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Debate Score:9
Arguments:18
Total Votes:9
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Are beggars in general actually pretty clever?

I realized the other day that it is posible and maybe even likely that beggars are actually really smart. Think about it, they make more than minimum wage for sure and they dont have to work nearly as hard as a fry cook or a stock boy. What do you guys think?

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Yes, tax free income derived from the smallest effort possible is very clever. There are better examples of this in that many "religions" are often just "fronts" for money begging. Just a thought!

Side: Yes
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Yep... I knew a few hobos here in my small home town actually had a crap ton of possessions... They just looked like they didn't.

Side: Yes
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they also like to keep dirty so nobody would have a doubt..

Side: Yes
1 point

Do you mean panhandlers specifically, or actually homeless people. I believe actual homeless people made some very non clever decisions that lead them to that fate.

Side: Yes
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they aren't really smart, but they are as smart as they need to be in their trade. beggars around where i live place a baby on one hip and shoving the baby's face into your car's windows, beg for money.

cruel but their way of smart.

Side: Yes

If they can get $1 every fifteen minutes, that is $4 per hour. In a 10 hour day that's $40, un-taxed.

Side: Yes

Maybe it is clever but they are never insured a stable income. They live off other people's generousity. Not a life I'd want, but .. I don't know.

Side: No
DrawFour(2662) Clarified
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How's that different than a job where you rely on tips to make your money?

Side: Yes
Centifolia(1319) Clarified
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Beggars make their living by begging. Tips are given if managed to amuse your costumers through your own abilities.

Side: Yes
shoutoutloud(4303) Clarified
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It isn't, that's why tips is just as stupid in my opinion. We don't use tips where I come from.

Side: Yes

If they were clever, they wouldn't be beggars.

Side: No