Full time homeless people in Tampa Florida!

Four homeless people panhandling seven days a week on all four corners of Tampa, Florida's Dale Mabry and Kennedy. They are dressed in such a way where they could be mistaken for city street workers. They demonstarate a responsibility and commitment to their 'job' which any employer would salavate over. Too bad they aren't real jobs.

Could it could be due to this:
Florida unemployment hit record 12.2 percent in February!
Florida's unemployment hit 12.2 percent in February, the highest rate on record, soaring past even the rates recorded in the 1973-1975 recession, the state work force agency said Friday. February's rate rose a 0.2 percentage point from the January revised rate of 12 percent. More than 1.26 million people are out of work in the state.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-unemployment-february-20100326,0,4358873.story