> I'd be interested in any good suggestions, but want to remind everyone not
> to overlook the obvious: the beggars on the streets, euphemistically known
> as "the homeless." You can be sure that 100% of your money goes to the
> people who need it....and if they buy a bottle of wine, shit, if I were on
> the street, I might do that too.
I think giving to beggars is probably a net good, but there is something problematic about feeding the very dependencies that lead (along with a host of other variables) to homelessness in many cases.
-- Luke