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What would you do if a scraggly homeless person knocked on your door, and all he asked was for a sandwich, a bottle of water, a bath, and perhaps a beard trim? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

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/

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Gotcha, thank you.