What is absolute poverty and relative poverty?
Q. What is absolute poverty and relative poverty? What are the Biblical teachings?
Asked by dantheman - Tue Jun 9 16:03:35 2009 - - 9 Answers - 1 Comments
A. Absolute poverty is when you don't have sh*t. Relative poverty is when you don't have as much sh*t as the neighbors.
Answered by Rod B - Tue Jun 9 16:08:53 2009
Q. What is absolute poverty and relative poverty? What are the Biblical teachings?
Asked by dantheman - Tue Jun 9 16:03:35 2009 - - 9 Answers - 1 Comments
A. Absolute poverty is when you don't have sh*t. Relative poverty is when you don't have as much sh*t as the neighbors.
Answered by Rod B - Tue Jun 9 16:08:53 2009
What's the most effective way of reducing and/or eliminating absolute poverty in the world?
Q. Propose the most effective way of reducing and/or eliminating absolute poverty in the world. absoluet poverty: the situation in which individuals live on less than $365 a year, or $1.00 a day.
Asked by green_nectarine@ymail.com - Tue Feb 24 21:54:00 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Eat the poor.
Answered by CAL - Tue Feb 24 23:57:19 2009
Q. Propose the most effective way of reducing and/or eliminating absolute poverty in the world. absoluet poverty: the situation in which individuals live on less than $365 a year, or $1.00 a day.
Asked by green_nectarine@ymail.com - Tue Feb 24 21:54:00 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Eat the poor.
Answered by CAL - Tue Feb 24 23:57:19 2009
. Is reducing absolute poverty the objective of development theory and practice or is it about reducing inequa
Q. . Is reducing absolute poverty the objective of development theory and practice or is it about reducing inequality?
Asked by ahmed h - Sun Oct 28 05:02:28 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. The maximization of GDP per capita, is usually the objective of development theory. It is assumed that this would reduce absolute poverty. In the past most efforts to help poor nations was aimed at developing an industrial base ignoring the effects of inequality. These programs were not very successful and more recently the are more programs aimed at direct improvement of the lives of the poor as a ground up approach to improving productivity, This could be thought of as reducing inequality in practice, but the aim is still the reduction of absolute poverty.
Answered by meg - Sun Oct 28 05:42:10 2007
Q. . Is reducing absolute poverty the objective of development theory and practice or is it about reducing inequality?
Asked by ahmed h - Sun Oct 28 05:02:28 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. The maximization of GDP per capita, is usually the objective of development theory. It is assumed that this would reduce absolute poverty. In the past most efforts to help poor nations was aimed at developing an industrial base ignoring the effects of inequality. These programs were not very successful and more recently the are more programs aimed at direct improvement of the lives of the poor as a ground up approach to improving productivity, This could be thought of as reducing inequality in practice, but the aim is still the reduction of absolute poverty.
Answered by meg - Sun Oct 28 05:42:10 2007
Why is it important to have BOTH Relative and Absolute Poverty?
Q. Why is it important to have both measures?
Asked by Motionlove - Wed Nov 12 15:54:24 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Absolute poverty A measure of absolute poverty quantifies the number of people below a poverty threshold, and this poverty threshold is independent of time and place. For the measure to be absolute, the line must be the same in different countries, cultures, and technological levels. Such an absolute measure should look only at the individual's power to consume and it should be independent of any changes in income distribution. Such a measure is only possible when all consumed goods and services are counted and when PPP-exchange rates are used. The intuition behind an absolute measure is that mere survival takes essentially the same amount of resources across the world and that everybody should be subject to the same standards if… [cont.]
Answered by Ronnie @ BinBrain.Com - Thu Nov 13 08:57:18 2008
Q. Why is it important to have both measures?
Asked by Motionlove - Wed Nov 12 15:54:24 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Absolute poverty A measure of absolute poverty quantifies the number of people below a poverty threshold, and this poverty threshold is independent of time and place. For the measure to be absolute, the line must be the same in different countries, cultures, and technological levels. Such an absolute measure should look only at the individual's power to consume and it should be independent of any changes in income distribution. Such a measure is only possible when all consumed goods and services are counted and when PPP-exchange rates are used. The intuition behind an absolute measure is that mere survival takes essentially the same amount of resources across the world and that everybody should be subject to the same standards if… [cont.]
