dang they shoul have tried me I'd still have 75 percent and be on my way to doubling it -----Original Message-----
From: Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: [OT] Reversal of Fortune - homeless man given 100,000 and blows it Date: Sat Dec 2, 2006 5:08 pm Size: 1K To: [email protected] This guy was featured on the Oprah show yesterday. The producers wanted to see whether giving money to the homeless is a good strategy for ending homelessness. So they followed a few homeless guys around, and found a guy who didn't have a severe mental problem and didn't have a drug problem, and gave him 100,000 to do with what he wished. They also provided him a homeless financial advocate who gave him some financial advice, which he refused to follow. Within a few months he had blown through all the money and was homeless again. He bought a 35,000 truck, he bought cars for several other people, and got several credit cards. He was given several job offers which he refused. He is now living under the same bridge that he was when they found him and is actually now in debt because he ran up his credit cards. Moral of the story: you can't solve the homeless problem with money or jobs. The best you can do is provide them shelter and food and psychiatric care and basically warehouse them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversal_of_Fortune_(2005_film) Christmas gifts for Real Americans Free Shipping for orders over $50 http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
