(jswieringa)
I am a skeptic when it comes to roadside panhandling.
I have heard that anyone holding a handmade sign that says "Will Work for Food" is not really interested in working for food. People don't take them home or to their business and put them to work for a sandwich. People hand them cash. And that's why they stand there at an intersection or freeway off-ramp.
This Freakanomics blog post shows some of the more creative variations on the same theme.
I love the one about the wife being "kidnaped" (sic). He's just 98 cents short!
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