Sure I feel bad for them, especially the ones that stand out in the rain holding up carboard signs next to an on ramp or something. But I also put them in the same category as people who will go out and picket something or demand my signature in front of stores. They are interrupting my day and infringing on my good mood. I pay my taxes that go to services that help these people and I still give to charities. I do my part to help and I wish they'd stop hanging out by the metro escalators where you have no choice but to either talk to them or hide behind the friends that actually do smoke.