Couple points. One: I'm appalled to see on a folk music forum, anyone equating panhandling and busking. And what on earth is wrong with a busker making good money at it? Two: my psychiatrist sister once said, "When other people say, 'Why is that able-bodied young man on the street panhandling?', I say, 'Oh, look - it's Bill! He managed to get himself dressed and out the door today - that's progress!'"