Is the poverty is always associated with laziness?
By srisahara
@srisahara (4508)
Indonesia
October 26, 2015 10:15pm CST
In my country, poverty is still a problem to be solved. Approximately 10% of the population in my country still live in poverty. They do not have food, clothing and house that adequate for living .
The Government has organized several programs to eradicate poverty, but not enough to finish it because so much the number of poor people here.
What do you think about poverty? Is the poverty is always associated with laziness?
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8 responses
@srisahara (4508)
• Indonesia
27 Oct 15
Yes, that is right. there are some reasons poverty is difficult to remove. I hope government will make a policy that able to reduce poverty in my country immediately.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
27 Oct 15
Not necessarily. Inadequate wages and failed policies can be among the factors as well.
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@srisahara (4508)
• Indonesia
27 Oct 15
I agree with you, there are some problems and factors that be cause of poverty. The weakness of government to push adequate wages, policies were not support to reduce poverty and there are no partiality to the poor is also a cause of poverty.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
27 Oct 15
Of course it is not. The deck is stacked against people who start off poor. It is much easier to be rich if your parents were rich, and middle class if your parents were middle class. It is much harder to rise up from poverty.
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@srisahara (4508)
• Indonesia
27 Oct 15
Yes, I think so, it is so hard to come out from poverty. It needs some support from many parties, family, environment, culture and government. Thank you for your respond.
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
27 Oct 15
I believe that it is not laziness..it is the fault of the government.
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@srisahara (4508)
• Indonesia
27 Oct 15
Yes, I agree with you. Government has a responsibility to solve problem about poverty, because government able to create a policy to resolve this problem.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
27 Oct 15
@srisahara Yes only maybe one or two would be lazy..usually it is economic problem nobodys fault.
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@srisahara (4508)
• Indonesia
28 Oct 15
@TiarasOceanView Yes, personally, a poverty is caused by laziness, but nationally, a poverty is caused by weakness of economic system of the government.
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@Carol2015 (136)
• Zhengzhou, China
27 Oct 15
Poverty is due to a lot of reasons, but I think laziness is the biggest reason.
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@srisahara (4508)
• Indonesia
27 Oct 15
Yes, you are right. Personally, laziness is the biggest reason why a people being poor.
@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
1 Nov 15
Not always, no. There are other factors involved...sometimes even larger the the people immediately involved. I used to work in homeless shelters, and in many cases there was illness involved, and in some cases people even had jobs. It's a very large topic:(
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@srisahara (4508)
• Indonesia
2 Nov 15
Yes, you are right. There are many problems that involved the poverty such as, education, disability, government policy etc. But, personally, laziness have a few role in this case. Thank you on your response, Have a nice day!
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@FourWalls (69033)
• United States
27 Oct 15
I have no doubt that there are a lot of people who are lazy and would rather sit on their butts and let someone else earn their money. In the U.S. it's estimated that the benefits of Welfare, between food, health insurance, housing subsidies, and money, would require a job making approximately $27,000 a year to equate the Welfare (not to mention the welfare is tax-free). I've worked with people whose first words on their first day on the job are, "how long are our breaks and when do we eat?"
Another issue isn't "laziness," it's dishonesty. There are people who could make $50,000 a year with the effort they put into ripping off the system for $5,000.
Another thing that causes problems, in our country anyway, is the ease with which someone can get deeply in debt. Credit cards are handed out like candy at Halloween in this country, and in many cases to people who are high credit risks.
Having said all of that, there are plenty of issues that keep the cycle of poverty going. There are things that people must have, at least in our country, including transportation, food, clothing, and housing. The price of all these things keep going up much faster than the wages do.
