I was always told to "help them to help themselves" and offering to get them work would fall into that category, giving cash would not. There is a pan handler in Key West that sits with a sign stating "Please help feed the ugly" that is one exception to my rule, he gets cash from me for having the guts to put that on a sign. The people in Key West doing this make a ton of money from tourists up here it's the same people going past them daily and they probably don't do all that well.
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