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Beggars - why you shouldn't give to them

JuliusCaesar · 2013-12-11 21:50:51

here I've long thought this. There are actually a lot of supports available to them, between Social Services and hostels and so on. Yes, their lives are often chaotic but being able to earn a fairly good living by begging supports that and enables them NOT to be more organised. I have listened to two beggars at a Luas stop…

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#32 18-02-2014 11:32PM

WayneScott

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gvn wrote: »

Please stay on topic and at least make the effort of finding a suitable thread within which to grind your axe.

I am not grinding an axe. I would give money to someone on the street before giving it to someone living off the sick

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