# The homeless make more money than I do...does this distrurb anyone else?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 11, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-homeless-make-more-money-than-i-do-does-this-distrurb-anyone-else/108425 "2002-05-11T02:54:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-homeless-make-more-money-than-i-do-does-this-distrurb-anyone-else/108425/81 "2002-05-17T12:57:54Z")

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> \*Originally posted by kabbes \*  
> \*\*I like to think that even a homeless person with no money is entitled to occasionally have some things beyond mere survival. \*\*

Ah, yes. The welfare person who came into our office and announced “I just got rent subsidy for a 4 bedroom, and they say I’m entitled to a house.” Entitled by who? At a time when house prices are going through the roof and everything is being put on the market for sale, and we are having a hard time finding apartments for working people not on subsidy, you are “entitled” to rent a house?

We did have a nice 2BR house for rent and when the landlord took a working person, several subsidy people complained. “Well, if it would get me a place to live, the landlord should be forced to accept subsidy.” I hear that all the time.

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**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-homeless-make-more-money-than-i-do-does-this-distrurb-anyone-else/108425/82 "2002-05-17T13:20:24Z")

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Thanks Haj.

Just a tiny clarification:

I said,

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> So yeah, although uncommon, part your claim is correct, there are SOME non-combat veterans who suffer **mental conditions**.

That should have read “who suffer from PTSD”.

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**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-homeless-make-more-money-than-i-do-does-this-distrurb-anyone-else/108425/83 "2002-05-17T13:37:54Z")

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Alright **Rilchiam** , but “yuppie-snacks” sounded _much_ funnier.

**Annie** , yep - nothing like an anecdote with absolutely no context, background or verification to make one’s point.

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