Giving Money To The Poor Will Put Us In Jail... LoL...?

There are panhandlers and street musicians with their cases open, literally EVERYWHERE here. I can't go anywhere, at least in the downtown area of my city, without running into them. I wish we had a law in place like that here. Maybe then I could actually go to the bank and go shopping without the constant "Good morning do you have a dollar?" I can't even get on the bus sometimes without people begging for bus money. Hey, that's why I have a bus pass, so I don't have to worry about always having enough change available. I am getting very tired of panhandlers and beggars, at least seeing so many of them all over the place downtown here and by the mall.

I get the logic, but I don't agree. It's like saying in my town, don't feed the ducks because it makes them produce too many duck droppings in the lake, thus polluting the lake. So if you get caught feeding the ducks, they fine you. However, it doesn't matter WHERE the ducks get their food, they are only going to eat their fill and make the same amount of waste in the same lake. Maybe it's the quantity of ducks or beggars like you say... if you don't feed or give them money, their number will not increase. Still I don't agree with it. There will always be people in need and hungry animals, and God puts it in our capacity to help them if we can, so we should.

There are always going to be people who take advantage of any situation to make easy money. I can not understand why the shame of it is not more important to them but it is not. So to fix the problem your government goes after the wrong people. Who came up with this very stupid law. If it became known that stealing was easy and you would not be prosecuted for it more people would steal. Instead the people they rob from would be prosecuted because they have too much. There is very little difference that I can see. So the poor people who have no choice but beg or starve are the losers. It would take a politician to come up with this reverse mentality. And you say you agree with it. Well I do not and never would. Go after the people who are begging that do not need to and you have my vote.

no in my country we have to help the poors lot here.

Its so sad story.For me its not a fault to give a money to the poor but let's think of this Don't only give a fish to the poor but lets teach them about how to get a fish also! Fair and smart!

It is the saddest part that if you give money to the poor you will be in jailed. But the government is just looking at it and studied the most generopus solutions to these kind of problems. I know as Human......i do understand someone who wishes to hand in money to the poor.............but it doesn't say the government will punish someone to be caught rendering help to the poor. When you intend to help someone........you can do that my other means instead of giving them money directly. You can use by means of goods..........that could be used for them to make any business instead of money. MOney is the root of all evil so we don't know if they are using the money for good might be using for bad activities. Helping them by other means could be a great help......foods, clothes and any other things except giving them in cash............could be possible for other people accross the country to help my children in school in the Philippines through feeding them............foods and clothes they need most........please?

What country ?? Actually i don't agree... The punishment is to hard i think... Why help somebody gived a punishment ?? What a bad government...

oh,that sounds very weird.don't think it's a good idea.why you would be punished cause you helped poor people?don't think it's fair it takes your liberty as a person.what says the society in your country?

this is a good way for indonesia's govement so people not lazy anymore... we can get everything with trying even to get money its very easy with tring