My daughter and I are having a bit of a disagreement. She said that people who elicit money from motorists at street corners can make about 400 to 500 dollars a day. I don't think so. I think most people, if they are willing to give money to the homeless, usually donate only 2 or 3 dollars. Given that, a homeless person would have to receive money by a motorist every few seconds in order to get anywhere close to 400 to 500 bucks a day. And I never see that many people hand them money when I'm at a red light. So, what do you all say? What do you think the most a homeless person can make per day panhandling?
2007-01-07 03:46:09 · 6 answers · asked by Gayle 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
offer some of them a job, say cleaning up the dog poop in your backyard, for 20 bucks, and see what kind of excuse they come up with.
2007-01-07 03:55:54 · answer #1 · answered by Big hands Big feet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say 100 to 200 dollars (tax free) per day.. 500 would take a lot of giving like 50 dollars per hour and I don't think that they get that many givers..
2007-01-07 03:51:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was at the casino with my buddy and lost about 500 bucks. we left the casino, drove to the nearest wal mart and he pulled from the back seat a card board sign. It said "family donations," He stood at the end of the parking lot and in about fourty five minutes he came back to the car with money in every pocket. He was just pulling money out telling me to count it. It was mostly one s and five s with a couple ten s and one twenty. Totalling $196.00 dollar s.
2016-01-16 06:05:11 · answer #3 · answered by sean 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I stopped giving bums money the night I saw one walking around with old clothes, an "anything will help" sign, and an ipod.
2007-01-08 18:05:07 · answer #4 · answered by Robbie B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gee gail!!!! wake up...ur daughter is right...there are panhandlers out there who have their mercedes or caddis parkt right up the street from where they stand...just go up to it and make like ur gunna break in and get a picture of it so we can post it on t.v. for other ignorants like urself...(not meant in a bad way either)..columbus has lowered itself to putting residents out there for this purpose...DONT GIVE UNLESS ur sure they aint got a vehicle...
2007-01-07 04:02:52 · answer #5 · answered by fire fly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know of a few that pull in about 50K a year. Some are good at it.
2007-01-07 03:52:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