A few days ago, invited me on the street an old friend who just arrived from Jakarta. We last met during college. As he knew I was on duty in Manado, then he sent shot message service (sms) to myhandphone. “Broer, I was in Manado, there is a vacant time? accompany me to the famous places to eat baked fish ok” After setting the appropriate time, I finally took him to a seafood restaurant on the beach Manado. The place is quite simple with the aroma of grilled fish that have been inviting our hunger. Become a culinary tour that afternoon we suddenly. Manado typical meal of grilled fish, plus coconut ice was delicious while enjoying the atmosphere of the sunset on the coast of Manado. While enjoying the food, suddenly there came a young woman in a state of blind menghampir our table. He is not alone, because it accompanied by a mother who is old. I do not know, whether it’s one of the boy’s parents or not. He seems to be a companion and guide for the girl. The mother then took something from the bag basket. “Oom nuts! Nuts oom” she handed her hands on the seat beside me. Having been familiar with a situation like this in Manado, I then took two thousand pieces of money. “Peanut let alone mothers, just take the money” so I said. With a smile, mother and daughter who had been blind to thank as he left leaving us who return to continue eating. My friend then asked me.

“Broer, Is it ok at here if we did  like that huh?”
With a little confused, I asked him back again. “Meaning?”

“Yeah, you mean guns in fine wearing the same here if the government give money to beggars?” My friend replied.

“Yes guns possible bro, why do good in a fine” I answered firmly.

“In Jakarta possible Broer, regional governments are there to make regulations for the imposition of sanctions that give alms for beggars, the end is still a conversation. I think the guns it is also true for local government tuh rule so,” replied my friend.

“To you guns right, but if the government were true guns nyambunglah yah bro! Finally, the victim again. Well, go eat again while we are here guns forfeiture, which is important dah do good, his business will be to the Lord lately” I Cont .

Whose fault?

If in question, probably no one who aspires to become beggars. But why can there be beggars? The most basic answer is the economic factor. There are people who did because of economic necessity, become beggars. Pressure needs of the high life, with standard incomes far below the daily income of beggars as a way to make money the easiest. Enough with the begging. Now, if someone asks, then there is giving. But if that request and that gives the wearing of sanctions, so another concern. What makes the rules should be keen to see, that the beggar is a social phenomenon. Giving alms is a good deed, and a bit strange that good deeds should be sanctioned. Act of giving alms in the context and the realm of morals, ethics. Any religion must be taught to do good, help the weak and needy. Okay, if every year has become the sights and phenomena before Lebaran, the city became filled with the beggars who came to be organized. If it’s Jakarta Government has the spirit and good will make his city to be more secure, peaceful and comfortable for its citizens, might well be. But the deterrent effect it’s not the right solution. Remember, that the beggar was born as well as victims of government policy. Needless I say, how many government policies are not siding with them the beggars? Once we know the name of Transmigration program in the New Order era, after the reform, I do not know if that program still works or not. Beggar was not wrong, who gave alms is also not wrong. What’s wrong is the system that needs to solve. If someone comes in Jakarta, means there is urbanization of the area of ​​origin. So the best solution, is working with the areas surrounding Jakarta, which has always been a place of origin of immigrants. Parliament not often make comparative studies with other regions. Tunjukanlah results, do not make reasons for decentralization as an obstacle to cooperation. Water flows because there is the source. Well, spring water, it should be closed. Local government area of ​​origin of beggars who have to work hard. Training centers in enable. Free schooling for those less fortunate also in galakan prove, given the person who is the beggar is also due to low education level. If so, the government that had a big hand in this social phenomenon.

Lazy Habits

We do not have to pretend and be aware that we actually live in a culture of begging in this country. The country is also live now with a loan here and there. The term debt to cover debts. If we truly prosperous, no longer need to go to the IMF, the World Bank or lending to developed countries. What do beggars in begging way is actually a mirror for the nation. if beggars beg, we will say it is natural, because they did not have a job. But if there is illegal for government employees, officials are subject to bribery, corruption and nepotism and collusion of office, it goes begging category guns anyway? Well, it means there are two beggars dong! Street beggars and beggars tie. Almost all cases of corruption in the natural officials in this country because of bribes and kickbacks from businessmen. The question is, what is less so poor with the salary had to beg to employers of all? Or also, main shortcuts brokers use to test all incoming civil servants. Another example is the illegal or improper maintenance of administrative costs in government offices that had already become bureaucratic disease. I only hope that someday there will be transparency in government to solve our poverty and ignorance in the land of Indonesia ..