Rich By Begging, Society phenomenon
72We are facing global economic crisis right now. All the people in the world felt the impact of this crisis. Many company had bankrupt. They could not overcome the financial problems and they should close the company. The victims are the employee because million people lost their job and become unemployment. They are suffering now, difficult to get food and many of them become "homeless". Even the United States as the largest and most powerful country in the world were also felt the impact of this financial crisis.
In the middle of the global economic crisis there is an interesting phenomenon. I don't know, this is kind of job or business. Begging is an option in the middle of the global crisis shocks. I'll write about "begging phenomenon", This doesn't happen in all unemployment due to economic crisis. Just only a
few cases, because it brings a lot of money by begging and become a profitable
business.
I am not agree and support the begging activities. But begging has become a unique phenomenon that occurs in society.
The Richest Beggar in The World
Ken Johnson,52 is the richest beggar in the world. He always start the begging activity by sitting near the Myer shop at Sydney Central Business District. He always doing this routine activity almost 16 hours everyday at George and Market St. With the board beside him he got the money. He get the money between $60 up to $120 everyday. When the lucky day comes he get almost $330. Totally income is around $40,000 every year. This is the biggest annual income from begging activity. This could brake the law that beggar is synonymous with poverty. But we all know that this activity doing by the homeless.
King of Beggar
It looks like a China's movie tittle with "Jet Lie" as an actor. There is a man, he called Mr.To. He live in Surabaya city, Indonesia. He start his career as a beggar and now he is become the king of beggar. He has about 45 employees who is the same profession as a beggar also. He just manage the employee and he get almost $1000 every month. This is a lot of money in my country. My monthly salary in teaching doesn't reach his income. From begging activity he has three house and Honda CR-V car......Wow. Please take a look the picture below.
I have the picture of the beggar who have Mercedes Benz car. He seemed disabled (defect) by sitting on a wheelchair. But actually he is normal person and he's fine. He just seems to pretend to get the money. please see the picture below.
Begging as a society phenomenon. This is become a problem in my country. The government also try to overcome this problem. Jakarta is the capital city of my country has a role to stop the begging activities. Begging is identical with "lazy", because there are many younger beggar. Actually with younger age they should work. What do you think with this case? Do you have an opinion? Please share and give comment.
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thanks Kimberly, you are the first reader of this hub.
Wow! Prasetio30 you always come up with the most interesting hubs! It is truly amazing how people can make a "career" (using that term loosely in this sense of the word)out of just about anything.
thanks veronica. this is really happen and they feel enjoy with their "career" beside get a lot of money.
Interesting hub! I read some ten or twenty years ago about a begger in (I believe) Florida, who went door to door asking for a dollar, but sometimes got much more, in affluent neighborhoods. He claimed to never spend any more than he had to, and after so many years of this had a million dollars. He then wrote a book about his adventure, and after it became public knowledge the area in which he was begging outlawed it. He made out like a bandit first though, if indeed it was true and he wasn't exagerating the amount for his book!
Thanks Patrice, you give this topic more colorful by your story. It was really based your experience meet the "success beggar". We don't know the way how the future life. But your story is the fact about beggar. Sometimes like "undercover". They clever hidden their identity. I appreciate your comment.
$ 40,000 for annual income ? Wow Pras, it's about 400 million in our money! That's big! I can buy one house a year:) Okay, they may be "rich" but I don't like the beggar mentality especially when they used the fake wheel chair to cheat on people.
I think it's useless if we just wait our government to do something with them, we have to do and think something for them. I think creative industries could absorb some of them like re-cycling industry, reparation services etc. The most important is to get rid of easy and beggar mentality from them. Great hub as always!
Yes, I have read many a times, over the years, about people like that. Over here, in England, they boast of £200 a day. I am sure, most of it is from kind hearted people who know hardship themselves. Thank you for your hub.
Difficult subject. There will be genuine beggars who truly struggle to survive but with these charlatons people are less likely to kindly donate cash.
hi,
begging - an abuse of the society needs rectification.
I consider kids standing outside of supermarkets asking people to support their gymnastics team begging as well. If you need money earn it. Wash a car, bake a cookie, do something instead of just putting your hand out.
It's a shame that people will do this. There are so many that need help and these people take the money that might help them. They are force children to work for them. The entire thing is disgusting.