Answered by Ronnie @ BinBrain.Com - Thu Nov 13 08:57:18 2008
Propose the most effective way of reducing and/or eliminating absolute poverty in the world?
Q. Which sociological theory (modernization, dependency or world systems) would agree with your proposal? Why?
Asked by LeGale L - Sat Sep 13 18:01:33 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. the bahai writings say: among other things - education of girls take precedence over boys when affordability is issue. overall education has to increase. elevation of women to take their rightful place in the governance of society - men has to give in / up certain privileges. elemination of all forms of prejudices - color, creed, kind, social classes etc - when humanity sees itself as one, poverty will decline perhaps not eliminated until later days. world governance - where every nation is equitable with one another [not necessarily equal] hence taking into consideration of each socio-econ, politico-cultural progress. elimination of tyrannical rule / corruption. world tribunal - justice is being dispensed without prejudice of color,… [cont.]
Answered by theworldisone - Wed Sep 17 21:44:53 2008
Q. Which sociological theory (modernization, dependency or world systems) would agree with your proposal? Why?
Asked by LeGale L - Sat Sep 13 18:01:33 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. the bahai writings say: among other things - education of girls take precedence over boys when affordability is issue. overall education has to increase. elevation of women to take their rightful place in the governance of society - men has to give in / up certain privileges. elemination of all forms of prejudices - color, creed, kind, social classes etc - when humanity sees itself as one, poverty will decline perhaps not eliminated until later days. world governance - where every nation is equitable with one another [not necessarily equal] hence taking into consideration of each socio-econ, politico-cultural progress. elimination of tyrannical rule / corruption. world tribunal - justice is being dispensed without prejudice of color,… [cont.]
Answered by theworldisone - Wed Sep 17 21:44:53 2008
Have you ever had direct experience with absolute poverty, either in the United States or elsewhere?
Q. What was that like?
Asked by Stacy - Wed Sep 2 23:22:22 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. yep. i was 12 and we were homeless and had to borrow money to stay in a cheap, small, dirty hotel for a month. we had to move twice in the course of 4 months, had to go on welfare, and then it started to right itself. and it's all fine now.
Answered by Rob - Thu Sep 3 00:03:09 2009
Q. What was that like?
Asked by Stacy - Wed Sep 2 23:22:22 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. yep. i was 12 and we were homeless and had to borrow money to stay in a cheap, small, dirty hotel for a month. we had to move twice in the course of 4 months, had to go on welfare, and then it started to right itself. and it's all fine now.
Answered by Rob - Thu Sep 3 00:03:09 2009
what id happening to the levels of absolute poverty in contrast to levels of income poverty in the world?
Q. what id happening to the levels of absolute poverty in contrast to levels of income poverty in the world?
Asked by mrs.bean - Mon Nov 16 16:14:46 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. What is*** spelling is important.
Answered by MyNameAShadi - Mon Nov 16 23:57:59 2009
Q. what id happening to the levels of absolute poverty in contrast to levels of income poverty in the world?
Asked by mrs.bean - Mon Nov 16 16:14:46 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. What is*** spelling is important.
Answered by MyNameAShadi - Mon Nov 16 23:57:59 2009
Why do so many people in Africa die of starvation and live in such crushing poverty?
Q. I give to charity and am a strong member of one.org My question is why is there such extreme poverty and starvation in many parts of Africa? Do they have corrupt governments? Not enough social services? Is there too much over crowding? Too much unemployment? Are diseases such as AIDS killing off main bread winners of families? Is there not enough farming land? What is wrong with Africa that so many die of starvation and live in such absolute poverty?
Asked by Tammy Manteca - Tue Aug 10 06:47:47 2010 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments
A. It's all of those, and a lot more. You left off one major one, though: colonization. African culture did not evolve in isolation. It's heavily influenced by European culture, which established colonies all over the continent from the 15th through the 19th (and into the 20th) centuries. They organized the political structures on the continent to suit their needs, not the needs of the locals. They established large countries where only small gatherings had existed before. They introduced cities and large-scale monoculture farming, designed to produce crops for export. That introduced large populations without evolving the kinds of farming that would work for the local environment. There is sufficient land to feed them if it were used… [cont.]
