeless shelter. Wonder how long it will be before it's over crowed?
oldmtnfart 10 months ago
John Stossel is a dick
ilikeduke 10 months ago
This misses the point all together.
People who are homeless are almost all mentally ill.
No sane able bodied person is going to be homeless when they can just get a job, and have a high standard of life.
There are scammer's though I know.
The truth is that most of these people have many factors preventing them from employment.
Getting mad at them does nothing. They need help.
It is frustrating to help people and watch them go right back to screwing up, but you have to, and they will come around.
PipeManChuck 10 months ago
@PipeManChuck I work at homeless shelter and I had that tough love and what I found some people was given six month to fine a job or if they had a job to find apartment .and some them had found housing and was back in month or 2 according to some people that knew these people they will say john doe had been out of shelter all his life and lot of them don't like paying bill , working ect. IF YOU every GET CHANCE TO WORK IN A SHELTER YOU WILL C THE LAZINESS
ask2muchy 10 months ago
@PipeManChuck You are right about the fact that there are legitimate people in true need. However when you make the statement "People who are homeless are almost all mentally ill" you are flat wrong. Look up the actual statistics, it is roughly 1/3. I'm sure this figure includes things such as claims of Bipolar which almost anyone can make. For all those who are opposed to finding out the actual personality of the person to determine what kind of help he actually needs- I have a solution-
lthobbes1 10 months ago
@PipeManChuck Carry a case of bottled water and granola bars in your car- Noone trades bottled water and granola bars for dope that I know of, and you will truly help some people:) The best method is to actually get to know the person, to know their personality, and whether they will abuse the money, but I understand not everyone has time for that. We all must ask ourselves how we would want to be treated if we ended up homelesss, but also take into about there are scammers and freeloaders.
lthobbes1 10 months ago
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to the loser @:47... fuck you!!! you worthless piece of free loading shit!!! why dont you just hang yourself now and get it over with?? i fucking hate guys like you. you're homeless because you want to be. or is it, homeless because you refuse to do what it takes to get off the streets? either way, you got what you deserve!!! i'd toss you a dime, about three feet in front of you, just to watch you get on your knees to pick it up. scumbag.
prosteelheader 10 months ago
@prosteelheader yeah, he is a piece of work. He acts as if he has better going on in his life, flip burgers cant do, construction bad back, work 5 days a week, cant do. Whats his purpose they should force these people to clean the streets and gudders or go to jail
multibillionsspent 8 months ago
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to the loser @:47... fuck you!!! you worthless piece of free loading shit!!! why dont you just hang yourself now and get it over with?? i fucking hate guys like you. you're homeless because you want to be. or is it, homeless because you refuse to do what it takes to get off the streets? either way, you got what you deserve!!! i'd toss you a dime, about three feet in front of you, just to watch you get on your knees to pick it up. scumbag.
prosteelheader 10 months ago
"The easiest way to end poverty is to make it as unbearable as possible." - Thomas Jefferson
madmarine2010 10 months ago
Buy The Big Issue.
Mojosbigstick 11 months ago
Its called Social Darwanism people. Survival of the fittest. If these lazy scumbags don't want to work then let them die so they can stop bothering us hard-working people. I was a landscaper and a clerk and both jobs SUCKED. But you know what I sucked it up and at the end of the week I got a decent paycheck with money that I EARNED. And i spent that money on whatever the hell i wanted. Fuck you freeloaders. Fuck off because that's MY pocketchange
JamesDBlanc 11 months ago
we need to raise taxes on alcohol. Super cheap booze is a major cause to this homeless problem. No more 1 dollar malt liquor. Make it $40!!!
KripDrip 1 year ago
I still think that welfare should be replaced by a negative income tax in the long run.It may be ''cruel'' to some people but at least people would have more incentive to find work.
While there are some people through no fault on thier own lose thier jobs and participate in unemployment welfare against thier will some people delibrately use welfare as a way of life which is a huge drain.
fenderboy88 1 year ago
I hate to admit ti but there are slight positives to unemployment welfare.When people participate in these programs if they have lost thier job you can argue ''whats wrong with people getting back the money the government took from these people without consent''?
I also agree however that scumbags who think that society owes them a living and dont even try to get work,thats th emain problem so the slight positives of welfare become a negative and a burden on taxpayers
fenderboy88 1 year ago
3:09, "We have to turn work away because nobody wants to work." Haha, my oh my, how times have changed since this was broadcast.
DarkReapersGrim 1 year ago
So why exactly did 30 to 50% of Americans live in poverty in the 1800s?
Was it all the 19th century welfare handouts?
The logic is appalling, since welfare programs have been put in place, poverty has gone down dramatically and what's more, since welfare programs have been decinmated in the 80s and 90s, poverty has been on the rise.
