Actually, the bulk of this post is about "people" not issues.  Were you to focus on issues w/o personal attacks, you'd be far more interesting.  I'm sure you actually understand that taking the thread away from the issue is what "trolling" is all about.

You "question" regarding a "panhandler possibly not being worse off than the commenters here" is just such a tactic.  It's a specious question and could only serve to sidetrack the discussion.  It's not worthy of an answer.

I'm sure you will certainly continue to post anonymously.  I doubt you'd care to accept the accountability which comes with identifying yourself.  This is not my site and I've never purported to be the "moderator."  I'll guess at the number of people you actually represent being one.....yourself.  

BTW: If I did have a web site for discussion, I'd require all commenters to post under their actual names.  I think it would be a far more civil conversation.