It's CHRISTMAS DAY... The one day when just about any homeless can find a place to have a good hot meal, because the missions and Churches see to it that Jesus' birth is celebrated. It's a feel good day for the volunteers and the photos of rows of unshaven "bums" sitting at long tables and eating like there is no tomorrow will grace next years solicitation for funds.
We don't have anything against feeding people. We know a lot of housed people go hungry because all the money in the household goes to paying the rent. But we think that food is easier to obtain than the proper clothing for a job interview, or a free hair cut and color, or many of the other things we need to smell good, be neat and clean, well groomed and fashionable enough to pass as an employee until we are hired and can actually afford a work wardrobe, and so on.
The word HOMELESS applied to anyone makes them unemployable, a MERCY HIRE!
What we need are JOBS!
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