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I prefer them to make some effort. They are people begging on the off-ramps from expressways near my house and these people are better dressed than some folks I know that work jobs. There's a strong difference between doing a service (entertainment, shoe shine, windshield wash, etc.) and just standing on a corner waiting for handouts.
As a side story: my little brother was on leave from a deployment in Iraq. We're sitting at a gas station and a man walks up to us. He asks us for some money, says he wants to get sandwich and a cold beer. My little brother hands the guy a $20 bill. He looked at me after the guy walked away and said he did it because the guy was honest, he said he wanted beer, and he would never deny another man a cold beer.
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