Big issue via mobile phone

I walked past a man today who was selling the big issue (the local version of it). He was a bit distracted though, cause he was on his mobile phone at the same time. Is it not a bit odd with supposedly homeless people having phones? Maybe i'm being conservative, homeless people should be poor and dirty and not have any earthly possession, at least not technical ones. Then I passed a party of drunks hanging out on two benches in a park. They seemed to be having fun. Oh i bet any comments on this now will say something about a socialist utopia again... malish.