Coos Bay Panhandlers Outearn Clerks

In 2008, a police survey found that panhandlers outside a Wal-Mart in Coos Bay, Oregon, could make $300 a day, more than the Wal-Mart store clerk reportedly earned in a week. A police captain named Rodger Craddock said most of the panhandlers were longtime residents who had homes and treated begging as their chosen profession. Police said most were docile and had broken no law.

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