>In 2005, a homeless man named Ted Rodrigue found briefcase full of $20 and $50 bills totalling up to $100,000 dollars and being told he could do whatever he wanted with the money.
>After starting out slowly, treating himself to a new bike and a room in a motel, Ted's spending quickly started to spiral out of control, as he started spending money lavishly and ignoring the advice of his financial advisor.
>Ted eventually revealed that he had no intention of finding work, believing that the $100,000 would last him for the rest of his life, and started spending even more lavishly- spending $34,000 on a new truck and leasing himself a luxury apartment.
>In no time at all the money was gone and Ted was right back where he started, having blown through the entire amount in just over 6 months and was once again homeless.
How is he worse off? Now he has a comfy truck he can sleep in
Chase Ramirez
The guy didn't want a job.
Then you gave him money.
Why did you think this would make him want a job?
You are retarded.
Jose Hughes
>As of July 2007, Ted was back in Pasadena and working for the same recycling plant shown in the film. Checkmate debbie downer
Sebastian Watson
Like Ben Gunn in Treasure Island
John Powell
Similar behaviours can be observed in people who win the lottery
Cooper Brooks
being homeless is a choice
Ian Morris
You know, maybe they could use that money to actually buy a house since they are homeless??
Landon Nguyen
$100,000 is chump change. To actually succeed and be safe and secure you need a minimum 500,000 in America. You also have to live in a shitty place because houses are too expensive.
Jacob Thomas
>randomly finding a briefcase full of money is a choice
Comfy above ground living with 3 garages. That's a king house.
Zachary Stewart
This is why it's retarded to base policy positions around giving homeless people houses. They're not going to magically stop being mentally ill, addicted to drugs or just plain unable to thrive in society and they'll be lucky if they just destroy the home.
>In 2005, a homeless man named Ted Rodrigue found briefcase full of $20 and $50 bills totalling up to $100,000 dollars and being told he could do whatever he wanted with the money.
Dishonest filmmaking, they knew he would fail because otherwise there's not much of a story to tell. If you gave me 100k I'd quickly split 90% of it into a few index funds and the remaining 10k would be spent on part-time learning that gives me qualifications - it would be completely boring to watch.
>100K house
Colton Howard
You didn't even show the location. The land is probably whats valuable there.
Henry Long
You're right and also wrong. You can't treat those other issues without a home. (The idea people try to sell is prison or mental institution.) Even box houses are better than nothing. Basic human rights.
