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Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Is giving alms to beggars helping or teaching them to be lazy?

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In Little Rock, Arkansas, under the urban glow of streetlights, a hamburger travels from an idealistic college student's hand to an older homeless man's hand. The homeless man gives an impromptu 30 second sermon on God and then unwraps his dinner as he fades into the unlit part of the street. What did the young co-ed teach him, and what did he teach her? Some assert that giving to beggars doesn't help them in the long run and actually hurts them by taking away their motivation to work. That argument is founded on the idea that laziness and begging go hand in hand. A person could be begging...

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