This town will fine you for giving money to homeless people

Giving money to beggars may generally be considered an act of kindness -- but in the Italian town Bordighera it is now supposed to be an offense punishable with a fine. The town's mayor, Giacomo Pallanca, made the decision in response to complaints about homeless men and women begging for money, according to Italian newspaper Il Secolo XIX and the […]











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