What about panhandling?

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15. My wife has had been in several aggressive panhandling situations.

She called me crying telling me that the guy tried to reach in the car window and grab her purse yelling at her. The guy is still there on the weekends. They made a law here that the guys/gals on the street corners have to wear vests or they will get a ticket. Not really sure how they are gonna pay it.

The problem as I see it isn't a matter of giving them money or not, I will normally give em a pack of smokes if they want it, never money though. The problem in my opinion is the sorry state of mental health care in this country. I can't recall the percentage of homeless in America afflicted by a mental health issue but I remember it being shockingly high. Fix the mental health care in this country and I would imagine it would have a waterfall effect, not just with homelessness, but with a majority of other problems that we are currently dealing now. But that's just my opinion.