“Why Should We Care About Poor People?”
October 14, 2009 — sekim13
Question:
Why should we care about the poor people? They don’t affect us in any way, do they?
Answer/My Opinion:
Because what the world is, or should be, trying to achieve is sustainable development. Sustainable development includes all three different development ideologies – economic, environmental, and social. We are, and should be trying to develop including all three of those ideologies which means development where we include economic factors (trade, money,GNP), environmental factors (carbon emissions, deforestation rates), and social factors (literacy rate, infant mortality rate, life expectancy).
Another point is that if the gap between poor and rich gets too large, then its actually bad for the richer people as well. This is because the MEDC’s trade and sell alot of their products to the LEDC’s. If the LEDC’s become so poor that they can’t even afford most things, not only will alot of them die, but the MEDC’s will lose alot of their customers and a big portion of profits. Especially since alot of families living in LEDC’s tend to have alot of children, so they probably purchase more.
Finally, we should care because it is the “morally right” thing to do. Even if everyone in the world is not religious, everyone still has a conscience and a small part of themselves that tell them what is “right” and what is “wrong” . Leaving all the poorer people living in LEDC’s simply die because we, the richer people living in MEDC’s, don’t want to donate or help out by giving just a relatively small portion of our money is not morally right.
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October 16, 2009 at 2:00 pm
I don’t think it’s true that the poor will reduce a large portion of profit. Because of their lowly status, most of them weren’t even able to buy in the first place, and at malls, all they do is window shopping. The food they buy are usually from a cheaper source which usually aren’t taxed which means there won’t be a change in the flow of profit.
October 16, 2009 at 2:08 pm
yooo
i like your reasons why we should help the poor. I agree that it’ll affect the MEDC’s as well. and of course is the right thing to do!
October 16, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Sherry! I agree with your idea that we should reduce the gap between rich and poor, however if the world has no more poor people and every one is equal, why bother of going to work, or work even harder than others when you know that you are going to receive money?