Now that the weather is welcomingly warm, the beggars, and the "beggar-musicians," have returned to their posts.
In the dead of winter, there were no pitiful faces haunting the side windows of taxis. By early spring, a few brave souls started staking out major intersections and pacing the length of subway cars. This month, it's back to business as legions of mendicants and musicians roam Beijing, relieving me of yuan after yuan.
I'm a former student of economics, so I understand incentives and know the rational arguments against giving money to those who beg. But I can't help it. I'm a sucker for a sad sight.
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