I used to pass along any change to the less-aggressive ones in the city, but that was back when I had disposable income and high ideals.
Nowadays I have less to give, although I went to NYC this past winter and found myself giving dollars to the guys who were singing or playing homemade instruments in Times Square- I could do no less.
On a related note, for those interested in "teaching them to fish" there's an organization called the Cara Program that tries to educate the homeless.
(I'd provide a link, but I don't want to come off as spamming- you can just use a search engine anyway.)
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How's your mom, Ed?
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