Welfare lowers poverty, plain and simple.
AndroidPolitician 1 year ago
I swear to God this has happened to me before. I was walking out of Farmer Joe in Lancaster/Palmdale and I saw a hispanic women panhandling, holding a sign that says something around the line: "I am a unemployed mother of 3 who needs work" or something like that. To make things worse, she was parading her daughter in front of customers entering and exiting the store. i began spying on her for a couple of minutes until she stopped panhandling. Until I saw her walking to her FUCKING Lexus!
hellofaname 1 year ago
@hellofaname Did you say anything?
cwood4ever 1 year ago
@cwood4ever
nope. I was too busy screaming!
hellofaname 1 year ago
@hellofaname So you screamed at them? What did you scream?
cwood4ever 1 year ago
@cwood4ever
i didn't literally scream at them, i was pretty much screaming in anger,annoyance,etc , with the door closed and windows up, that is. I was pretty much shocked to see a fucking freeloader parading her daughter in front of people one minute, and seeing her driving her Luxus the next minute..
hellofaname 1 year ago
@hellofaname I would have dumb bitch. Send her ass back to Mexico.
cwood4ever 1 year ago
something for nothing doesnt really work. something for something, does.
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ayomaroshi 1 year ago
Sh*t and here I am working 12 hour days like a sucker when I could be freeloading. Hell these guys eat more and weigh more than I do.
ECJ49 1 year ago 6
@ECJ49 Two questions:
1. Where are you working and...
2. Can you get me in? LOL
CalicoVall 1 year ago
@CalicoVall Sorry dude. It's a temp job and my time's almost up. I've already had my hours cut. I"ll be joining you on the job hunt soon.
ECJ49 1 year ago
@ECJ49 :( Damn. I can't find anything and I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere to boot. T_T
CalicoVall 1 year ago
@CalicoVall I know EXACTLY what that's like.
ECJ49 1 year ago
@ECJ49 America- land of the working poor ! Suckers...
HarvardBoxer 7 months ago
There is a huge, huge difference between the temporarily homeless and the long-term homeless. Do not judge all homeless based on these people.
AntiLoquaxx 1 year ago
@gvenema this made my day
TheReaganRevolution 1 year ago
It looks like Obama was in here 17 times...
TheReaganRevolution 1 year ago
@TheReaganRevolution not atall, he has a job asshole
kmcl11 1 year ago
1:19 sounds familiar
Lantho650 1 year ago
No one wants to do the job they hate.
Not every one is fit to do any job.
No one wants to work for slave wages and being disrespected by employees.
Why do big corporations such as mcdonald,walmart,gas stations couldn't pay better?Share the wealth.People who are paid better they respond with greater loyality to their employer.
The global elite and bankers wants to reduce the population check this:
Georgia Guidestones is a large granite monument in Elbert County, Georgia, USA.
Eumusic1 1 year ago
@Eumusic1 You must be homeless
TheReaganRevolution 1 year ago
So your saying that every single person thats on welfare is lazy? Some people actually use it for what its for, getting on your feet so you can eventually start working for yourself. Thats what Im doing. Im on welfare but I hand out resumes just about every day.
tydaguy 1 year ago 3
@tydaguy who said that? if you watched the video Stossel used the Homeless's own words...
TheReaganRevolution 1 year ago
@TheReaganRevolution Yea but these people are not EVERY single homeless person.
tydaguy 1 year ago
@tydaguy They aren't EVERY homeless person, but the vast majority of homeless are there because of the actions and decisions they made in the past. They didn't stay in school, didn't work well, hooked on drugs or booze. And these handouts with no requirements of personal responsibility! Make them work or stay in rehab for their bed or food.
ProudConservative2 1 year ago
Is it 2012 yet ???? Let's clean house and get America back on track !!!!!!
smoothoiler 1 year ago
i thought about this ,end welfare see what happens ,but take the kids away from their parents .first see if their willing to work to get their kids back .
MegaMailbox 1 year ago
at 7:05 john says he has lawn work and the guy thinks hes talken about green lol
Gonzaloelmobley 1 year ago
Stossel rather conveniently overlooks, that even if they did work a minimum wage job full time, they would still be homeless in any major American city. Real estate has denied working people self-preservation.
MegaAvalonn 1 year ago
@MegaAvalonn but these people could work a minimum wage job and save money for a year and then find a place to live that would give them a chance to get out of the city too and find a cheaper place to live.
Gonzaloelmobley 1 year ago
This news piece seems to hit hard at the homeless, but when the guy with the tough love shelter comes on, John uses a critical tone with him. What's up with that?
