(07-07-2022, 09:07 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Panhandling has increased nationwide by 43% in the last 10 years. It's increased in FL in the last 2 years. I can't find a good timeline. Also, I don't have a dog in this fight other than to say Mike is wrong about the increase. Not even sure you guys are barking up the right tree here.

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Up 7% in Jacksonville from last year.

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Here's an article about Illinois:

https://www.wjol.com/covid-19-pandemic-l...is-nation/

Illinois might have seen an increase in late 2020 and early 2021 when that article was written.  But I don't remember seeing that in Orlando.  What I'm seeing in Orlando was very little panhandling up until about 2 months ago.  Before, I would see a lot of the same faces but they wouldn't ask for anything.  As of about 2 months ago there are a lot of new faces and they ask for money.  

Anyhow the economy is missing over a million workers.  There aren't nearly that many new people panhandling in the US.

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(07-07-2022, 09:10 PM)Sneakers Wrote:

(07-07-2022, 08:22 PM)mikesez Wrote: That's not what I said.  I said the missing workers might be those things.
The number of bums on the street seems to be about the same as it was before the pandemic.  There are a lot of them, but there were a lot during the Trump years as well.

Post # 23, "Anyone who could be working but isn't now is living either off of their savings or their family......"

Can you ever comment on any problem that exists under this administration without mentioning Trump?

Just using him as a time reference here.  Be less sensitive, you'll live longer.

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