To work for an extra hour each day for no more money. The extra revenue generated would go to directly towards easing poverty and starvation in the poorest places and ensuring EVERYONE had enough to eat and basic medical healthcare.
Would you agree to it?
Be honest
2006-07-09 21:47:26 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I'd give it a go, unfortunately I'm not sure many people would bother
2006-07-09 21:55:28 · answer #1 · answered by kandy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO WAY. This kind of thing ultimately benefites those who have and those who have not are usually left wondering why the hell they are struggling to make life better for people when their own time is such a struggle as well. Yes I know it is all relative, but I get hacked off with being told that I should give to poverty and help the starving millions. I see little enough of my children and wife as it is, as if I would work another hour in this hole for nothing. Poverty is not the problem, excessive wealth is the problem. We are being fed a lie that if we all give then the world will be a better place, am I really to believe that Bill Gates is such a Nice Guy, when Microsoft has provided systems for some of the most corrupt and damaging institutions in the world just because he gives a few million to charity.
2006-07-10 04:54:42 · answer #2 · answered by hooverhumper22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the rate I'm going, I'd just have to give up a little Yahoo Answers time to donate an hour!
In actual fact, we'd have to work a lot less than an extra hour a day, according to the Millennium Project. One of the key members, Jeffrey Sachs is asking $150 billion per year to eliminate poverty, which is something like 1% of the rich countries' GDP. And he's an economist with a successful track record of reforming economies in Bolivia and Poland apparently.
So I'd gladly give up 1% of what I have or work 1% harder to see if this solution could work. It's definitely worth a try, and it's time to think about realistic solutions rather than give up on the problem and talk in vague generalities about obstacles just because it hasn't been solved yet.
2006-07-11 03:05:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly,...No!
Money is not the solution... We've been throwing money at these problems for many decades now, with no substantial progress having been made...
In fact, you could support an argument stating that we should do nothing for these impoverished societies; just let them die out.
I know it sounds cruel, but perhaps we should just accept the fact that sometimes ecosystems become so distressed that they fail, only to be replaced with a more adaptive and viable ecosystem; it's happened many, many times over the lifetime of this planet, and it will probably happen many times more before Earth is no longer here.
As far as Mother Nature is concerned, extinction is not a 'good' or 'bad' thing,... it's just 'practical'. Maybe we should listen a little more when she tries to tell us something...
2006-07-10 13:51:27 · answer #4 · answered by Saint Christopher Walken 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
honestly, no, I work 12 hrs a day already just to feed my family! We never starve, but it's hard to pay all the bills sometimes. I would however donate an hour of pay each day ( just not work any more) If it was guaranteed that the money was used for that purpose.
In other words, as long as there were no middle man getting rich from my hard earned dollars!
2006-07-10 04:55:32 · answer #5 · answered by cheryl m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would do it if I knew for sure it would make a difference, maybe once a week. I say once a week because, I am not a rich person and I value my time with my family I believe those who make more money and can afford extra time with their families would be more able to help.
And do you think this would really solve the problem? I don't mind helping people as long as they are trying to help themselves.
Short answer, yes, temporarily, I would.
2006-07-10 04:53:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would agree in an instant.
Because, let's face it, we ALL need to do something to help, and most of the time unless we are reminded constantly, we who are not suffering from this problem, will forget all about it. So adding an extra hour to our work day won't kill us and may just help prevent death.
I would also be in favor of payroll deductions...just think what could be achieved if all us just coughed up $10 a month out of our paychecks?
2006-07-10 11:46:54 · answer #7 · answered by gotalife 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know it may sound mean but i wouldn't, the government would use the money themselves to buy public toilets another thing that is expensive yet not totally necessary.
2006-07-10 12:12:15 · answer #8 · answered by Callum_601 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah that sounds like a good idea, one hour isnt that big of a deal. But in the US, the current economy is a mess, so i dunno about 1 xtra hour. However, I do work many xtra hours from time to time without extra pay. It is not that stressing for me.
2006-07-10 04:54:27 · answer #9 · answered by kevin k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would..
But I do not trust Governments that much, I am sure they will eat most of it before they give to the poor.
Moreover, when they give, it will be conditional...you know what I mean.
So , the best is to do it on our own...or through self charity organizations.
2006-07-10 04:54:04 · answer #10 · answered by Abdulhaq 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a good idea but would they pay for that bit of extra childcare.
2006-07-10 15:08:39 · answer #11 · answered by itty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