These journalists are sheltered, naive fucks. They should let these bums crash in their mansion for just a night!
lucypunch 1 year ago
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kekkina14 1 year ago
@lucypunch Stossel always plays devil's advocate in order to answer questions the view is thinking. He's not being critical, he's proving a point. And why should someone be in someone's mansion when they earned it. Did those homeless people earn it? Study the free market and maybe you'll learn a thing or two...
kekkina14 1 year ago
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@lucypunch Stossel always plays devil's advocate in order to answer questions the view is thinking. He's not being critical, he's proving a point. And why should someone be in someone's mansion when they earned it. Did those homeless people earn it? Study the free market and maybe you'll learn a thing or two...
kekkina14 1 year ago
@lucypunch He's not using a critical tone, retard. It's called interviewing. If Stossel only enthusiastically agrees with him, then that doesn't give him a chance to espouse his viewpoints does it?
mushroomcloudy 1 year ago
"Why does a man have to work everyday if he don't want to"....are you f'ing kidding me? What a waste of life! I wanna kick this guys ass. I'm a chick and I'VE worked FULLTIME since I was 14 and no, I didn't WANT to. What a piece of shit this guy is.
Bookwirm 1 year ago
Illegal aliens are taking jobs that these subhumans used to work.
lucypunch 1 year ago
Just kill the homless - you only have to kill them once. You have to feed them forever. hahahahahaha
s2mikey 1 year ago
I know of a man with a full-time factory job. On the weekends, he begs. He says he makes more money from begging than from working.
vechorik 1 year ago
i like this guy.
Renderello 1 year ago
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alstonpmaroon 1 year ago
In the '30s they were called work houses or work farms. They worked for their shelter and their food. The social work industry became "professional" in the '40s and has gained momentum ever since.Incidentally, it has created a society of stupid losers. Isn't it funny how going back to the ways of our grandparents and great-grandparents seems to improve life?
maybetuesday1790 1 year ago
@maybetuesday1790 Agreed. However, we have a work ethic in the states that's based on puritanical values. Today, even secular people promote and uphold this ethic, whether they acknowledge it's religious roots or not. We work twice as much as other developed countries and yet on average we're in debt for the majority of our lives. I agree, though. Something is severely skewed about modern American lifestyle. I find myself longing for my grandparent's era, even though I never lived through it
ritter89 1 year ago
THE BIGGEST HANDOUTS GO TO THE BANKS
cbjgdicad1 1 year ago 25
@cbjgdicad1
Yeah these last two presidential administrations have gone overboard with the federal bailouts. However Goldman Sachs has paid back their federal loans and overall the banks are now realistic and not giving loans to just anybody.
The homeless for the most part should rely on family and friends for help. Oh but they probably already shut these people out of their lives due to their lack of self-control (alcohol, drugs, religion, etc.).
lucypunch 1 year ago
@cbjgdicad1 not really the point of the video...
imstillalive0331 1 year ago
@imstillalive0331 what is the point of it ?
cbjgdicad1 1 year ago
There is indeed such a thing as the "Poverty Industry" and those that work in this industry have absolutely no wish to see an end to poverty.
There is also "the Refugee Industry", and I used to work in this industry. And again, there is no wish to see an end to refugee services.
Its all a HUGE scam.
Using your guilt to take your money. The actual money that goes to help refugees is pennies on the dollar. The majority of money disappears thru poor accounting practices, "wink, wink"...
rllang01 1 year ago
come on dude if you wanna eat you better do the hardest or the worst jobs to feed your self and or family
kingkilla1042 1 year ago
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rustydusty40 1 year ago
@rustydusty40 America is most certainly not stingy. I could point to a hundred cases where America has put out a helping hand. Just because you're telling people to be responsible for themselves does not mean you are "stingy."
mtb416 1 year ago
@mtb416 right
rustydusty40 1 year ago
When was this made, the early 90's?
DanTheeMan 1 year ago
I find it interesting that some people on this site have such negative things to say about John Stossel, but completely gloss over the actual content of his interviews with the people in the piece, such as Bob Coté. It's very difficult to slag off the strong views on the "poverty industry" by someone who was at one time an actual homeless recipient of said industry. Easier to attack the interviewer, rather than the interviewee who scorns the poverty racket as detrimental to his life.
Drogyne 1 year ago
I see homeless people hwre I live in city and I think logically:
1. If they "needed" assistance they could go to welfare office
2. they have drug habits that is why they cant get help from government.
3. they are losers and need to overdose and die.
4. These people need to be beaten.
agenthelios1 1 year ago 2
The hard fact is that most of these people are hopeless. The shelters are more about corralling them so they're not sleeping on your sidewalk.
Neweddy24 1 year ago
i feel sorry for them maybe they're depressed but come on i go through the same thing you just have to gut it out
RayWilliamJohansen 1 year ago