Answered by knoll - Wed Aug 11 01:22:20 2010
Q. I give to charity and am a strong member of one.org My question is why is there such extreme poverty and starvation in many parts of Africa? Do they have corrupt governments? Not enough social services? Is there too much over crowding? Too much unemployment? Are diseases such as AIDS killing off main bread winners of families? Is there not enough farming land? What is wrong with Africa that so many die of starvation and live in such absolute poverty?
Asked by Tammy Manteca - Tue Aug 10 06:47:47 2010 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments
A. It's all of those, and a lot more. You left off one major one, though: colonization. African culture did not evolve in isolation. It's heavily influenced by European culture, which established colonies all over the continent from the 15th through the 19th (and into the 20th) centuries. They organized the political structures on the continent to suit their needs, not the needs of the locals. They established large countries where only small gatherings had existed before. They introduced cities and large-scale monoculture farming, designed to produce crops for export. That introduced large populations without evolving the kinds of farming that would work for the local environment. There is sufficient land to feed them if it were used… [cont.]
Answered by knoll - Wed Aug 11 01:22:20 2010
Has the welfare state helped to get rid of poverty or make it worse?
Q. Please tell me if you think the welfare state has made relative poverty worse but has helped get rid of Absolute poverty but has caused a bigger problem. Please write on your answer which country you come from it would help me a lot.
Asked by Jimmy Greaves - Mon Nov 2 11:09:55 2009 - - 17 Answers - 0 Comments
A. I have mixed feelings about the UK's comprehensive welfare state. It is necessary. But has it caused or created dependency? Possibly it has to some extent, for example incapacity benefit. Many claimants are healthy individuals who are better off out of work than they are in work. But is the system entirely to blame? Why can't they earn enough to survive if they are working full time? Housing benefit, designed to help those on low incomes, or not working, to pay their rent, is easily defrauded by collusion between a landlord and a tenant, and has the overall effect of increasing rent prices for everyone else, and artificially increasing property prices.
Answered by Old Cynic - Mon Nov 2 11:18:05 2009
Q. Please tell me if you think the welfare state has made relative poverty worse but has helped get rid of Absolute poverty but has caused a bigger problem. Please write on your answer which country you come from it would help me a lot.
Asked by Jimmy Greaves - Mon Nov 2 11:09:55 2009 - - 17 Answers - 0 Comments
A. I have mixed feelings about the UK's comprehensive welfare state. It is necessary. But has it caused or created dependency? Possibly it has to some extent, for example incapacity benefit. Many claimants are healthy individuals who are better off out of work than they are in work. But is the system entirely to blame? Why can't they earn enough to survive if they are working full time? Housing benefit, designed to help those on low incomes, or not working, to pay their rent, is easily defrauded by collusion between a landlord and a tenant, and has the overall effect of increasing rent prices for everyone else, and artificially increasing property prices.
Answered by Old Cynic - Mon Nov 2 11:18:05 2009
does the united states experience absolute poverty?
Q. does the united states experience absolute poverty?
Asked by Marina Pereira - Wed Mar 3 23:43:47 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. depends on your definition of poverty, but in general, yeah. Poverty is poverty. People in the US starve and die from starvation everyday. There is some data available on this, but you have to research a little. Poverty doesn't only exist in the third world. Millions here can attest to this.
Answered by joe s - Thu Mar 4 00:20:01 2010
Q. does the united states experience absolute poverty?
Asked by Marina Pereira - Wed Mar 3 23:43:47 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. depends on your definition of poverty, but in general, yeah. Poverty is poverty. People in the US starve and die from starvation everyday. There is some data available on this, but you have to research a little. Poverty doesn't only exist in the third world. Millions here can attest to this.
Answered by joe s - Thu Mar 4 00:20:01 2010
what is absolute poverty?
Q. what is absolute poverty?
Asked by terry b - Mon Oct 20 10:25:57 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments
A. it,s when you have not enough to sustain life and you have a constant felling of hopelessness and no self esteem
Answered by Human-Species - Mon Oct 20 10:35:04 2008
Q. what is absolute poverty?
Asked by terry b - Mon Oct 20 10:25:57 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments
A. it,s when you have not enough to sustain life and you have a constant felling of hopelessness and no self esteem
Answered by Human-Species - Mon Oct 20 10:35:04 2008
Is it logical or reasonable to deny the existence of One Creator?
