It's the currency of choice for tooth fairies and grandparents, panhandlers, migrant laborers and off-the-books household staff.

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With no sign of urgency, they meander among homeless panhandlers, past stores like hemp-peddler Avatar Imports and Mama Chola's Pagan Pantry.

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Even some corporate chieftains are calling for a moratorium on campaign donations, experimenting with the idea that, like panhandlers, if you stop giving money to politicians perhaps they will go away.

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Was it better to offer panhandlers food or nothing?

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