What's wrong with us that we still have beggars on the streets of Sale?

10:28am Thursday 21st February 2013 in Your Letters

I NIPPED into Sale town centre to do a bit of shopping on Monday and was really pleased about how busy and vibrant the town was.

But my joy was shortlived when I spotted a man basically begging outside one of the supermarkets.

What’s wrong with our society that in the 21st century, we still have people who are forced to beg in the midst of such affluence?

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Comments(5)

watching says...
9:58am Wed 27 Feb 13

These people must be claiming some kind of benefit,so why beg in the street.

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Fuzzball says...
3:07pm Wed 27 Feb 13

because they make good money at it and you can carry on collecting benefits.

Have you watched Slum Dog Millionaire, don't think that is not happening here as well.

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Bob_Smith says...
8:59pm Wed 27 Feb 13

He wouldn't be there if he didn't make money out of it. It is probably spent on drugs or alcohol - this is normally the route to homelessness.

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Bob_Smith says...
8:59pm Wed 27 Feb 13

He wouldn't be there if he didn't make money out of it. It is probably spent on drugs or alcohol - this is normally the route to homelessness.

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mms98 says...
6:44am Thu 28 Feb 13

A while ago there was a beggar in sale outside the co-op and the taxi rank , after his shift was finished,he climbed into his mondeo which was parked in the carpark which is now a multi-storey and a block of flats.

He must off made a mint. Good luck to him.

Whose fault is it? his for making money? Or the general public for giving it?

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