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Thursday, April 02, 2009

Should Begging Be Illegal?

Being Poor Just Got Harder


Bangladesh has made begging illegal and intends to eliminate the practice from the streets of the impoverished country within five years.

Hundreds of thousands of people depend on begging to survive in Bangladesh, where 40 percent of the 144 million population earn less than a dollar a day.

"Anyone caught begging will be put in jail for a month. This includes people who pretend to be ill or use a disability to get money," said an official.

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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 2, 2009 at 9:43 AM

    those poor people. I feel horrible for them... but maybe they will get atleast a meal in jail

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  2. AnonymousApril 2, 2009 at 10:17 AM

    Shameful

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  3. asdfjkl;April 2, 2009 at 12:18 PM

    Atleast they will get a meal (maybe) in jail???

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  4. AnonymousApril 2, 2009 at 1:23 PM

    I find it incredibly painful that we ordain to treat other humans in this manner. Very shameful indeed, 10:17.

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  5. AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 10:35 PM

    gess, all they have to do is sneak over here and get everything that americans cant get.

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  6. AnonymousApril 5, 2009 at 8:38 AM

    We all should look after one another...

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