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SHDULD PEDPLE GIVE
MDNEY TD BEGGARS?
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wohltätigenEinrichtungenzukommenlassen?TAUTHALJNEHANhatzweiMeinungengehört. i !J"luiMICHAELlSfromPolandaodhasbeenlivingasabeggar 00 the
streetsofCot1l:,freland,forovera year.HedldnotwishtoglYe
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youknowirwillbeusedtOhelppcoplcandnortoI.:OV-
eradministrativecosrs?
ThercisanewlawagainstaggressivebegginginIre-
land.Ithinkthisismostlyagoodrhing.Burpeople
should be ableromake lheirown decisions. They
shouldn'[heintimidaredintoit.Theproblemisthat
lawslikethisgi\'ebe~~ingabadname.Theymakepeo-
piebelieve[har 3011 beggarsareporential1yaggressive.
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drum.Idon'thillh.ganyolle.Pcoplecangivcmemon-
eyif theywantro,30ndI'mverygratefulforir.
Idon'tkllowanyanewhowouldehoosetnsleepon
thcsrrcetsillsreadofinawarmbcd.Ofcourse,I'drarher
gotoworkandearnmymoneyrhanasks[rangcrsfor
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eoPleshouldgivemone}'tobeGsarsiftheycan
affordir.lfyouda,)'ouarerecognizingth:uthey
haveaproblem.Soyou'renotonlygivingthem
money,buralsoa senseof~.
It'sa1lyerywellrellinghQmclesspeoplerogerhelp
fromhomelessorganizations.Burmanyhomclesspeo-
pie:IrednU:addiers,ora1coholics- ortheyaresuf-
feringfrolllamentaldjsorderandcaunorhe1prhem-
selves.Thcorgani7.atiollsdorhe!lesrrheycan,bur
rheycan'treacheveryoneandrheirrCSOurcesarelim-
ired.Thehomelessshelrer$fillupfasr,especiallyin
thewinter.That'swhyalittlebirextraisalwarsnccded.
YounevCrknowwhcnthemone)'yougivero 30 lx-ggar
canS:I\'ehisorherlife,byhelpingthembuyrhcfood
orblanketstheyneedtOgetrhroughtheltight.
IcanundcrStandthatsamepeoplethinkit'sbetterto
givemoneytohomelessorganizationsratherthandi·
recdytobeggars.Bec:Iusetherearepeop1cthatlmi.who
arenotreallyinnecd.Orwhouscthemone)'fordtugs
:Indakohol.Butrherearealsohomelesspeoplclikemet
I'vebeenhomelessforalmosta yearbccauseIhaven't
heenabletoworkinthiscounrry.I'mtryingtogetmy·
sdfofftheStreets,burit'snoteasy.Ican'tfindajobbe-
causcI havenuwhererolive.)can'rfindsumewheretO
livebecauseIdon·thaveajub.
Samepeopledun'twanttogiverheirmoneydirecrly
robeggarsbti::Iuserhey'reafraidthemoneywon'tbe
usedeffecrivcl}'.WeH,howda)'OUknowthemoneyyou
giverochatityisreallyhclping?Howdo}'ouknowthe
peopleaskingyouformoneyarehonest?Andcvcnif22 BusiMssSplIIigbl 512009