Q. All things are in need of a single All-Glorious Creator in everything, in all matters and circumstances. Indeed, we look at the beings in the universe and we see that there is the manifestation of an absolute force within an absolute weakness, and the traces of an absolute power are apparent within an absolute impotence; like, for example, the wonderful states and stages plants display when the life-force awakens in their seeds and roots. There is the manifestation too of an absolute wealth within an absolute poverty and dryness; like the poverty of trees and the soil in winter and their glittering wealth and riches in the spring. The sprinklings of an absolute life are also apparent within an absolute lifelessness; like the transformation… [cont.]
Asked by selsebil - Mon Jun 28 07:05:48 2010 - - 19 Answers - 0 Comments
A. well , all of the return to God (the creator ) in time of danger .. Islam talks about them in Quran (And when some hurt touches man, he cries to his Lord, turning to Him in repentance.) means, at times of need, he prays to Allah and seeks His help alone, not associating anything with Him. (And when harm touches you upon the sea, those that you call upon vanish from you except Him. But when He brings you safe to land, you turn away. And man is ever ungrateful.) (17:67). (But when He bestows a favor upon him from Himself, he forgets that for which he cried for before,) means, at the time of ease, he forgets that supplication and prayer. (And when harm touches man, he invokes Us, lying on his side, or sitting or standing. But when We… [cont.]
Answered by Allium - Mon Jun 28 07:13:39 2010
Q. All things are in need of a single All-Glorious Creator in everything, in all matters and circumstances. Indeed, we look at the beings in the universe and we see that there is the manifestation of an absolute force within an absolute weakness, and the traces of an absolute power are apparent within an absolute impotence; like, for example, the wonderful states and stages plants display when the life-force awakens in their seeds and roots. There is the manifestation too of an absolute wealth within an absolute poverty and dryness; like the poverty of trees and the soil in winter and their glittering wealth and riches in the spring. The sprinklings of an absolute life are also apparent within an absolute lifelessness; like the transformation… [cont.]
Asked by selsebil - Mon Jun 28 07:05:48 2010 - - 19 Answers - 0 Comments
A. well , all of the return to God (the creator ) in time of danger .. Islam talks about them in Quran (And when some hurt touches man, he cries to his Lord, turning to Him in repentance.) means, at times of need, he prays to Allah and seeks His help alone, not associating anything with Him. (And when harm touches you upon the sea, those that you call upon vanish from you except Him. But when He brings you safe to land, you turn away. And man is ever ungrateful.) (17:67). (But when He bestows a favor upon him from Himself, he forgets that for which he cried for before,) means, at the time of ease, he forgets that supplication and prayer. (And when harm touches man, he invokes Us, lying on his side, or sitting or standing. But when We… [cont.]
Answered by Allium - Mon Jun 28 07:13:39 2010
are you against poverty ?
Q. There are millions of people around the world who live in absolute poverty, please Help spread the word and Help Fund for these people who suffer from malaria and aids. Also from hunger and lack of safe, clean water to drink. Speak out, Lend a voice.
Asked by donnntknow - Wed Nov 7 00:31:41 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments
A. i am for feeding the world. think in positives
Answered by darragh mac - Wed Nov 7 00:34:01 2007
Q. There are millions of people around the world who live in absolute poverty, please Help spread the word and Help Fund for these people who suffer from malaria and aids. Also from hunger and lack of safe, clean water to drink. Speak out, Lend a voice.
Asked by donnntknow - Wed Nov 7 00:31:41 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments
A. i am for feeding the world. think in positives
Answered by darragh mac - Wed Nov 7 00:34:01 2007
Should there be an absolute, unqualified right to reproduce?
Q. Throughout human history, up until the present, humans have almost universally taken for granted an absolute right to have children, regardless of either their capacity to care for and support children or the consequences of exercising this right, i.e. the fate of the resulting children. Should there be an unqualified, absolute right to procreate, untethered to the consequences for the resulting children? Is it ethical to knowingly and predictably bring children into the world when either one cannot really fulfill the responsibility of parenthood or if the child will predictably suffer, due to hunger, poverty, war, disease, etc.? If, for example, genetic testing reveals a pregnancy is likely to result in the child having a serious… [cont.]
