{"id":36519,"date":"2014-09-08T05:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=36519"},"modified":"2017-06-09T18:26:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T01:26:27","slug":"money-to-a-homeless-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/money-to-a-homeless-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Would you give $0.50 to a homeless man? How about to a business man?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found this video interesting. Apparently, people are much more likely to give money to a business man than they are to a homeless man. <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everyone IGNORED this homeless man, UNTIL he did this..\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w1rwRT229Uo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Why do you think this is? I suppose it is because people believe that the homeless man is more likely to spend the money on alcohol or drugs than the business man. <strong>But is that really true?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/give-money-to-homeless-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"giving money to the homeless\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-36715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/give-money-to-homeless-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/give-money-to-homeless-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/give-money-to-homeless-570x285.jpg 570w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/give-money-to-homeless.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In this video, we&#8217;re only talking about $0.50, but I sometimes look at the millions of dollars our government and our churches spend on helping the rich in various ways, and I wonder what would happens if we used that money to help the poor and the homeless. <\/p>\n<p>And no, I am not talking about more handouts, food stamps, and welfare&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have any answers, just questions. I do know, however, that as more and more of our populations sinks deeper and deeper into poverty, what we are doing now is not working. I always wonder &#8230; if Jesus were President, how would He solve the growing poverty and welfare problem in the United States and around the world? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would you give money to a homeless man? How about to a business man? It turns out, more people will give $0.50 to a business man than a homeless man. Why? I suppose it is because people believe that the homeless man is more likely to spend the money on alcohol or drugs than the business man. 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