Because once he gets a job and starts earning, things will work out well. He replies that he had tried to apply for a government job but there’s high unemployment. And we can see the data for this too. About 20 days ago, the Central Government informed the Lok Sabha, that 220 million job applications were received in 8 years, but only 722,000 jobs were given. You’d then ask, why he needs to chase Government jobs? He can look for jobs in the private sector. The beggar will ask you to get him a job.
Because though he had tried to get one, no one hired him and he remained unemployed. Then you’d tell him to start a business. Since our Prime Minister had said that selling fritters on footpaths is an employment too. If he doesn’t want to do that, he can learn a skill instead. Being skilled, he’ll get some job or the other. To this, he will ask you, to get him admitted to a skilled course. Money is needed to get an education. He doesn’t even have money to feed himself, how can he afford to get admission into a course? To learn a skill?
As far as starting a business, He might ask you to loan him ₹10,000. He’d need some starting capital to start his business some initial investment, He’ll promise to return the ₹10,000 that you lend him as capital, once his business takes off. Then you’d realise, that its easy to lecture someone, rather than give them the funds they need. The point is that when you think realistically, what options does the beggar have? There are only 2 realistic options. Either he continues begging, or he does nothing and starves to death. Would you consider this a freedom to choose between the two choices?
