Beggars: to give or not to give?

If I have change, I'll certainly give them somehing. Once to the same person. Sometimes I have nothing on me and I feel bad, and guilty, even though I know I don't have to feel that way. I give, because you never know what happened to that person, what are the reasons.I don' think that's fun to begg, so if someone s adking for help, and I can give, I'll give. God help us all!

I gave them but not all the times. Some of them don't accept food they preferred money. I just disappoint to the beggar I was once gave food to him but he rejected it.

it is still better to provide them food rather than giving them money. at least, you are clear with your conscience but if you really want to help then why not try to do real charity work like partnering with an institution and celebrate your birthday with them together with your friends.

I usually give if the beggar is blind or disabled like can't walk. But if the beggar is healthy, and able to work? I would not give them. If we keep on giving these people who are very able to earn? we are just teaching them to be lazy. Kids who are into begging, I will just give them food instead of money.

aha..i used to give them some money at my teenage, but as you know nowdays more and more people join this beggar team and some of them are really even stronger than us who they begged to. morever i realized its hard to earn life nowdays so i only given to who really look so pitiful sometimes. and your way of give them some food is a really good idea. i will try next time also.

When I was in singapore for holiday, an old man was begging for money..I give him $30 :)

IF I can I find a food place and buy a to go meal that is easy to eat without utensils, and put a $5 bill in the bag; go back and give it to the person who is so desperate they have to beg for food. Look, no person would be doing that if there was an answer to their situation .... find a way to print a card with an address and tiny map to the nearest shelter; and put that in the bag as well. don't demean this person's pride .. help but don't lend a crutch. We live in the wealthiest nation on the face of the earth, give Billionaires million dollars in tax breaks, and we can't provide a way to get back into life to the most unfortunate among us. What is wrong with this picture? thank you for caring.

it is really a good topic to discuss and it is really a confusing decision that one should give or not to give to baggers. according to me if the bagger is asking for money it should be avoid and if the bagger is asking for food for to eat instantly then there one can consider to give

Hello, well I once worked at a store on a corner in a strip mall and there was a man who used to stand out on the corner right where I was working at an optical store. I went to lunch and I saw that same guy in the back of the store eating lunch in his car(an expensive one) so he made enough to buy food and probably more.Also my b/f works in a store and he saw this young girl who would have a sign "pregnant,need money" and he saw her without her "belly" buying clothes to sell on ebay.We saw her not that long ago working about 6 miles from the corner where we first saw her. I do not support panhandlers.

sometimes i feel sad looks the beggars and give them a coin but i'm also are they really a beggars or they are use it for job?we don't know but i give them a coins with honest from my heart and thanks 2 god my life much better.

i usually give to only disabled and aged beggers.others i avoid as we encourage them to this free way of living.its a curse to socity as the money we give to beggers is never accountable and doesn't show up in growth figures of the country.so its just wasted!!

Generally I will donate to beggars who are really incapable to earn. example old beggars, mentally retarded people, physically handicapped etc. but we should not encourage begging at all only we have to help who are really inefficient for earning. But in this recession period i am seeing increase of beggars. More over we should not encourage child beggars. If they are habituated to begging they never work in their life. Begging may become thier profession or job. lol...

I usually try to give people in need money. It is just to help out on what they need and hoping that if I did fall on hard times that someone would return the favoure

First of all, I often see beggars who show physical defects to wring out money from sensible people like I am sometimes. Nevertheless, I don't think that's the right thing to do because it's like your selling your body just because you have a misformation. Yesterday, someone sent me an e-mail about this issue, which has obtained some kind of approval on Cannes Festival. I think you should watch it and give me your opinion on that if you wish: go to youtube and write "historia de un letrero". It's about how sometimes saying things in different ways can change our whole situation. Basically, it's about the power of words! And second of all, for many times I tried to give food to beggars and I concluded that they were rude to me everytime I tried to do that. So, I never know when some coins come in really good handy for them.

I gave them at the beginning, but now, I didn't gave them, the number of the begger is so large, everyday, there must at least 20 one know at my door.

I ll see first, if the beggar is a young man, who seem still be able to work (physically) then i choose to ignore them. But if he is an old man or those who has disability i will give a penny.

I won't give money or food if i saw a young people asking for alms.

In many cases they wont be a real begger they just tore their shirts and ak for alms and the most horrible women holding a child and asking for alms. I never feel like giving anything to them and i am seeing them daily.Some people are trained to ask alms.I think those people should look for any other alternative. You can give money to persons who are handicapped they really deserve but still they are some jobs available for handicaps. Let us hope that the country is free of beggers in future.

When donating..I'd prefer to be in one to one contact with a foundation or home. I don't really support those begging by the street when they have good feet and hands and can make a living. In my area...I've met people who take up begging as their career and I doubt this is something we should even cultivate in society. But there are those begging; when you meet them and you just know that they need money or any sort of help for a good purpose..then I would give without second thought.. :) Princess

There are some beggars who don't look like what they pretend to be..Believe me, they have healthy bodies than I do and I can really tell that they are just begging because they are too lazy to work. There are also some children who beg because their parents are telling them to do so. I could suggest that we just have to give them food instead of money because others are just faking it, they want the money to gamble. There are some beggars who also ask higher amount of money, like if I give 1.00, they will ask for more like 5.00 or even 10.00.