Begging by healthy people has become fashionable in East Texas, reflecting a decay in demeanor. On Tuesday morning a couple of large men in orange vests were in and out of traffic along US96 in Buna, holding out large buckets with crosses. What organization styling itself a church would promote this? Whether or not this is illegal, this is undignified. Get a job, fellows.
The intersection at Dowlen & 96 in Beaumont has been free of beggars for several years -- another purported church once had children begging in the streets; can't imagine Jesus being happy with child endangerment -- but the IHOP doorway and parking lot are increasingly infested with healthy looking individuals begging. On one Saturday two young women driving a Mustang and smoking cigarettes drove around to ask for money.
In the spring and summer more and more adults will set young people to begging along the highways for sports trips and, ironically, safe-graduation projects without even the metaphorical fig-leaf of a car wash. What does this teach the next generation?
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