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What are your thoughts on giving money to beggars? (reddthat.com)

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I am asking because I know people from both sides:

People who discourage it: usually talk about how the beggars might spend their money on, how they might be lying, How donating to them will encourage them to keep begging and how they should be looking for a job instead (My commentary: finding a job is impossible for them this days, matter of fact there is literally hundreds, if not thousands of articles online talking about how hard and impossible it had become).
People who encourage it: to be honest here, they usually talk only about religious reasons.

(Note: I know that the overview about both sides are highly unbalanced, but I preferred to keep it limited to my personal experiences rather than expanding it from myself, as I intentionally not looking for theories and objective logic, rather I am looking at people reasons and opinions as this is highly subjective matter.)

Anyone got any thoughts about this?

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[–] JakenVeina@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Every situtation is different, but in general, It's the same as the "innocent until proven guilty" concept: I'd rather give money to someone whose being dishonest than not give it to someone who really needs it. Cause I appreciate how close ANY of us are to homelessness and destitution in this world. My own generosity is my own generosity, not determined by the honesty, or lack thereof, of others.