Do you think we will always have poor people?

I don’t believe any sort of utopian world will ever exist.

I also don’t think it would be much fun to live in a world without any sort of risk or reward.

Why bother trying? 🤔

As long as we all have an opportunity to create a comfortable life for ourselves and enough compassion to help where we can, I’m good.
 

Is poverty inevitable? No.
Does poverty exists because the world does not have enough resources and money to distribute? No.
Poverty exists because of greed. The fat cats refuse to use and distribute the earth’s resources and potential income in a remotely just way.
Politicians lack the political will, not the economic means, to end the most ugly and basic poverty once and for all, and the poor lack political backing.
Governments and corporations lack enough courageous people demanding economic reform, such as decent wealth and income taxes on wealthy businesses and individuals.
Poverty lacks conscious world citizens calling an end to the waste of resources on less urgent goals.
There are many ways in which the world could eradicate the worsts forms of poverty and their consequences such as hunger, preventable diseases, and economic suppression.

Ending poverty is not as simple as providing everyone with a job, as many employed people still find themselves locked in very low paying jobs or even economic slavery.
To end poverty there needs to be a change to the world’s income distribution. Governments should consistently apply policies to combat poverty and its causes. A vast increase in investment from domestic and foreign sources is needed. This is not just a matter of donations from the world’s richest countries and people. Economic growth that improves the income generating opportunities of the poor is crucial. That means education, health care, jobs that yield a liveable income, and foremost: good governance which attacks corruption and misuse of resources.
 
Aunt Bea said:
I don’t believe any sort of utopian world will ever exist.

I also don’t think it would be much fun to live in a world without any sort of risk or reward.

Why bother trying? 🤔

As long as we all have an opportunity to create a comfortable life for ourselves and enough compassion to help where we can, I’m good.
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No challenges whatsoever? That would indeed be an extremely boring world. In fact, that kind of scenario was once used in a Twilight Zone episode to depict punishment via torment.
 
I think there will always be inequalities of wealth. That's just human nature. But poor is one of those I know it when I see it things. The government has defined a poverty level, but it's kind of arbitrary. If it means having enough food to eat and a roof over your head, then I think there is a remote possibility that some day it may not exist. But, there is more to life than the basic necessities. Where do you draw the line as being poor?
 
Grampa Don said:
I think there will always be inequalities of wealth. That's just human nature. But poor is one of those I know it when I see it things. The government has defined a poverty level, but it's kind of arbitrary. If it means having enough food to eat and a roof over your head, then I think there is a remote possibility that some day it may not exist. But, there is more to life than the basic necessities. Where do you draw the line as being poor?
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True! One man's poverty might be deemed another man's luxury.
 
CallMeKate said:
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” This famous line by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reminds us that while government handouts may sound good, someone still has to foot the bill.
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Is there indeed a communist government that ceased to exist because it ran out of citizen money?
 
Aunt Bea said:
No matter how comfortable we try to make it, the guy at the bottom of the food chain is always going to be seen as poor.
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True, by those above him in that particular society. However, far less fortunate people of other societies might be viewing him as wealthy.
 
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Not given the current way overpopulated world controlled by myriad different political entities, each with different religions, philosophies, technology, resources, goals, that selfish wealthy persons with dog eat dog attitudes dominate.

But yes hypothetically our incredible blue water world planet given technology, far fewer humans, say less than a billion, could be an absolute paradise for we future humans where wealth is not a primary goal.
 
With the advances in automation, robotics, and now AI, I don't see any chance for poverty to decline. Every year, more people will find fewer job opportunities. The "oversupply" of humans, and the decreasing "demand" for their skills does not portend well for the future.
 
First we would need a real definition of poor.
what portion besides jobs and handout does personal responsibility come into picture? I think with personal finance class as a requirement could help many.

I have worked in places were it was same pay rate for most same benefits...... some lived fairly comfortable and others floundered... could not or would not manage their money.
I worked in places where there were extremely high paid and yet some of them lived like they were on bottom rung because they had zero control or knew where their money went.
 
Jeni said:
First we would need a real definition of poor.
what portion besides jobs and handout does personal responsibility come into picture? I think with personal finance class as a requirement could help many.

I have worked in places were it was same pay rate for most same benefits...... some lived fairly comfortable and others floundered... could not or would not manage their money.
I worked in places where there were extremely high paid and yet some of them lived like they were on bottom rung because they had zero control or knew where their money went.
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Reminds me of this human female in NYC who was living in a room that could best be described as a walk in closet with a folding bed. Well, one fine day, she won the lottery But instead of wisely setting up a business, or at the least buying a house, she began frenetically spending all the money on touring the world, partying, and other such non profitable activities. Then, finally finding herself broke once more, she calmly proceeded to amble over to the same room, opened the door, unfolded the bed, and stretched herself out as per usual.
 
Remy said:
I think we will as the rich get richer. I'm really scared about this.
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see...I don't know how to answer the OP's question, but I don't know about the rich getting richer.. simply because I really believe cash is going to be withdrawn before long, , and we'll all have to use card, and then we will be at the mercy of the Banks and the govt as to what we can spend our own money on....and I think it might happen in our kids lifetime...
 
Radrook said:
True, by those above him in that particular society. However, far less fortunate people of other societies might be viewing him as wealthy.
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yes but we think they are well off in some ways because food and goods are ridiculously low priced in India and Pakistan...
 
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fuzzybuddy said:
Do you think that some day ( maybe way in the future), we will get it right and we won't have any poor people?
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There will always be poor people, imo. There are poor people in some places, that would be considered middle class in others, etc.
There are people that do not have the means and/or opportunity to eke out an existence. The definition of poor must be clarified.
 
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