When you see hobo's you-?

[fire_of_avalon]

I'd also like to say in America, unemployment pays more than some of the lowest paying jobs, ie minimum wage jobs. They could easily get some of those jobs, or at least go collect unemployment... some people live off of it and have apartments so why the hell can't they?

THE JACKAL

No it doesn't. Unemployment is based on the pay you received at your last job up to something like ten dollars an hour, and that's a pretty high estimate from what I remember of it. That's not really much above minimum wage.

Each state has different laws governing unemployment. North Carolina, for example, bases the length of time you can draw unemployment off of the length of time you were employed at your last job. Two years evens out to something like 13 weeks, but you can apply for extensions, especially if you have kids.

Also, you can only go on unemployment immediately after your last full time job. Once it's over for that period, it's over.

And I've never met anyone with a minimum wage full time job who could hold down their own aparment. Must be crazy minimum wage in other states.

I avoid giving them money unless they back me into a corner. I'll buy 'em food if I can and they want it, and I'll drop a couple bucks for street performers if they're any good.