Filosofo Tasio Lives
I used to give coints to children lined up in Pililla during the Christmas holiday as I pass this way. However, DWSD discourages such practice as it encourages mendicancy. True enough, when children learn to beg, they love the motivation to work and earn a living.
But it is Chirstamas time?
Where is the spirit of Christmas?
What about other forms of mendicancy and dependency being fostered by society and government: gawad Kalinga, the welfare fund of the executive branch.? We just help the really needy? Who determines who is the really needy? Really Poor?
Livelihood instead of alms?
