Poverty; is it cureable?

I could not find any other topics regarding this, so I thought I'd post one.

Poverty in the "Third world countries" has been a problem regarding those in Western Nations for decades, with Governments always trying to come up with solutions.
I do believe that we are doing good to an extent, which is why I recently signed up to a website, Kiva, in which you can directly help those in need by loaning money to families in need.

However, if we look at the evidence, is the world not going in a cycle? Did we not virtually end poverty in some areas decades ago?

Discuss.

 

Note: i am NOT a racist person.
ok hi, I have been hearing of 'people in need of resources' for a very long time now and the amount of money that people send there is a very suprising figure, instead of giving these people a very scarce amount of rescource, wouldnt they give all the males a vesectimy to let the land re-grow?

 

Great topic by the way

 

proverty could end tomorrow if we became communitists and spreaded the worlds worth between everyone. but that would only work if there was no corruption within the world, which will never happen.

If money wasnt wasted on nuclear warfare, on politicial campains, on all the bullshit and actually cared about these countries, great things could be done.

 

The fact is is that a very large percentage of the things we own are made in third world countrys because of low minimum wages/cheap labour.

And then there are factors like corrupt governments, greed etc. These sort of things cause poverty.

Without these political campaigns we wouldn't have governments to run the countrys, therefore poverty would increase even mroe dramatically!

 

A) So long as there is society, there is poverty.
B) Humanity will never attain such a purity to not be corrupted by greed. So long as human society exists, corruption does.

Therefore, poverty is unnavoidable.

 

I'd just like to point out that your thread title suggests poverty is a disease.

Anyway, poverty will always be around. As swan said, where greed exists, poverty will as well.

 

This post is NOT meant to offend anyone in any way.

@Tezlin: That was on purpose. In my eyes, Poverty is like a form of cancer; it has been lingering in the world since time began (Correct me if I'm wrong), and no certain cure has been found. The same can be said for Poverty, as nobody has of yet found a way to end it.

@Java Lamp: A Vasectemy's relevance is...? That confused me But it's true, the amount of "Relief" we send in the form of money is astounding, and yet there never seems to be a change in their position.

@Sythe: I don't believe that the way to cure poverty is to make everyone equal in the sense that they would all have the same monetary status, however I do believe that those with vast amounts of wealth could help those in need more. This does not mean I think it should be mandatory that the wealthy should give half of their money away or something insane like that.

I don't really see where this post I'm currently writing is going so I'm gonna end here

 

Curing poverty is a nice sentiment. Just make sure you don't take from the rich to give to the poor.

If you really want to combat it, go find the poor, and kick them out of their apathy. Make them resent their 9 to 5 jobs. Get them to stop clinging to the traditions of others, and find their own way in life.

 

They need to industrialise in those countries instead of the chinese all the time! Just move to africa and the rest of it and get cheap labour at probably less than anywhere else and it will gradually decrease the poverty anyway and people would buy this because the more is bought the more these people earn thus the less poverty in the world.

 

it's not.... some people are jackasses... when they get money they spend it on drugs, beer/wine, or cigs/cigars. or something stupid

 

Fool. You can't just go and build a factory in Africa. That requires both money and education. Both are lacking. Also, there aren't many resources in a lot of African countries, and they struggle with agriculture as it is.

 

WTF , Of course disagree.
In Islam , Every one make a profit. He should calculate the profit he made in a year and pay 2.5% from it to the society. This has been really done in the age of Islam and guess what . There were only 3 poor ppl in the whole kingdom. The Ruler , His servant and his donkey.
So , I think it can be end if rich started to give the poor.

 

It was only cured a few times in the past during Islamic reign.

 

communism would only work to end poverty if there was no central bank system. communism+central bank system= Globall Poverty and Enslavement

 

If the theory is true that the world will unite and become on big nation and our currency is a chip implanted into the human body, then yes that will end it because it will all be communist or fascist, not sure which one though.

 

want to piont out anymore of the obvious?

shredderbeam, you talk like poor people choose to be poor, choose not to work, yet you dont realise is that there will always be a higher population then what there is jobs available therefor there is always people that cant possibly work. Not everyone can possibly hold a job at the same time, theres just to many people and not enough jobs.

 

Well, as far as I'm concerned, both sides of the agruement have made pretty good points. But, no I don't think poverty can be cured. There's too many greedy people, con-artists, bank robbers, scums, bastards, street hustlers out there, to let a man get a chance. Worse of all, illegal immigration, working for cheap, and the reply of the working man is "... dude, all they do is steal our jobs!" , no, they don't. They don't "steal" your job, they earn it. They do it 2x better you at 1\2 the price. Don't complain, turn illegal immigrants work, into your competition. Don't spend big $$ for a month, and then you'll figure out how to work it out.

So, no poverty is not cureable, until the criminal world is undertaken, and until Immigrative Workers who work cheaper and harder then the working man, has been resolved.

 

The ancient roman empire kept ALL theircitizens out of poverty. Giving grain to those in the poorer 'subura' area. All those who fell Into debt became slaves. The majority were well looked after.

Communisminvolves no money

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