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Beggars choosing creativity to beat the GFC

27 Jul 05:50am

A SIMPLE message scrawled on scrounged cardboard used to be enough. Basic signs like “Hungry, please help” or “homeless – need $$$’’ would help eke out a living.

Survival of the wittiest

But in these tough financial times, scroungers are ditching generic pleas and getting creative to maintain their cash-flow.

Faced with stiff competition – including an army of charity muggers, talentless buskers and ambush windscreen washers—society’s have-nots are polishing sales pitches.

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SCrawford says:

12:18pm | 28/07/09

The begging epidemic seems to be getting worse to me and its infringing on my right to walk down the street without getting hassled for money, like in some third world country. I get asked for money everywhere I go. But what I don’t understand is that I work hard… Read more »
DWest says:

07:04am | 28/07/09

Eric, you need some social comprehension lessons. Like I said mate go down to a soup kitchen and start your welfare-whining lecture there. Reality check some of your ideas for free. Academics like you have contributed to begging and poverty. Read more »

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