Did those "homeless" people work a job for years and invest their money?
You know that a large portion of them are just begging so they can buy drugs, alcohol, and a Big Mac.
Don't feel guilty about what you have, you earned it.
I have no idea why these people lost their homes. But the housing bubble collapse fiasco of 08' seems more likely the larger culprit. And there has always been homeless, but I am 60 years old, I think this compares to the great depression, another failure of the market. We are fortunate because we have our money and we are whistling past the graveyard. My brother and his wife, lost their home in a suburb of San Francisco. My sister, also living in the outskirts of San Francisco, is practically a millionaire. It's like living in America is a high stakes gamble.
There is no excuse for anyone in this country to be homeless or hungry, unless they want to be. Many of them have emotional problems, drug problems, or alcohol addiction. Many of them just like living on the streets because it gives them a sense of "freedom" from responsibility.
Granted there are homeless who have fallen on hard times but with the help available to them from local, state, and federal programs, they should be homeless.