Asked by Son of Socrates - Sat Mar 15 14:29:12 2008 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments
A. I agree, we should have limits. But in this religious country, no one will touch that one. It will take extreme overpopulation and starvation issues before the pressure will be enough to limit peoples rights to have children. In the meantime the meak will be overproducing and the rest of us will be footing the bill. In another 100 years we will destroy nature and open lands and push thousands of wildlife to extinction while the ugly overpopulated human race takes over and destroys the earth. I'm glad I am living now and not then. I am sure it will be very sad..
Answered by autumnlakes - Sat Mar 15 14:40:16 2008
Q. Throughout human history, up until the present, humans have almost universally taken for granted an absolute right to have children, regardless of either their capacity to care for and support children or the consequences of exercising this right, i.e. the fate of the resulting children. Should there be an unqualified, absolute right to procreate, untethered to the consequences for the resulting children? Is it ethical to knowingly and predictably bring children into the world when either one cannot really fulfill the responsibility of parenthood or if the child will predictably suffer, due to hunger, poverty, war, disease, etc.? If, for example, genetic testing reveals a pregnancy is likely to result in the child having a serious… [cont.]
Asked by Son of Socrates - Sat Mar 15 14:29:12 2008 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments
A. I agree, we should have limits. But in this religious country, no one will touch that one. It will take extreme overpopulation and starvation issues before the pressure will be enough to limit peoples rights to have children. In the meantime the meak will be overproducing and the rest of us will be footing the bill. In another 100 years we will destroy nature and open lands and push thousands of wildlife to extinction while the ugly overpopulated human race takes over and destroys the earth. I'm glad I am living now and not then. I am sure it will be very sad..
Answered by autumnlakes - Sat Mar 15 14:40:16 2008
Please help me! A Credit Card company is suing me and I am literally in poverty?
Q. Hi everyone, I am begging for any and all help that you can give me. Six years ago I maxed out my Credit Card when I was going through my divorce. I didn't have a job at the time and wasn't getting Child Support. This Credit Card had very high interest and I could only pay the minimum payment on it every month, it ended up doing absolutely nothing to pay that, the balance just kept going up and up. So I gave up. My balance was 2,000 and somehow it shot up to over $5,000 with all of the penalties and interest they added on. Today someone came to my door with a summons saying that this Credit Card company (Aspire Visa) is suing me for $5,500. I am a single parent in absolute poverty and there is no way I can pay this. What am I supposed to… [cont.]
Asked by Jennifer - Wed Nov 21 14:59:21 2007 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments
A. They can not take your stuff but you should have closed down the account instead of letting them close it down. Also as long as you look like you are making a payment ie- $50 a month they can not sue you thats all you can afford..Just for future references. Let them sue you get some legal counsil there is free legal advice for people who can't afford a lawyer contact your local Medicade office they can help you on that one. And if they get their money it will be in payments so you will only have to pay them a little bit at a time. If your car is not benificial to them they won't take it. Good luck and I hope everything works out good.. There also are some other jobs that you can have that make good money and NO ONE can garnish the wages of… [cont.]
Answered by StinkyDinky 123 - Wed Nov 21 15:09:40 2007
Q. Hi everyone, I am begging for any and all help that you can give me. Six years ago I maxed out my Credit Card when I was going through my divorce. I didn't have a job at the time and wasn't getting Child Support. This Credit Card had very high interest and I could only pay the minimum payment on it every month, it ended up doing absolutely nothing to pay that, the balance just kept going up and up. So I gave up. My balance was 2,000 and somehow it shot up to over $5,000 with all of the penalties and interest they added on. Today someone came to my door with a summons saying that this Credit Card company (Aspire Visa) is suing me for $5,500. I am a single parent in absolute poverty and there is no way I can pay this. What am I supposed to… [cont.]
Asked by Jennifer - Wed Nov 21 14:59:21 2007 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments
A. They can not take your stuff but you should have closed down the account instead of letting them close it down. Also as long as you look like you are making a payment ie- $50 a month they can not sue you thats all you can afford..Just for future references. Let them sue you get some legal counsil there is free legal advice for people who can't afford a lawyer contact your local Medicade office they can help you on that one. And if they get their money it will be in payments so you will only have to pay them a little bit at a time. If your car is not benificial to them they won't take it. Good luck and I hope everything works out good.. There also are some other jobs that you can have that make good money and NO ONE can garnish the wages of… [cont.]
Answered by StinkyDinky 123 - Wed Nov 21 15:09:40 2007
I have remarks from the Prime Minister of Iraq. What are you guys' thoughts on these?
