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OfflineRobZombie68
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Re: Do you give money to panhandlers? [Re: Bigfeely123]
    #22448472 - 10/29/15 09:28 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I voted no, as I will not give money to somebody asking for it.  Our local strip-mall is filled with them. I hate when somebody walks up to me asking for an "extra" dollar while I am putting away my groceries, some are pretty aggressive.

However, if I see somebody down and out just sitting around not asking for shit, I have walked up and handed people $20.  I do it on my terms, not some asshole saying "Hey, do you have money"


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Re: Do you give money to panhandlers? [Re: nice1returns]
    #22448493 - 10/29/15 09:35 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Does the USA have jobseekers?  In the UK you get paid a few hundred a week for having no job so I don't really understand what these dudes are doing.  They get the same money as me but then sit on the street and earn more or can't be bothered to look for jobs so don't get their jobseekers check?




No there is no such thing in the US.


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Re: Do you give money to panhandlers? [Re: nice1returns]
    #22448696 - 10/29/15 10:48 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Does the USA have jobseekers?  In the UK you get paid a few hundred a week for having no job so I don't really understand what these dudes are doing.  They get the same money as me but then sit on the street and earn more or can't be bothered to look for jobs so don't get their jobseekers check?




Hundreds? It's £73 a week, or £57 if you're under 25. That will only buy 2 dozen cans of high strength lager. For a whole week.


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Re: Do you give money to panhandlers? [Re: Bigfeely123]
    #22448715 - 10/29/15 10:56 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Typically not. I'll do it as a spur of the moment type thing every now and then. Usually it's to someone who isn't asking for it. The people with signs on the street I dunno, just feel like that goes to drugs 90% of the time, and I in no way whatsoever want to support the drug trade and the thug-douchebags behind it.


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Re: Do you give money to panhandlers? [Re: ManianFH]
    #22448735 - 10/29/15 11:00 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

If I go downtown where there are like 50 of them in a row, I don't give shit.

But when there's that one guy asking, I'll give him a handful of change.


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Re: Do you give money to panhandlers? [Re: Patlal]
    #22448799 - 10/29/15 11:26 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

It's a mood dependent thing for me. If they catch me at the right time, and are not too aggressive, i can be generous. There is a buddhist tradition of begging- so this has influenced me to become more generous. Often spiritual guides are seen in different traditions as homeless beggars for some reason, so it's better to be safe than sorry- but i don't like to give in situations when i feel that i am a captive audience. this can feel abusive, and it is better to discourage this type of behavior.

I once woke a guy up that was sleeping on the street to give him a $20. I was drunk.


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