Walmart changing some stores

JaxDad wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:
Unfortunately, those guys with their dogs are not capable of obtaining and keeping a regular job. Do you really think if they were of sound mind they would choose begging in the rain, cold and heat, subjected to ridicule and general disdain by the public? b .

YES I do. and your feeding the bottom feeders encourages them.
bumpy

A group (university?) did a study a number of years back, they determined that the average panhandler was making $60k a year, and of course they declare ALL of that cash on their tax return......

There was a story in the news about a guy mooching at a Wally World in Portland who admitted to the reporter when confronted that he was making $100+k / year.

I’m not sure any of that qualifies as ‘bottom feeders’ at all.

Go to Snopes.com and look up panhandling. Their research indicated that the average panhandler takes in no where close to the amounts you are quoting. They found studies that claimed the average panhandler made $25 to $50 a day. Studies that stated the average panhandler made an average of $300 per month and claimed an additional $350 a month in government benefits, so they were living on less than $700 a month. Studies further indicated that panhandlers spend their monies on food, alcohol and drugs. No mention of upkeep for their Rolls Royces. And with incomes like that, I doubt evading taxes are high on their reasons for choosing begging over legit employment.