I live in the Austin Texas area and not to long ago the City Counsel decided they would allow the homeless to erect tents seemingly where ever they want. I have had this idea floating around in my head every time I roll up the window before passing a homeless guy holding up a sign. I have a serious problem giving to someone who I know will spend it on drugs and is basically asking for money with out providing any value to society. Now before anyone gets all preachy, I was homeless as a kid and I know what its like to go hungry and the only cure is not to be a victim....
Here's the Idea: for a mere $37.45 you can purchase a cooler with wheels, a bag of ice and a case of water. Now imagine that same guy holding a sign saying "I don't want to be homeless anymore, Water $2.00!"
I want to go buy like 5 coolers and distribute them and see what happens.
I'd imagine for one successful guy it could really shed light to the problem that homelessness can only be solved by giving the population a trade or something they work for. The pride that could be generated after the first day of sales could be the shot someone really needs.
Here are the problems I see coming:
-Some of the homeless population is struggling with drug addiction and mental health issues - Might have issues with dedication and making change doing it for more than a day etc...
-City counsel might issue fines because they wouldn't have business licenses (biggest hypocrisy in history) and could make their situation worse.
- Competition could become violent, I don't want any one getting hurt because "that's my corner"
-could be a dumb idea and just sounds good in my head, Ya'll Tell me what you think cuz I'm Stupid enough to try........
Here's the Idea: for a mere $37.45 you can purchase a cooler with wheels, a bag of ice and a case of water. Now imagine that same guy holding a sign saying "I don't want to be homeless anymore, Water $2.00!"
I want to go buy like 5 coolers and distribute them and see what happens.
I'd imagine for one successful guy it could really shed light to the problem that homelessness can only be solved by giving the population a trade or something they work for. The pride that could be generated after the first day of sales could be the shot someone really needs.
Here are the problems I see coming:
-Some of the homeless population is struggling with drug addiction and mental health issues - Might have issues with dedication and making change doing it for more than a day etc...
-City counsel might issue fines because they wouldn't have business licenses (biggest hypocrisy in history) and could make their situation worse.
- Competition could become violent, I don't want any one getting hurt because "that's my corner"
-could be a dumb idea and just sounds good in my head, Ya'll Tell me what you think cuz I'm Stupid enough to try........
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