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Wounded Bear

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3. Well, there are some...

Reply to mythology (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 14, 2015, 09:23 PM

Nov 2015

who say that helping homeless people demotivates them from finding a job and pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, you know.

I tend to disagree.

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My good deed for the day... [View all] Wounded Bear Nov 2015 OP

I like your lawn discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #1

What is enabling homelessness? mythology Nov 2015 #2

Well, there are some... Wounded Bear Nov 2015 #3

A very good deed, Wounded Bear. brer cat Nov 2015 #4

If it restored a little faith in their fellow man in their eyes... Wounded Bear Nov 2015 #5

Nice! calimary Nov 2015 #6

Every once in awhile, my husband murielm99 Nov 2015 #7

Good for you! You know, the whole "enable" thing is strange, in the sense the we Americans,.... BlueJazz Nov 2015 #8