09-28-2014, 04:48 PM
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In his book "Exit Ramp: A Short Case Study of the Profitability of Panhandling," the 31-year-old Iraq War veteran documents a two-week period spent as an undercover panhandler. With a clipboard attached to the back of his cardboard sign, he gathered info about the cash and the people who gave it to him.
"From an economist's view, there is a lot of incentive to panhandle," Spears said.
Over the course of his study, he earned an average hourly rate of $11.08, more than his last job working mall security. With taxes, a person would have to earn about $13 an hour to get the same pay rate, he said. On his best day, he made $24.63 per hour ? nearly three times Oregon's minimum wage ? and on his worst day, which was also his first day, he collected $5.13 per hour. Lunchtime proved to be the most profitable, when he would consistently earn above minimum wage.
Besides money, he got more than $80 in gifts ? sports drinks, gift cards, cigarettes, beer, bottled water, beef jerky, homeless care packages ? as well as some sage advice and even a job offer. Vets and Veterans Affairs caseworkers offered him rides to the local office.
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http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/a...xperts-problem
This guy made $11 an hour panhandling.  |
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