I’ve actually skipped work just to help a homeless guy get his beard trimmed. Bought him pizza too. Kinda hard to get anywhere in life when you look like shit.

Be kind to the homeless, they just need a helping hand here and there.

What would you do?

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
    12·
    4 个月前

    Depends if I know them. There’s been a permanent camp around the corner from my house the last five years. My wife and I know a lot of the long-term residents and have helped them do laundry, charge phones, and file taxes. But a stranger? I’d direct them towards other local resources.

    • toynbee@lemmy.world
      4·
      4 个月前

      File taxes? I admit I’m fairly ignorant of the plights of any unhoused person … And any complex tax situation, TBH … but it seems like most of them would be under the income threshold that would require filing of taxes.

      edit: s/and/any/

      • alnitak@lemmy.world
        10·
        4 个月前

        Homeless does not necessarily mean jobless. You still have to file taxes if you want a tax return. It’s a lot cheaper to live out of a car and have a PO box than it is to get an apartment.

        • toynbee@lemmy.world
          2·
          4 个月前

          Fair enough, I hadn’t considered homelessness by choice.

          I know homeless people can and sometimes do have jobs, but assumed their income would be insufficient to require interacting with the IRS. Thank you for expanding my perception.

      • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
        3·
        4 个月前

        You remember a few years back when stimulus cheques were being sent out? They were only being sent to those who filed taxes.