Q. Fort Belvoir Community Club Fort Belvoir, Virginia prime minister maliki: (As translated.) I would like to thank the President for his invitation. I would also like to thank the members of Congress who are with us today here, and to the sons and families of the Armed Forces, who are here with us in this celebration. When I stand here in front of you and I salute you, I would like to appreciate what you have done and what you have achieved. I appreciate your colleagues who offered their lives on the land of Iraq, and I tell you that Iraqis will never forget these sacrifices because they have really participated in ridding Iraq of dictatorship, one of the ugliest regimes that the region has known. And we are happy to be partners in this… [cont.]
Asked by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! - Wed Aug 2 09:08:55 2006 - - 12 Answers - 1 Comments
A. A couple thoughts: 1) The first part could easily have been written by Bush's people. It almost sounds like his type of speech. 2) The second and third parts sound more personal from him. 3) While he may speak for a good number of Iraqis and the hopes they share. It seems he does not speak for all of them and there is a good chance not even most of them. Many do not even consider him their leader, but more like a puppet the US controls. 4) Unfortunate it may be, but I fear for his life and suspect it will be a long time before Iraq ever experiences true freedom and peace if at all. However I do hope they recover soon. Let's hope his words inspire the younger generations to overcome the destruction and allow freedom and peace to grow… [cont.]
Answered by stoptheinsanity_73 - Fri Aug 4 20:56:44 2006
Q. Fort Belvoir Community Club Fort Belvoir, Virginia prime minister maliki: (As translated.) I would like to thank the President for his invitation. I would also like to thank the members of Congress who are with us today here, and to the sons and families of the Armed Forces, who are here with us in this celebration. When I stand here in front of you and I salute you, I would like to appreciate what you have done and what you have achieved. I appreciate your colleagues who offered their lives on the land of Iraq, and I tell you that Iraqis will never forget these sacrifices because they have really participated in ridding Iraq of dictatorship, one of the ugliest regimes that the region has known. And we are happy to be partners in this… [cont.]
Asked by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! - Wed Aug 2 09:08:55 2006 - - 12 Answers - 1 Comments
A. A couple thoughts: 1) The first part could easily have been written by Bush's people. It almost sounds like his type of speech. 2) The second and third parts sound more personal from him. 3) While he may speak for a good number of Iraqis and the hopes they share. It seems he does not speak for all of them and there is a good chance not even most of them. Many do not even consider him their leader, but more like a puppet the US controls. 4) Unfortunate it may be, but I fear for his life and suspect it will be a long time before Iraq ever experiences true freedom and peace if at all. However I do hope they recover soon. Let's hope his words inspire the younger generations to overcome the destruction and allow freedom and peace to grow… [cont.]
Answered by stoptheinsanity_73 - Fri Aug 4 20:56:44 2006
Why do people think globalization produces more poverty?
Q. Over the last quarter century world poverty has actually declined. The poor are less poor and there is an emerging global middle class. Two potential reasons why this is often missed: (1) People in affluent nations now have more of a direct relationship with the world's poor - they pick the coffee beans that were made into your espresso. They sew your undergarments together. We've never had this connection to them and all we see is that they're making $1/day. It doesn't matter to us if their bills are $2/week in their economy, and we don't ever think about the fact that the $1/day used to be $0.50/day and before that was the equivalent of $0.25/day in subsistence agriculture. We see a snapshot. (2) There is greater "inequali [cont.]
Asked by truthsfifth - Sat Oct 6 20:02:18 2007 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Great question. I not only agree with every word you wrote. It is not a coincidence either that the poorest countries and the ones were the gap between classes is biggest happen to be communist
Answered by Bego?a R - Sat Oct 6 20:18:05 2007
Q. Over the last quarter century world poverty has actually declined. The poor are less poor and there is an emerging global middle class. Two potential reasons why this is often missed: (1) People in affluent nations now have more of a direct relationship with the world's poor - they pick the coffee beans that were made into your espresso. They sew your undergarments together. We've never had this connection to them and all we see is that they're making $1/day. It doesn't matter to us if their bills are $2/week in their economy, and we don't ever think about the fact that the $1/day used to be $0.50/day and before that was the equivalent of $0.25/day in subsistence agriculture. We see a snapshot. (2) There is greater "inequali [cont.]
