I really want an answer to this from people who are not reddit-brained libs. I have seen some good points elsewhere about this contributing to a cycle of abuse and control, causing parents to withdraw their kids from school to beg instead, etc., but if someone is desperate enough to humiliate themselves by begging on the street, shouldn't we give to them? Or should I feel bad that I did give to them?
that doesn't make any sense. it's supposed to analogize begging to sex work or drug dealing, but those are structured like actual businesses providing a product or service with costs and revenues. if someone is begging because they have to pay someone else for the use of a bed, that's not a "boss," that's just a landlord.