Who is responsible for poverty?

Question

Consider the debate regarding invidivual responsibility for wealth or poverty vs. social responsibility for wealth or poverty. Have Americans resolved this issue yet?

Answer 1

Poverty is a natural byproduct of human existence. There will always be poor people regardless of who you want to blame it on.

Answer 2

Unless they are physically or mentally disabled the poverty stricken are responsible. Because, if they wanted to they could get off their dead *** and find a job, go to school and better themselves. That is first and foremost. Secondly, the welfare system is designed to enable the poor to stay where they are. I don't know why, but that is what is happening. Third, the school system attempts to teach everything no one needs to know, but does not incorporate Reading, Writing and Math with the most important training. How to make a living. I do know the reason for this. Teachers themselves don't know how to make a living. The only way they know how to make a living is to teach others the things they really don't need to know. I might add on a National Average they, the teachers are not doing very well of the Nothing Curriculum. Putting all these things together we have a Very Large Geometric Progression. This Progression produces nothing.

Answer 3

Everybody is responsible for poverty considering that it is the instinct of man to survive. Thus, everyone is busy fighting for money, food and shelter. To fight selfish interest, the people and government should coordinate on how to address poverty alleviation. Social awareness must be advertised so that wealthy people will share their resources to the poor. On the other hand, the poor should be involved in improving their lowly station in the society by seeking employment.

Answer 4

The Government

Answer 5

Straight and simple Banks and lending institutions.

Read the lending laws in the Torah. G-d never said don't lend money; but he did set limits.

Little things like forgiving debt to widows. The year of jubilee. which provides debt forgiveness to destitute families.

Face it anyone can be injured and left without the ability to work. This is the most common cause of poverty in America. Unexpected medical expenses combined with disability.

Answer 6

When humans evolved to a point where they could form nations an define such things as rich and poor they were fundamentally, randomly distributed around the globe. Unfortunately, their resources were likewise randomly distributed throughout the globe such that the 2 random distributions didn't match up to allow everyone to have the resources they needed. Those societies with more available resources where able to advance faster in developing techonology which allowed them to "acquire" resources from the "unfortunately located." The large-scale use of money allowed for a more fair probability of distribution, but the poor had no reasources to acquire that money until the advents of cheaper information and technology sharing. As education and technology was more available the chance of getting out of poverty again increased. But those with resources use them to take away the resources of those without, and education takes the hit.

It is normal human self-interest that perpetuates the need for resources for oneself and future generations. This comes from the hunter-gatherer days in our evolution. Modern day, which advances much faster than our biology, hasn't allowed many of us to understand the challenge of that desire nor the true impact of continuing to follow this path. Unfortunately, the tools of taking money have become much cheaper and easier in the most recent years. We no longer have to see the victims or understand the working conditions of those who our money ultimately affects.

If people don't have the resources to redeem themselves or their family from poverty, nor the information to figure out how to do so, can they be blamed?

If people don't need to see the victimization they incur when they set up trade agreements with international entities that don't hold the same political stantards of their nation, and their own government OK's it, can they be blamed?

Ultimately, I blame business for not looking more forward in their international and local dealings. They seem to follow a reactionary path of "follow the money" leaving a devastating wake behind them in decaying local cities that were once dependent on their industry. Many of them see no value in investments in chlidhood education though they clamour for more engineers and scientists. They control the healthcare system and have done little to rectify or even identify cost increases so massive many of their own employees are worse-off. They truly have the power to lobby the government to make changes like helathcare reform, education reform, trade restriction with bad foreign entities, but are too tied up in short-term profits to see that long-term they are destabilizing their markets by their behavior.

Answer 7

if you ignore it, it doesn't go away
if you don't work to alleviate it, it won't get any better
when you see it, you know how bad the problem is
when you experience it, you realize what the solutions are

poverty is like "terrorism" or "addiction". it is something we must fight against even though there is little hope of success, because choosing not to is too horrifying. and the war waged might not be obvious or satisfying, but it must be fought with care and faith in progress being possible.

Answer 8

no,the greedy rich don't want the poor to have anything,for fear they would become independant,& therefore, not be satisfied or needful of the crumbs from the richman's table

Answer 9

that's easy George w Hitler and all his greedy friends

Answer 10

... eh... it's probably a bit of all of it... and the factors work together to make the other factor worse...