Opinions on radio station talking about panhandling?

This morning while I was getting ready for work I listened to a local radio dj report a statistic about panhandling. It was: "on average a person who panhandles makes $15/hour." He did not report where this statistic came from, how accurate it was, or if he was only speaking locally. We heard from 1 caller who said that she had an encounter where she tried to purchase a Dunkin Donuts coffee for a panhandler and he responded with he only drinks Starbucks. We heard from no other callers. The radio dj went on to say that they are probably just scammers trying to make quick money and that he has never put so much as a penny toward these people or homeless people in general. No other comments were made. Thoughts on this? Right or wrong? Opinions?