QUESTIONS:
1.Who do you think is poor?
2. Why do you believe people are poor in the US and globally?
3. What do you think is being done about poverty?
4. How well do you think poverty is being addressed currently in the U.S?
5. What do you personally think should be done about poverty?
ANSWERS
1. How does one describe who is poor opposed to who is not? Poor can be defined as one having little money or few possessions, yet is that what "being poor" really is? Is it right to put the malnurished and underprivileged children whom know know difference for equal opportunity to be categorized as poor with those who voluntarily enagage and become addicted to drugs and end up on the streets, dripping in poverty; Is this a fair judgement? In my eyes, poverty and the poor are those who are not able to have access to the equal opportunities that we have in America.
2. When it comes to finding a reason why people in Americaare poor or are poverty stricken; there is none. Globally, people are typicaslly in dire destitute because of the unequal chances given to people (or not given in this case).
3. In all honesty, it is hard to talk about what I think is being done to completely rid of poverty and prevent it as much as possible.- which actually shows the lack of publicity/media geared towards showing the extent of poverty.
4. Poverty is beyond any doubt not shown enough to the public eyes in the United States- therefore rarely thought about. If the poverty that is contiunally happening was shown more often, rather than being overlooked than maybe people would begin to realize the absoulte destitiute people are living through (globablly and in the U.S).
5. Although there are many people who have made attempts to find a "cure" for poverty (relief groups and so on) what is the successful and right apporach to achieve the depletion of poverty? I truly believe that spreading the word through schools/media and making people more knowledgable of the extent of poverty, then hopefully people would become more aware and begin to take serious action as a community to solve for better. Solving poverty is not a one man act, but the efforts of a community.
I totally agree with you and think that the problems of poverty should be introduced in schools. However, I disagree with your thinking on another regard. There are a large number of reasons we can attribute to those who we consider poverty stricken. Whether they were born into it or slipped into in gradually the reasons are (not always) but usually out there.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Singleton... I believe the reasons are out there. They definitely vary tremendously from region to region or even cultures, but nonetheless they are there. I believe that the reasons can actually help lead to a resolution in some cases. For instance, If a family is poverty striken because of poor financial decisions and lack of budgeting skills, educational measures of money management may be a program to successfully eliminate the problem for that family. On the other hand, a person who is addicted to drugs, milking the system for all its worth, and has no desire to help themselves... THERE MAY BE LITTLE OR NO RESOLUTION... Just a thought!
ReplyDeleteYour last point is incredibly plausable. It most definitely does take the efforts of a community to help relieve poverty.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that the reasons why people are poverty stricken are almost endless, but I also believe there is always a way out of the situation, if the effort is put forth.
ReplyDeleteI concur that society as a whole must embrace the problem in order to affect solutions. The absence of solutions makes it society's problem. Drug addicts should be treated for mental health issues, not through the penal system. That might help to relieve some of the $ being thrown at them to no avail to keep them in and out of prisons without really addressing their additions. I would not put, therefore, drug addicts in the same category as people who are poor due to chronic conditions mostly their control
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