Do you support street beggers?

I tend to ignore them, unless they look old and don't look like they'd be hired anytime soon because of their age. Some beggars I see today look around my age, and they have nice clothing that aren't in tatters. If they look like they are in good health and have a good pair of arms and legs, and they are begging, I think they are just looking for an easy way to make money without trying. I think its become some sort of a fad amongst young teenage males in some places. (they actually had a King of the Hill episode addressing this fad lol)

I don't and I think you're doing the right thing to share food but not money. I have been homeless, have worked for a women's shelter and now volunteer at a women's center that includes many homeless and poor women. I have always found that there are always some programs where a homeless person can make spending money while they wait for a job or social security. There are people who make a good living by putting up a sign. I've heard homeless women call those folks "professional homeless". When a street beggar asks me for money, I usually refuse. If they say they're hungry, I tell them when the nearest food site is serving the next meal. They're usually not interested or even tell me they already know about it. I have made exceptions. I once gave a woman money after talking to her and hearing how she was traveling. I've also bought a couple hot dogs, chips and a drink from a nearby outdoor hot dog stand. However, normally I don't like to encourage people to beg. I feel that when a person is down, one of their biggest assets is their pride and they need to keep it.

In UK I have sometimes offered them work or a place to stay, some have accepted. Abroad I have invited them to partake of food with me in a cafe all the best urban

Since I live in the suburbs I don't see a lot of beggars here. In fact I have only been approached once in my own area. The man asked if he could have enough money to buy a Wendy's hamburger, I was in a parking lot near the restaurant at the time. I gave him a handful of change. I was just really surprised to see a beggar where I was and it was Christmas time,and he was an older man, I felt bad for him. There also was another man who sat outside of our Aldi's he didn't beg though. He would sit there all day and wait for someone to not bring their cart back then he would go and grab the cart and bring it back and get the quarter. When ever he was there I would leave my cart in the parking lot, then as soon I pulled away he would happily go and grab it. I had planned to buy him a bag of food the next time I saw him but suddenly he was not there anymore, they must have told him he couldn't stand out there any more. I still see him riding his bike down the road once in a while as I am driving by.

in my point of view the beggars are also human beings,they also feel the pain like our self,but most of them are not true beggars.they are searching for the reason,i don't like that type of beggars,i would help the beggars if they are honest to the god,anyone we can't identify them that they are true or not,everything the almighty god knows,my heart has broken by an incident that an Indian lady having his son seated upon her and begging in the high temperature.what wrong has the baby made. i don't allow him anyway that the mistake was done by the parents,because they are not literate.

My dear friends, People who usually claim that they are homeless veterns, are not really homeless, they claim this beause they are habited to easy living. you will find many beggers at Railways stations, bus stations, footpaths, begging saying that they hungry and homeless, this is beause of some people using this children as a means of there earning. yes i find some people at the of 70's and 80's might be homeless,as there children made them homeless. Last but not least point, don't encourage children who are begging, by giving money. finaly i don't support this type of pratices.

support them by helping them take the right path. maybe send them to the right places. orphanages social welfare and development. places like these. i dont really give money to them even if i pity them. coz once i have seen a beggar, i gave him money and he just used it to gamble. they say, you can give food to beggars. maybe do charity works like food feeding or education like teaching them, giving them your unused books. stuffs like that. the things that you do for them will return to you maybe doubled. ^_~

I have giving beggars food, blankets AND money. I am sure that some of them were just begging for booze money. But if I lived on the street I might want a drink too. If it makes you feel better to help someone you should do it. Just don't let them talk you into giving them more. I have been approached by a man that wouldn't except that I gave him the 2 ones instead of the 20 in my pocket. Then I pulled out the old saying "Beggars can't be choosers" He left me alone after that.