Poverty is very visible in our society. We can see poor people on sidewalks, streets, establishments, beside rivers, open lots; almost everywhere. As a matter of fact, 32.9% (2006 est.) live below the poverty line which is quite alarming. Poverty is great problem and is somewhat very hard for us to solve. In the past administrations, they always say that they want to fight poverty, to stop it or at least lessen it. Do they succeed on at least decreasing the amount of people that lives in the poor sector? We always blame the government and the system, that people are poor because they are not doing their job well. Is the government the only one to blame? For me, both the government and the poor people are the ones to be blamed for making poverty worst.
So first, it’s the fault of the government because of “CORRUPTION”. We can’t deny that fact that it’s the government’s fault because it’s the job of the government to take care and to make sure that the funds are used for the betterment of the country, not just for a couple of people. Funds are very important because without it, you can’t make “quality” projects and worst, you can’t start a project. Because of corruption, funds that are allocated for education, health, housing, small business and livelihood projects, which aim to alleviate the situation of the poor sector, are put up in vain. With the lack of funds, these projects can’t give out the best, resulting in bad services for the poor. Old and worn out books, chairs, crowded classrooms, not that good teachers, are what the students in public schools get while substandard materials, bad planning and placing, are the things to expect in housing projects because bad financing. Livelihood and small business became eaten by larger groups and companies because of the lack in support. Second, because of corruption and illegal activities, politicians that are good at heart became overwhelmed by the corrupt and twisted officials, making the good ones powerless and eventually, become one with the bad side. They will create laws that are easy to bend and that will benefit them, not the people. Projects that they will pass will have hidden agendas, where they can manipulate every single detail to favor them. With the corrupt officials dominating the system, the outcome would be increase in poverty.
The poor people are poor because of what they are doing with their lives. If we will try to ask them on how many members are there in their family, mostly it will be more than 4. Although they know that they can’t support their basic needs, they still propagate, increasing our population and the poor people. If they can’t manage the family’s basic necessities, then how can they be able to support the most important thing which is education? Most of the poor people didn’t finish High School or even Grade School making them jobless. Because of the lack of opportunities for them and because of their situation, it leads them into committing serious crimes. Another thing that makes them poor is because of their lifestyle. We can see them puffing a cigar almost every day, immersing themselves on illegal gambling, videoke bars, and drinking beer with their fellows. These are vices can ruin the life of a good person; what more if they are poor? Then they will be “poorest of the poor.”
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2046.html
There have been poor and rich people since the beginning of written history and somehow the status quo between the haves and haven't changed for the next millenia. It is fortunate enough that with today's increasingly open and global world, people began to see poverty at its worst, in varying sizes in each country.
ReplyDeleteYour article seems to tackle the same angle about about addressing poverty, how sometimes people who live in this deadly cycle continue to contribute to the problem unknowingly because of the many factors that prevents them from becoming efficient and productive members of society.
Of course, solutions have been up and about for years now, the lack of will among states and well-off citizens prevents the effort of eradicating poverty from being realize at the fullest.
Interesting that on another angle, you also made note about many poor families headed by single mothers, a topic which deserves a separate entry on your blog for you to discuss further. I hope you keep this up.
honestly, i don't like it when i see beggars on the street carrying babies with them. It's not that i think that they do not deserve to have babies, but they should realize what kind of life the child will be having when they are born.
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