What would you do with 100,000 dollars -if you were homeless?

I had such hope for this gentleman when I heard about this experiment at the beginning of the show. I can give you a brief rundown on what took place. Go to Oprah.com to see the full details of the experiment and the results. The name of the show is "Are you ready for a windfall" it aired in December of last year. Ted said that his first inentions with the money was to get a one bedroom apartment and a job. However, he did otherwise. The first thing he purchased was a brand new 34,000 truck!! He did move into an apartment, went to visit long lost relatives, helped many of them get out of debt and also got married.He continued collecting cans as he was doing before and sadly he never made any attempts to gain employment. A year later he is out of money, homeless again and separated from his wife. Ted states that he is worse off than before. Despite Ted's acces to counselors and financial planners from the the filmakers who documented his actions, he made his own decisions and he says that he is in more debt than before and is homeless again. So in this case with the money and resources Ted ended up no better off than before. And those relatives that he helped...won't give him the time of day!! So sad!!!

It certainly seems like a good start for someone that has been on the streets for so long. I was so hopeful for this gentleman. However, despite the advice and availble counsel from people and the directors of this documentary within a year Ted was again homeless. He began first spending money on a brand new 34,000 truck,travel, an apartment and reconnecting with estranged family members. he helped a number of friends and family get out of debt, and he even got married. he never did find employment and continued collecting cans. Once the money ran out his wife left. A really discouraging result that I did not expect. The title of the Oprah Show is "Are you ready for a Windfall"

I think that this gentleman took the money and had the best of intentions but old habits die hard. He helped some people with the money that he found, but he did not necessarily help them the right way. Its kind of like what they tell you to do on an airplane when you lose cabin pressure to put the mask in yourself first and them you can put the mask on a child. It is hard to say what any of us would do in this situation after years of homelessness.