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If the beggars are polite or entertaining in some way, like UTs example, I'll give them something. Most often not what they would like but something.
Most of the beggars that I encounter are outside the US. That will surely change in the coming months as we see the screws tighten here, but anyway....
An American beggar will demand $5 if I offer them $2. Twenty if I offer five and so on. If they aren't satisfied they carry on which doesn't help their cause. I all but quit giving money and instead give food outside McDo or a grocery store.
The Filipino beggars are pretty easy to please with just a few pesos and a few minutes of my attention.
The older pinoys are those that get my sympathy. Most of the time we buy extra at the burger shack or grocery store and hand a small number of items out to people.
They are always thankful and appreciate what we give. Contrast that with the Americans that seem to gravitate to me and are never satisfied and rarely polite.
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