If I see someone begging who is old, crippled, missing a limb - then OK, I'll give some money - but the vast majority could hold a job easy and just the sound of crickets coming from our legislatures.
We're approaching the begging cultures of Third World countries - when I spent a year in Egypt, I was told that some families deliberately blind or maim their children so they can be effective beggars . This is the same country where families live in Cairo's biggest graveyard (called the City if the Dead) and yet more in in the city's biggest dump.
Yes those kids are professional beggars!
I actually saw a video or police dealing with a *legless* vet in a wheel chair.
He was NOT legless. He was sitting on them cross legged.
Scammers are infinitely creative.