Some subway/public transit systems and other facilities such as those in cities like New York are doing vigorous cleaning. It should have been done a long, a long, time ago. These systems were never intended as playgrounds for begging, as homeless shelters and as
venues for these untalented performers who don’t want to go home to learn and practice their act so they can book it at a real venue. Yet, that is what that is what has become of many transit systems and facilities. The reason that this problem got out of hand so bad was several things. First, too many people would use their first-amendment rights as a means to avoid the law, despite all the laws prohibiting panhandling and soliciting on public transit trains and buses. The second is all the people foolish enough to give them money for their so-called talent or supposed misfortune.
Many feel that that it doesn’t make sense to work for a living when you could have people give you money for nothing. Such people are not inclined to work and feel that others owe them everything. They give no regard for their habits, addictions or what bourdon they might
put on society and count on others to advocate for them. More and more people feel like living off of pity as the modern American way of life, and of course, this hurts everyone by upstaging unfortunate people with their dishonesty, spreading virus and other germs with their unsanitary habits and making money off of people who really earned it, but obvious don’t use good judgement.
The working people have been in denial of this problem for years, and COVID-19 is a virus that has exposed the unsanitary lifestyles. I, for one, sure hope that law enforcement has finally learned their lesson when allowing these unruly and unsanitary shysters to circulate in our transit systems.
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