With a record 46.7 million Americans living in poverty (9.4 million more than before the financial crisis), it is perhaps not entirely surprising that the need for ‘help’ is surging. However, as NYTimes reports, there is a spreading epidemic on social-media that smacks of anything but providing for the needy – and one man whose mailboxes have been increasingly filled with monetary requests, has a theory about it all – “I think online begging has become the new economy.”
‘I woke up to four new people today asking me for money on four different donation platforms,’ one friend said. ‘One was my ex-babysitter announcing her wedding and where I could send cash. No invitation to the wedding. Just cash.’ ‘I’m a believer in giving to real charities: medical research, school drives, the Red Cross, et cetera,’ said Heidi Knodle, owner of a picture framing store in San Francisco. ‘I’m tired of people asking for a vacation, funds for a wedding or their college tuition.’
This post was published at Zero Hedge on 11/08/2015.
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