Examples How the poor are blammed for their poverty?
406120
some people who live in poverty choose not to do anything about it...like get a job or an education. and some is just laziness
189915
poverty , for some people is bad ; because of their nature ; it leads them to every bad thing in life .
925375
government is about fleecing the poor.
130537
Poverty ofcourse and they dont have oil.
377956
By definition, those on the lowest incomes are poor - this is true for all countries.\n\nHow poor - well, if peoples' income is insufficient to buy the very basic food, shelter, healthcare, education and clothes then those people are in poverty. And most countries would 'step in' at this level to ensure that these basic needs are met and citizens do not die of starvation, primary illness or exposure\n\nHistorically, the US has relied on immigrants arriving and working in poverty as a base and not supported these people as they are not in the truest sense citizens. As the US restricts immigration, more of its own citizens are in poverty. Which then presents a dilemma - does the US let its own citizens die of poverty? Given the TV footage of people requiring 2+ jobs and charity food aid just to survive, the US answer is yes\n\nSo a mixed economy (some socialism, some capitalism) is the preferred model in Europe where the appalling poverty of the post WW2 years are still more than a memory\n\nBTW - France has the best medical care system in the world according to most measures - the US varies between 4th and 10th
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Properly structured statement:\n"Why are poor people always hurt by everyone, even from their own family? Why!?"\n\nSometimes being poor is noones fault. Sickness or a plant closing causes a loss of income. Other times poverty is caused by inappropriate behavior, poor social skills, lack of education and sometimes plain laziness. \n\nTo answer your question: SOMETIMES poor people dont hurt each other because they are poor... they are poor because they hurt each other.\n\nAre you poor? Well what are you going to do about it. Are you smart? If so you have to stay in school and study hard. Learn all you can. Are you not so smart? It's not a sin to be bad at school if you really tried and failed. In that case learn a trade. Be a laborer, janitor, ditch digger...anything!!!\nIf you work hard you will succeed EVENTUALLY
483928
Expliotation by wealthy to plunder the resources of poorer nations.example what is happening today in the amazon.The greed of the oil barons.Worst of all the enslavement of the worlds poor for the benefit of the worlds richest conglomerates
542126
poor people dont need money, they need to figure out how to \nnot be poor. by giving them money, you only perpetuate their\nlack.show them how to get help, or find out what they really need. most people who beg are drunks or druggies.\nreal poor people who have no money take no pride in begging.
584097
Because the wealthy lack the knowledge, or willingness to help, or else, the poor have chosen poverty as being less cold than the world.
528459
up to a point yes, but what about all those poor people who have lost everything due to the tsunami for instance??
30819
You have to remember that government programs to help the poor are really just applying a financial band-aid to the problem.  It keeps them alive, so that they can climb their way back into a better life.\nThe key is that the person must desire to change.  This is true for any disadvantaged person: poor, alcohol or drug dependent, overweight, etc.  They must desire change, or no amount of help will do anything over the long term.\n\nThe government programs are their to sustain these people until they are ready to help themselves...and then there are government programs to help them do that, too.
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I bet if you took a couple of starving ppl and sat them on the greedy person's doorstep, a lot of the greedy ones would shape up in a hurry. (At least temporarily.) They can get away with it now because the starving ones are total strangers and probably live far away. I guess they figure out of sight, out of mind. And the rich have NO freakin clue what it's like to be poor.
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The falling of many Middle Class People to being below the Poverty level, without changing anything in their lives has always amazed me.  Of course the amount of people in your family has to do with the level of the Poverty being set.  Think about the fact that many people are actually living the same life as they always have, same job, same home, same family and have fallen under the poverty level and not known about it. I think that would be an interesting place to start.  I believe that we think of poverty as having nothing and the government sets levels that makes many who live decent lives fall under poverty levels.  By this it is like the calling of Beverly Hills as an economically disadvantaged city because of the lack of jobs per capita in that city.  Well it is that way because the land is mainly used for individual residences and that is the way they want it, yet under government guidelines it falls into that category.  What I am saying is that you need to start with placing an actual definition of poverty and then look at the people who don't fit the category and then question why?
897054
people who give up their jobs to help the less fortunate.
985818
In Glod village, in Romania (a country from Eastern Europe). People there seem to be quite poor...
940129
There will always be poverty.   They can not be eliminated.   Some poverty exists because of the poor fortune people had.   But some are because of people not willing to do their best and work themselves up.\n\nThe question may how to reduce the poverty.      We must look at what are the most basic thing that keeps people down.\n1. housing\n2. medical expenses\n3. educations\n4. jobs\n\nIf only we can help/assist people with the needs for affordable help on the four major categories,  many people still stuck at or below poverty line.
55867
how about the relationship between the government and the poor people