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Handouts gone wrong.

Handouts are going wrong everywhere from the streets of your city to the UN and beyond!

You've probably seen the viral photo. An NYPD officer spent over $100 of his own hard-earned money to personally provide a pair of cold weather shoes for a barefoot homeless man.  While we should always applaud those who perform such random acts of kindness there is an "other side" of the charity coin which is illustrated, sadly, by the post-script to this particular compelling human interest story . . . READ THE REST

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