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Almost everyday I see one of the same two or three panhandlers hanging out on the ramp from the Inner-loop onto Georgia Ave South. They wander into traffic, and leave trash in the median. This is not a safe or appropriate place for pedestrians, let along people who wander into traffic.

Besides which, with the dedication these people have devoted to getting up and hanging out at this same corner they could definitely hold down a job. Or at least share one, as a team. Now, I can't tell if it's a real medical problem or some good acting, but one lady has a pronounced difficulty walking. That said, they are clearly capable of doing some small but meaningful work for their money. Instead the guilty rich are giving them a subsistence income on the cloverleaf of life.

Please don't pay these people. You are encouraging a traffic hazard, and they really need to get the kind of help that will get them off the streets, Not the kind that will keep them there.