does the government really care?

I honestly don't think the governement cares about anyone you had mentioned. It seemes like the people of the country who are on the lesser ends of the income will always stay there and really never get a chance to get ahead. I recieve money from my county for my 2 children because I do not receive child support. Last fall I got evicted from my old house becuase things were just too expensive. I have been recieving aid for my children for nearly 3 years now and the amount has never gone up, although the minumum wage and cost of living in my area has. (Welfare is supposed to keep up with the general costs of living.) So my answer is they keep up with the minimal alotment of what they have to do, but make it difficult for anyone to recieve any more aid, even if absolutley necessary.

In the Philippines, I don't think that the government is sincere in the program of caring for the needy including old people. I think the poor are very important for political reasons as when there is election when the need the massive votes of the poor. Many things could be done but sincerity is what's necessary on the part of the government here.

Unfortunately, there isn't much to be done. The only thing the government cares about is seeing to it to take away kids from homes.

Only a change in who is a part of our government can make these changes. All you can do is vote for the right people to run our government.

In a country unlike my own, that was not built on and sustained by a class system, it is a sign of the times that this question is so relevant today. With success comes a certain arrogance of position and lack of respect and feeling for people of lower social standing and status. More and more, America is replacing it's own version of the English class system with the status of money and power as it's currency of respect. It is different in name but just as socially divisive. It is naturally more evident in the metropolitan areas, but more and more the powerful people are taking residences in the rural areas and transferring the same values wherever they go. Political manouverings have ensured consistently over the past 50yrs, that the rich get richer, whilst the poor work harder. This is not the fault of the poor, as much as the determined efforts of the highest paid, most powerful few, to pass laws that safeguard and enhance their own position, whilst protecting certain advantages in Law for themselves, at the expense of facilities or services for the poor. Human nature should be weighed against what is best for a community as a whole. Inequalities breed jealousies and disatisfaction. Inequalities of opportunity, reward and justice are to be avoided. The justice system, politics,EPA,FDA, accountability, education and Law and order should be funded from general community funding rather than come under the influence of any individual or special interest benefacors. The current Lobby system should be scrapped. Companies should not have unfettered access to political influence. Political influence should come directly from the people, as a result of discussion and concencus. The media should also not be concentrated in the hands of a few, rather the large Corporate media giants should be broken up and sold to diverse interests. Safeguards should be in place to preserve the dignity of the elderley, the sick and the diasbled. Universal health care would be essential. Civic development corporations should be set up to develop and expand low cost properties for first time buyers, and to ensure the provision of accomodation for the elderley and low paid. This would be done largely by the buying, rental, maintenance and sale of property on the housing market. Students could be encouraged to spend time working for these civic ameneties. All the so called burdensome sections of the community can become much less of a burden, or even contributors to society, if they are thought of as part of society rather than just valued according to current financial constraints. For example; every community could have its own farm supplying low cost local produce to the community. This could enhance the lives of elderley volunteers, low level criminals, the handicapped, recouperating individuals, young students and anyone who chooses to get involved. Handicapped people should have access to mainstream schools, with specialist teachers, in order to enable the majority of citizens to interact with handicapped folk at an early age and onward. I figure I've solved enough of societies ill's for one day, perhaps I'll add more later. lol

U.S. Government was SUPPOSED to be in place FOR the people. Not for themselves..and they seem to care more about themselves than they'll admit. Just look at it this way, government officials have cushy lives where millions of people have no homes, or even if they do very, very, very crappy ones. My family's a pretty good example..we almost went bankrupt twice last year. There's been times we haven't known where our next meal was going to come from. We STILL have no running water. I live in a inky dinky room with my little brother.. And we've gotten hardly any help. Even if my Mom would admit I had mental issues we wouldn't even be able to afford a trip to a psychiatrist. Nothing we buy is new..it's all second hand, from thrift stores or garage sales. We're lucky to be able to afford the internet, electric, and heat bills every month..and the people have been understanding when we've been late on paying them. But no one's really helped out. The government doesn't care. So..meh. I don't know what should be done..what COULD be done? I don't even know. I think this country just kinda sucks because of how corrupt it's become..in a way it's almost worse than the lands of the times that the founding fathers tried to escape from.

i am 2 out of the 3 you have stated here , no I don't think they care , I think they care for their expenses and the money THEY can earn , I just don't discuss politics any more as I just get so worked up and angry , we older people are just forgotten , I think so anyway , xx

I don't think that the government really cares about these people nor do they want to spend the money to help them get back on their feet.

