Do you really give to beggars?

here at my place not all beggars are beggars. some of them are just fake! so i don't really donate to them because i can't really tell who are the real beggars. and i know this sounds ridiculous but a study had shown some beggars to earn as much as a teacher in a month.

I generally give to beggars who perform something (like singing in public buses or telling jokes), as a part of their earning as they have entertained me (generally u know what they sing). Apart from this I have tried another thing. Whenever a small boy or girl asks for alm, I ask them whether they are ready to work in my house as a maid or in my shop. To my astonishment most of them do not want to work. I think that might help.

sometimes i will give money ,who really wants and who are old people. i feel bad and pity when i see any old people begging and they don;t have any house or food in their life. if they really wants, i will give to old people only.

In HK, beggars are usually people who don't work or illegal immagrants form chna so i don't really feel sorry for them. If they were old man or woman, they are given money to suppport themselves from the hk govenment. But not theillegal immagrants cos they're not supposed to be there.

I just give money to the old beggars who seems without working ability. Some beggars who are young and strong,aren't given because they could work to earn money instead depending on others.

Yes, i also find beggars everywhere now. i've ever given money to some beggars, cause i saw them looks really pitiful especially someone with their children. Sometimes i think, where and why will come so many beggars? Did they so difficult to find a job? i give money to them is good or bad for them? I will more appeal to society to help this kind of crowd, give them a better arrangement so that enable our society to have a better order.

I never give money to beggars. Or even food. Because once I gave my sandwich to some kids, they never ate it but threw the sandwich away because they were expecting money. Hence, they are not really begging for food but for something else. I have nothing against poor people, I grew up being poor also but being poor did not give me the excuse to be dependent on other people. I wish that the Catholic Church stops arguing about the reproductive health bill being passed as being anti-life. Because looking at all the beggars with their four or more children, what kind of life are they talking about? Of course, this is a separate issue, but going back to the issue, no I don't give money to beggars.

Dear friend, I hardly give money to beggars, I do have given clothes, donations and food to charity institutions and poor people I could see that they are no other way to get them than through begging. I do hope giving money would encourage them to beg and more would turn to begging. May be they tend to be lazy even if they could do some work. But at times I had given when I see that they are reall in pathetic condition.

In Australia we dont have them a lot expecialy where I live. But when I go to Europe I never spend the coins I save them for the beggars expecialy the kids and the disabled I dont care that much what they do with the money so what if they have an ice cream or have a ride on the mery go round they are kids as well.

I have a hard enough time providing for my own family. We are barely surviving ourselves, so I don't usually give to beggars. When I do give some sort of donation, I prefer to give to the church or to missionaries...

this has always been a problem to me. Beggars are everywhere as well in Canada...especially in downtown. I used to give some monney when I see them occasionally however, I would see the same person there everyday. I mean i can help sometimes but not everyday. I even see young teens in the streets and they become vulgar if you don't give them anything. I even remember once when I waseating pizza and a beggar came to nag me for some monney. I can't even eat peacefully. Now, I don't give anymore. Monney is hard to earn and if someone just decides to be lazy and don't want to work, that person doesn't deserve to get monney. For people who has low income, the government gives enough monney for the daily need so the extra monney that person needs, she/he has to work out as long as it doesn't exceed a certain amount of monney in order to receive government help. I just get really pissed when it comes to beggars..

everytime i see a homeless person on da street even if its my last dollar i will give it to dem always give to da ppl who needs a lil help =]

My husband always give to beggars in the street especially when it is traffic and someone will appraoch him. But, for me, i don't give beggars money because i beleive that you are only telling them to keep on doing the same thing all their life. Might as well, contact your local government and give feedback about that and maybe they will be taught on doing something to help them make a living.

I try not to give money to them but instead I buy food for them This is much better for them.. Not like a full course meal. Just simple food such as bread, coffee, tea etc.

I don't tend to give beggars money because honestly, God knows what they'll do with it and I don't want to be contributing to anyone's addiction when they already have enough problems. I do tend to give them food, however. For example, there is this homeless guy in Washington DC who always hangs out by the McDonald's where my Disability Rights group's hotel is near. He likes us. He says he eats really well when we're there because we'll always go in to buy stuff for ourselves and bring him something. That's sad but at least he eats well twice a year. It's actually pretty smart, if you're going to be homeless, to station yourself by a cheap food establishment. People will feel bad and buy you food. At home, in Massachusetts, I have also been known to go in and buy something extra for a person in need when I am food shopping.

hi my dear freind, i always give to the beggars and today also while returning from the temple, when i saw a beggar at the door of the temple, i bought a glass of juice for him . i hardly give money to beggars. rather i feel that its better to give omething to eat or wear. i dont like giving them the money. i take many biscuit packets also to give to them. sometimes i give food also. but i hardly give money.

Yes I do. The country which I live in is known as Nepal and here you can see loads of beggars out in the street, I feel pity when I see beggars who do not have any arms or legs or are injured badly, I just give them a couple of money which is enough for them to eat. But I don't give to beggars who are healthy, if I do then they will become lazy and beg even if they have the ability to work. There are many people who just beg but not work even if they can. And I even heard that there are beggars who are made to beg for someone rich.

I wont give cash, but i have done a few things. i was in chicago and their was a man asking for money that did not have any shoes on. I found a good will and bought him a pair along with some socks, and here at home Their was a man standing on the street with a sign will work for food. I was on my way to the store. So i Picked up a few things that i thought he could use, and on the way back home i stopped and gave him a bag of groceries, it was not a lot but i know he was grateful because he started to cry when i gave them to him. We don't have a lot but i try to help when i can. If the economy doesn't pick up soon, we might end up their ourselves.

Only once. That time my friend told me that they were just cheating people. In fact, most of them can lead an independent life. Some of them are lazy guys.

yea bro i would like to give somethings for beggars but they have two hands,two legs or mind so they r physically n mentally fit so they can do the hard work n earn some money 4 them or their family . so this full fine situation beggars r earn some money so i dont like to give them anything or some unhealthy or handicap beggars give something its mine pleasure