Certainly the fact that ones own financial security is fragile makes people feel threatened by beggars - some people, you could give away everything you own and

Certainly the fact that ones own financial security is fragile makes people feel threatened by beggars - some people, you could give away everything you own and they’d still be asking for more. However I think a lot of attitudes stem from the opposite - a lack of understanding that many homeless people are regular people, or could be, or could have been.