All the politicians play the same game and tell us how important these issues are to them and then they go ahead and do nothing about it. IMO all they really care about is lining their own pockets while they are in office. There are very few that I actually trust.

I honestly don't think the UK government gives a crap, I'm a carer for my disabled mother & the amount of struggling they put me through is disgraceful. Nothing to live on, no housing, endless debt. The irony is I work longer hours than almost everyone, I get no days off, no holidays & I will do it for her because she's my mother. & they expect me to live on £46 a week. They say they want to cure poverty the world over, but all I'm seeing is the rich getting richer, businesses making more profits, utilities going up monthly, tax rising. How exactly does this cure poverty, it makes it worse? I won't get started on Homelessness or I'll never shut up lol

The government does not care about poor people... because poor people are a burden on the economy of the country. It only tries to keep everyone alive on the bare minimum in order to appear politically correct. The government is run like a business. And a business has to make money. It earns its money from the rich people earning a lot of money... by collecting taxes from them. It is not the government which does not want to help the poor. It is the people who make all the money... who don't want to pay taxes to help the poor. Rich people don't understand poverty, sickness or disability. They believe that everybody is equal and everybody should be working in order to earn its own money. They have no sympathy for the poor. The government has to listen to what rich people want... because the rich people have the real power and can... not only take the government down... but bring the whole economy down at the same time. And if they do so... the poor will get even poorer as there won't be any money at all for them. The poor has only got one option to get out of poverty... and that is to get a job. But at the same time... there are a huge amount of people who do work... and still live in poverty. That is where the system fails. Low income earner should be rewarded for not using the welfare system by making their income tax exempt. If the government did so... it would encourage many people to get of welfare. The people would be richer for it... and the government would be richer by not having to spend so much money on welfare. I cannot understand why the government cannot see that.

I can not say it. Because here in our country, the government is always involves in graft and corruption. Our economy is not improving. And many citizens still belong to below poverty line.

I don't really think that the governent does care that much about all of the normal people because if they did they wouldn't be spending money on things that doesn't relaly need money to be spent on it and they would worry more about the people that are poor and can barely make it and things like that and the homeless people an the people that are really sick and can't provide for themselves...so no i dont think they care..

First of all, I stuck with THIS STUPID MAC OS X PANTHER! My opinion, it depends on the government and the leader. If there's so much poverty, corruption etc., it shows how poor the mind of the government leader. What we citizen can do, never ever again vote for that government, do protest peacefully. But before that, we don't hafta wait for the lazy government action to help the homeless, elderly, kids and poor individuals. We as caring citizen must play our role too to help those in needs.

I don't think so. The government here in the Philippines lacks sincerity in providing for the welfare of the homeless, the elderly, the kids, the low income families, and others who need the attention of the government. It seems that this class of people are important to the government officials only during election time. Majority of the voters come from the lower bracket of the citizenry and so the government officials woe them to get their votes. But after winning and occupying high positions in the government, the government officials again concentrate on strenghtening their personal interests to maintain their power and for their future generations.

The government would like you to believe that they really care about the issues you brought up, but their actions don't match their talk. There is no reason any person here in the United States should be without health care or go to bed hungry. And now the high cost of tuition is making it unaffordable for many to attend college. I'm not sure if this is correct, but I read somewhere that the United States is spending 2 million dollars a minute in Iraq. If this is true, then you can see that our priorities are all messed up. Just my opinion. Lloyd