Poverty?Homeless?Even the Rich Nations ?why?
By melmabb
@melmabb (579)
Philippines
June 24, 2010 10:59pm CST
Rich Nations brags on their achievements in Technology,Economy,Discovery,and Success...But brags not on the Issue of Poverty?we all know that they are not ignoring the Issue on Poverty..and the Homeless...I've work in Japan and i was impressed by beauty of this country and also shocked, that even in this Rich and developed Country,still Homeless and Poverty is there...In the Us, which is one of the most Powerful and developed Nation also has this Poverty and the Homeless...and other rich nations...Are they really addressing the Issue on Poverty?They are rich!right!I'm from the Philippines and i am poor,too....but have Dreams and striving hard to improve my Life and Family?
4 responses
@getbiswa2000 (5544)
• India
25 Jun 10
Hi,
This is not about a country. This is about a economic theory. No matter how efficient your efforts are for the uniform distribution, everything will be polarized. Even if you make a uniform distribution all over the world, the gap between the wealthy and poor will widen day by day. Uniformity, in economics is not the same as stability. There are financial hierarchies in even rich countries. Every government is trying hard to narrow the gap between these two poles, viz the rich and the poor. Every year they are considering new economic policies, but the gap still remains. The only way to narrow the gap is perhaps to make people aware about a few social factors. Human inclination is always towards hoarding, even if he knows that he will have to die and everything he has saved will have to remain right here. Still people are more interested in saving for the future. I am not saying that we shouldn't do that. But there is a limit beyond which we can't consume. Let the excess resource be given away to the people who are in lower hierarchy or social class. This is a sense of justice and can never be implemented by law. It heavily relies on individual awareness. Thanks.
God bless you
@melmabb (579)
• Philippines
25 Jun 10
We all know the fact that it is not the country it is the People of that country that makes the move here,many efforts are being done .but still the gap widens everyday,yes humans sometimes hoard that is true, fairly some rich private people also made moves to elevate the poor,social factor is essential here..Giving food does not always benefit, giving a Job for Living,training ,educating people may be more life time,than just giving a daily food to eat.Give not a fish,but give them a fishing rod to catch the fish...that works better,i think...Thanks!
@vandana7 (100540)
• India
25 Jun 10
Biswa - there is a difference here. There are a few who will genuinely struggle and work to make the world a better place. Then there are some, whose idea about life is have more children, feed them till they are around 10 or 12 and then send them to work. By the time the child reaches 25, he already has about 13 years experience behind him, of which, in all probability at least 5 are with physical abuse. I remember I once gave lift to a small child - little more than 8 may be, so cute - he had spanners etc. in his bag. He was crying at the bus stop as he'd missed his bus. I dropped him near his work place. He didnt trust me you know. He sat very far from me as if I would just beat him or something. That to me is poverty, preventable poverty, generated by ignorance, resistance to change, lack of flexibility whatever. Felt terrible that day. But then, even my washerwoman had six girls before a boy! And by the time they reached 10 they were all sent to work. The desire for male progeny is "a desire". They dont want to control. But those who work hard and earn and hoard for some luxury have no rights to those desires for luxuries I suppose. Some of my cousins were great advocates of communistic views, before they started earning enough and now they are great hoarders.
Nope - I will differ here. We can expect hoarders to step down, if corresponding control on desires is also shown by such people!
@2004cqui (2812)
• United States
25 Jun 10
I thought this was the space for light hearted banter? Anyway a basic course about the economy in college will show why it's necessary to have a certain amount of people below poverty level. I don't have room for the explanation here. Also my children, whom I've taught too well that all people are equal and an injustice to one is an injustice to all, have actually befriended people who live close to the railroad tracks. Bums. They all have told me I was right! Those people choose to live that way. It isn't up to us to judge.
@melmabb (579)
• Philippines
25 Jun 10
Yeah, that is right,in our country tremendous efforts have made to relocate the homeless to a descent location, but some always come back to where they are,that is why still roaming Homeless are visible,so as Poverty,i am poor but i have the will to be up there the legal and right way, yes that is true ,its the choice they want...
@2004cqui (2812)
• United States
25 Jun 10
Again, the poor will never go away. Too many stay that way by choice. As for the middle class, it is a fact that the middle class will be a large group of people. We will never see just the rich and just the poor. We need a huge population of middle class! Who pays the taxes? The middle class. The rich get deep discounts simply for being rich. But the wealthy are also the primary employers. So if we were to increase their taxes too far guess where they go (and have already)? To India, Taiwan, China, etc. We in the states have seen many of our jobs go overseas.
@scorpionsk5 (4)
• India
25 Jun 10
ya its rite u know in developing countries the politicians suppress the growth of the poor people. but when comes to developed nations i'm shocked to here this i think the major problem is with Black money! But how could the nation gets developed when there are many people who don hav a place to reside n don hav enough money to hav their daily bread?
