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Who Are the Homeless?

That question sets off others of my own that go unspoken: “What does this guy do with the money?” “Doesn’t begging like this make him feel awful?” “Why doesn’t it make him feel awful enough to stop and get a job?” “How did he get in this fix?” “Is he really in a fix, or […]