Any recent college grad who tried to make a point about anything more important than his own hair gel is a douche, nocal.

'Into the Wild,' the story of a recent graduate of Emory University who decided to sell all of his crap and be a hobo, and then decided to go live in the Alaskan wilderness (in winter), while being laughably ill-equipped. Of Course, the Into The Wild guy is dead. So there is one good comparison we can make from that...

At least this guy isn't a dumbass.

well i think he makes a good point on the one hand. any able-bodied dude with no felony convictions can get his shit together (and in a lot of cases, probably even with a conviction). that's a pretty good point, i think.

but movers make ok money. nickel and dimed was about people who were mostly working for minimum wage; typically these were people working for those 'molly maid' type services.

i had some friends in high school who worked for a moving company, and they made $20 an hour. so if you're able to do something like that, you really have no excuse (although he didn't appear to have debt, child support or children). however, if you can't get hired by a moving company (or an equivalent decent paying job) you are going to be in a bit of trouble. minimum wage just doesn't cut it in most places, even if you work two full time jobs.

additionally, the vast majority of people who are homeless are temporarily homeless, so that point doesn't really need to be made.