"la Manche" or "Rom Story"

Let's start by a N.B.: "faire la manche" means "to beg". But literally, it says "do the sleeve" or "do the Channel".
Now, let's really start.
Dear Friends of "la belle France" who intend to come here or dream to do it, you might know or not know we are facing a great amount of beggars on publics spaces, due to the shrinking of the public funding in general. Three people per trip, as an average.
Yesterday, the first one I refused, saying I was poor and broke. The third one as well. I had already given.
Indeed. The second guy was playing the violin, a funny one with a trumpet as a resounding device, he was singing melodiously enough in a slavic language, and yes I am broke, but no one rich would give anyone any money, wouldn't they? Being broke is the one reason why we display solidarity among each other.
Next time I'll tell you about Christine Delphy on rich and poor countries (what, you are francophile and don't know her? vite, a google search!)