No, panhandling is not one of the many manifestations of abject poverty as I and my Chickasaw family clearly demonstrate. Professionally begging on street corners to get out of ones obligation to work and support themselves by leeching off others is not abject poverty. Even Kitty Piercy finally admitted that when admitting she lied when she said there is no difference between homelessness and  vagrant leeches a fool calls a traveler.