<p>To address the original question posed: Giving money to a homeless person: stupid?</p>
<p>It depends. If it’s the kind of thing where you give money to a guy on the street with a sob story. Yes, that is stupid.</p>
<p>OTOH, if you get to know the character of this person and can determine they are not in their situation they are in now because of themselves (e.g. compulsive backstabber, alcoholic, druggie), then I would say that is a very noble thing.</p>