I found several comment here. Thanks for coming. I have conclusion that begging is bad things. This is kind of dilemma and they clever to hidden their activities. Sometimes they look individually but actually they have a group. And they well organized. I agree with you febrie. We have to think about how to manage them well. like you said they need "real" work.
Prasetio - There is an old saying: "Beggars can't be choosers." Your article would argue with that saying, wouldn't it? Gus
I have witnessed similar in Portugal, a guy begging in the streets everyday, we caught a train to Lisbon and he was on it and was met by a woman at the other end with a Mercedes. Perhaps if people are found to have made their fortune using this means the funds should be confiscated and passed to a worthwhile cause.
thanks Gus and Brian. maybe the old saying is true.But unfortunately why choose become a beggars. I don't know this is comes from the heart or just "money oriented". For Brian, it open my eyes that begging is world problem. I mean it happen almost in all the country. I am very sad to hear that. But this is a fact, we can reject it.
This is a very enlightening hub. The world over, this is a phenomenon. What a shame, what began as a genuine need has turned into just another scam. I never give money anymore to people begging, simply because I don't know the truly needy, and that's a shame because there are some truly needy, that can't get the proper help because of these awful people. Very good hub prasetio30.
thanks fastfreta, it's our right give them money or not. Some people say that give them mony is not educated. They will be more laziness. I agree with you. But sometime I still give them some pennies. It not drain my pocket. When the pennies times thousand I think it become big money.
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I am confused how he could enjoy that job.
thanks Mr.Syuryadi for coming to this hub. I think they have no choice and they didn't want to change their life.
Some people really don't seem to have an sense of values. I have often wondered if some of these beggars would go home at the end of the day to their fancy homes.
Sad. It's truly sad to hear people have such values. I once read a newspaper article that beggars in the Denver Colorado area earn as much as $50,000 or $60,000 in cash, and don't even pay taxes on it.
Thanks Sandy and Joel. I heard like that many times. Actually they are not poor. Begging is kind of acting, so they get the money with do anything. And like you said Sandy they living in fancy homes. For Joel, thanks to add the fact about begging which produced up to $60,000 in cash. I think they aren't employee so the government don't cut their income for tax.
This happened to me. Every day on my way home from work there was a beggar on the corner by a street light. During a red light many people would give him money, including myself. A few months later I went to a birthday party at a very nice restaurant and there he was driving a Lexus. Some people just have no shame. Great Hub as usual!
Thanks Jiberish for sharing your experience meet the beggar. I think they clever to act like that. And absolutely they have no shame. I am impressed that he was driving a Lexus (expensive cars). I don't know after the people who usually give some pennies to him know the fact that he had a Lexus. Do they continue give the money or not.
Good hub with great info. Thanks for sharing!
My goodness, you write some Awesome Hubs. You are so right. One day, on my way from work, I was outside the rail station and a man asked me for money saying he lost his purse - He just needed to get home. I gave him some money.
Next day, the same man walks up to me with the same story. I looked at him and said "I gave you some money yesterday". He walked away. Rich, Bad man. lol
Wow! Shocking! I guess we all need to quit our job and start begging, LOL:) Great hub!
Thanks Habee, Lady_E and tim-tim for coming to this hub. For Lady_E before you told about your story. I that kind of this begging model just in my country. But I was wrong , it happen in your country also. There are many way in begging, It called "smooth" begging. They didn't seem like other beggar. but it have the same aim to get the "money" from other people. With many reason like lost the wallet and other rational reason.
I've heard stories about beggars, but nothing as interesting as your hub, phrasetio30. When I was in the U.S. Army years ago there was a guy who used to ask everyone he met for two or three pennies. I'll bet he accumulated a lot of cash over time. I think some beggars enjoy "putting one over" on people.
thanks William for sharing your experience about begging activities. I am glad to know that you are interest with this hub.
I knew of this guy up in California who drove a BMW (I think). And every day he would drees up and sit on some Off ramps and beg. He made up to like $600 a day. My question is... Is it wrong to Pan Handle?
It is Fact my friend. They clever to hide their identity. I don't know what happen in overseas, but in my country they have community. Thanks Shawn for sharing about this topic.
lyricsingray says:
5 weeks ago
Great Hub, truly Thanks Again!