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I called one of them on it before. You would be amazed at the look on their
face when you tell them
"Ok, I have a one acre field that needs mowing. I have the equipment, get
in the back of the truck and let's go."
uhmm, but, well,............. usually follows
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ira Tunik" <ist@xxxxxx>
To: <jptaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [RT] Re: GEN: Will Work for Food
> Begging has become big business. There is no with holding tax. You get to
work
> in the fresh air. Your time is your own. You can take your sign anywhere.
A
> study I read in LA a couple of years ago was that those selling Oranges on
the
> corners were making better then $200 a day. Beggers were making $100+ per
day.
> Yesterday, when I went to buy something at Home Base, like Home Depot, as
I
> drove out of the parking lot, there was a man with a sign that read, "
will work
> for food". The four major stores in this mini center had signs up that
read Now
> Hiring or Hiring for all Positions. It seemed obvious that he would not
really
> work for food. Like anything else. If someone perceives that there is
money to
> be made in a field with little or no effort, thousands will flock to
become
> part of the movement. Kind of like trading. Ira
>
> James Taylor wrote:
>
> > That is my first reaction. If I were bumming, I sure wouldn't pick the
most
> > expensive place in the world to live.
> > I would move to Florida, where the weather is warm, and rents below the
> > upper stratosphere.
> > There certainly are some professional beggars (regulars). In Silicon
> > Valley, the working poor are numerous.
> > Rents are so high that hundreds of these hard workers are sleeping in
> > hostiles, churches, and gymnasiums.
> > The woman's sign also read, "Lost Lease". She could join the troops at
the
> > hostile if she had to (or wanted to),
> > I would think.
> >
> > JT
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kent Rollins" <kentr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 10:54 PM
> > Subject: [RT] GEN: Will Work for Food
> >
> > > Here in Atlanta, there is a woman I have seen for the past 5 years.
She
> > > works the higher end areas of town: upscale malls and off ramps in the
> > high
> > > rent zip codes. When I first saw her at the mall 5 years ago, she had
a
> > > worn out shirt and a sign made of cardboard that looked like she could
> > > barely write. "Need money to get to family in Ohio" or something like
> > that.
> > > About a year later I saw her and she had a new shirt that looked like
she
> > > got it in the mall and a pair of sun glasses. The sign said the same
> > basic
> > > thing. I saw her again last week at an off ramp. This time she had a
> > > new-looking baseball cap, nice shirt and pants, and her sign said she
is
> > now
> > > a "Travelling Missionary Trying to Get Home to Ohio" I guess she has
> > gotten
> > > promoted. She was sitting on an overturned shopping cart for effect.
I
> > > only see her when the weather is warm. I've always wanted to tail her
> > > around quitting time and find out what kind of car she drives.
> > >
> > > Kent
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: James Taylor <jptaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Monday, June 26, 2000 1:34 AM
> > > Subject: [RT] Re: Digest (06/25/2000 11:30) Special Issue (#2000-413)
> > >
> > >
> > > I saw the first (of many to come) 'Will Work for Food' sign carrying
> > beggar
> > > at the grocery store today.
> > >
> > > Economic Boom, ha !
> > > The bust will sure be real though.
> > > real severe and real long lasting.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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