A couple of months ago I noticed a homeless guy in the neighborhood probably looking for a handout. He was small, scrawny and underweight. He was also shy and not at all friendly. After about a week, seeing him almost everyday I treated him to breakfast one morning. It didn’t take him long to learn there is such a thing as a free lunch and he started showing up every morning and evening for a bite to eat. I must say he put on some weight and looked much healthier.
We were gone for just over a week and when we returned there had been an attempted break in. From signs the culprit was obviously the freeloader who showed up for breakfast of dinner, found no one home and probably after two or three days of this, attempted to break in and get his free lunch. Isn’t it amazing how soon someone develops an entitlement attitude?
Although unsuccessful, had he succeeded it would have been disappointing but understandable. After all, once you start handouts to those who are capable of working for a living it becomes a way of life and perhaps this freeloader didn’t know what else to do. Perhaps I was at fault for creating a dependent freeloader. However, it should be noted that the body mass of the attempted burglar is about double of other homeless ones like him just a few blocks away. I’ll bet if he has registered to vote he will vote for Bernie.
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