Should you give a begger money, please give reasons for your answer.?

Answer 1

I usually buy a hot drink or food for beggars as I think that's probably what they need most. Maybe it's not for me to decide what's best for them, but it's my money after all.

Answer 2

If you give money to beggers and they use it to buy drugs thats fine, as they won't be entering your house that night.

I find so much stupidity with regards to giving them drug money, they do not have the support from local healthcare. There is no way off some of these drugs and people wonder why they suffer breakins.

If people read about drugs and there side effects and not from the local paper then probably they would be enlilghtened. But reading a tabloid does not make you intelligent.

Answer 3

We are all beggars in relation to God. It's important to recognize that. So we should be willing to help others out in order to not be hypocrites. That said, some people are not in a financial position to help others in this way, but we should be willing. If you see a person on the street sometimes money is not the best way to meet the person's needs. Food or water may be appropriate, but perhaps the person might even need something like medical care. In the area where I live, there are excellent established programs for helping out the needy. So I feel comfortable donating to those.

Answer 4

I would say no.
I live in a fairly poor area of the country, and being asked for money is often a daily occurrence for me. If I said yes to one person, it would be unfair to the next one if I refused. So I say no to all.
What you should do I think, in an ideal world, is sit down with the person, find out about their situation and how you could best help them-but who has time for that?-and just throwing money at a problem rarely helps in the long run.
I have seen people just give money to beggars to make them go away and stop hassling them. I think that is a cowardly attitude to take.
Its harsh, but you have to hang on to what you've got in this world. Ive had to struggle for the money Ive earned, and its to look after me and my loved ones.

Answer 5

I don't believe that you should give a beggar money. This is particularly true if you are a woman, because it might be dangerous. There are many cases here in the urban US of panhandlers going after women who are alone, running after them, screaming at them, and apparently attempting to scare them into dropping their purses or tripping and falling.

I believe that the best and safest way to help the homeless is to give money to relief charities that provide emergency shelter and food to the homeless, or that provide medical treatment for them or work with the homeless who are mentally ill or who have drug or alcohol problems.

In addition to the danger to one's self in giving directly to the homeless, giving money to someone who is homeless can put them in danger of attack from someone else. Giving them money also does nothing to address the basic reasons they may be homeless, namely mental illness or substance abuse.

Also true: there are beggars who are not afflicted with any problems, and who are not homeless, but who simply get money this way. We had a story in the LA Times a few years back where they interviewed some "beggars" who admitted that they could make $500-800/week by begging, which is a pretty darn good income when you consider that it's tax free.

Giving money to bona fide charities that deal with homeless issues is IMO the best way to help people who are truly in need out. The charities know who is most in need and where the money will do the most good, they strive to assist the homeless in ways that are not offensive to their dignity and which promote the greatest good for the community, and above all they try to solve the root problems that put people on the street begging, where handing a beggar money does nothing to solve his problems and may even contribute to them if the beggar uses the money for drugs or alcohol.

Answer 6

Yes and no. With money, they can buy themselves something that they really need. As we don't always know what it is, sometimes they can get food somewhere and need clothes. Then again, they might use it to buy something they shouldn't have or that we wouldn't like to see our money buying.

Then another point may be, why are they not going to the homeless shelters where they can be given food, clothes and all those neccessities. If we give them money of the street, we encourage them stay on the streets. Meaning we are not helping our councils in trying to get them safe shelters. One of the boroughs advertises it as 'Killing them with kindness.'

Its a tricky one.

Answer 7

If I have extra cash on me, sometimes I will. But, I try to avoid them as much as possible. Thankfully I don't go downtown a lot so I don't see them much.

They make me feel bad about myself. Like I'm not a good person because I don't want to give them my hard earned money. I'm struggling with money just like everyone else, and I'd rather put my money towards my debts first and foremost. I give to charity when I can, so I don't see why I should give to beggars. I feel like there are so many places that they can go to for help and they should go there. And then, whenever I think this, I feel bad.

Answer 8

no-i would never give money to a beggar again. I dint know if you remember about 16 years ago McDonald's ran a trivial pursuit promotion and gave away free food with the right answer. We knew someone who worked there and he gave us a big wedge of cards which we took with us when we went to London. coming out of the tube station we saw a woman with a toddler-two or three with a sign please give money my baby needs food. as i was only fourteen myself i only had a couple of quid but collected all the cards from my friends and offered them to her (i now realise how bad it would be to feed a baby McDonald's every day!!!!). She turned me down flat and told me that she only wanted money and if i have none then f**k off!
if her baby needed food that badly she would have taken them, what did she want the money for?
Then a few years ago i had a woman knock on my door with a hand written sign-Just arrived in this country please give me money-I had no money-again!! but offered to make dinner for her and her three children-no money, money. I shut the door even though the kids clearly needed food.
so no, i would never give money to a beggar but i do donate to homeless charities and always buy the big issue.

Answer 9

I used to.... Sometimes I still do. One of my friend's brother's was homeless for years. So I used to give money to homeless people. Then he came home to stay. He had a warm bed, a roof over his head and hot food every night, his family gave him money but he still begged on the streets. I now buy someone food rather than give money. I don't think the one's who sit by the cash machines are very fair.

Answer 10

No not ever!
there was a time in this countryand still in is others when disability or old age meant that you could no longer provide for yourself and perhaps had no family to support you.

There was no welfare system and the church was relied on heavily to provide help, which didnt always meet requirements.
Well , if a blind man in meideval england asked me for money and i had spare then i would surely do the christian charitable thing.
But todays beggars, often under 30 , slumped in shop doorways in cities,do so because it is a profitable income for doing nothing.
there is work or welfare in this country and no one needs to be hungry or homeless.
giving to beggars encourages begging!
In some islamic countries, fathers sometimes break the limbs of their newborns and twist them awkwardly so as to set them permanently deformed.
Then when they are old enough they make the perfect beggar.
Isnt Islam wonderful?!

Answer 11

In Dallas, Texas, you better not. Dallas Mayor Laura Miller has started a war against panhandlers. She was unable to get them off the street, so it is now a crime in Dallas to give money to a panhandler. Your tax dollars at work. That panhandler may well be an undercover cop gonna bust you for being charitable.