Asked by truthsfifth - Sat Oct 6 20:02:18 2007 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Great question. I not only agree with every word you wrote. It is not a coincidence either that the poorest countries and the ones were the gap between classes is biggest happen to be communist
Answered by Bego?a R - Sat Oct 6 20:18:05 2007
Why is Obama attempting to define poverty up?
Q. "The new indicator is a "propaganda device" to promote income redistribution by showing that poverty is stubborn or increasing"..It sure seems like this is this what they are shooting for don't you think so??? excerpt... The "supplemental measure" ties the poverty threshold to what the poorest third of Americans spend on food, housing, clothes and utilities. The actual threshold -- not yet calculated -- will almost certainly be higher than today's poverty line. Moreover, the new definition has strange consequences. Suppose that all Americans doubled their incomes tomorrow, and suppose that their spending on food, clothing, housing and utilities also doubled. That would seem to signify less poverty -- but not by the new poverty measure. It… [cont.]
Asked by Bulk Vanderhuge - Wed Jun 2 14:20:34 2010 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Interesting. So, they're saying there is always a poverty line based on the median of low income workers. They make could make more money and live a better lifestyle, but the statistic of of the "poverty threshold" would still see them as the bottom of the barrel. I think Obama knows that when people are the most down on their luck (regardless of their income, but if theyre made to believe they are the poverty class) they would be the most malleable to persuade new ideas of laws or examples like forcing health care on everyone to help people in poverty. Regardless of how busted the law or reform might be, it would appeal to most who are down on their luck. Maybe there is more to keeping people thinking they are poor as hell. Some… [cont.]
Answered by U - Wed Jun 2 14:51:41 2010
Q. "The new indicator is a "propaganda device" to promote income redistribution by showing that poverty is stubborn or increasing"..It sure seems like this is this what they are shooting for don't you think so??? excerpt... The "supplemental measure" ties the poverty threshold to what the poorest third of Americans spend on food, housing, clothes and utilities. The actual threshold -- not yet calculated -- will almost certainly be higher than today's poverty line. Moreover, the new definition has strange consequences. Suppose that all Americans doubled their incomes tomorrow, and suppose that their spending on food, clothing, housing and utilities also doubled. That would seem to signify less poverty -- but not by the new poverty measure. It… [cont.]
Asked by Bulk Vanderhuge - Wed Jun 2 14:20:34 2010 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Interesting. So, they're saying there is always a poverty line based on the median of low income workers. They make could make more money and live a better lifestyle, but the statistic of of the "poverty threshold" would still see them as the bottom of the barrel. I think Obama knows that when people are the most down on their luck (regardless of their income, but if theyre made to believe they are the poverty class) they would be the most malleable to persuade new ideas of laws or examples like forcing health care on everyone to help people in poverty. Regardless of how busted the law or reform might be, it would appeal to most who are down on their luck. Maybe there is more to keeping people thinking they are poor as hell. Some… [cont.]
Answered by U - Wed Jun 2 14:51:41 2010
Obama Redefines Poverty ?
Q. For the first time in nearly 45 years, the US is changing the way it defines poverty. On March 2, the Obama administration announced a new formula that redefines poverty and who poor people are in America. Instead of defining poverty as absolute deprivation (or absolute purchasing power, the ability/inability to purchase basic goods such as food, clothing and shelter), Obama s new poverty measure will define poverty as relative deprivation (or relative purchasing power). Relative deprivation means you are poor not because you are unable to purchase the basic goods of life, but because you have less compared with others. In other words, even if all Americans become wealthier as measured in absolute dollars, as long as there are… [cont.]
Asked by Gadfly - Sun Mar 21 23:58:41 2010 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments
A. In this, like health care reform, the devil is in the detail. I believe that dealing with the details will necessitate a massive increase in the government's payroll - thereby adding to the taxpayer burden that the measures in themselves impose. Thus does the American Dream become the American Nightmare.
Answered by picador - Mon Mar 22 00:14:01 2010
Q. For the first time in nearly 45 years, the US is changing the way it defines poverty. On March 2, the Obama administration announced a new formula that redefines poverty and who poor people are in America. Instead of defining poverty as absolute deprivation (or absolute purchasing power, the ability/inability to purchase basic goods such as food, clothing and shelter), Obama s new poverty measure will define poverty as relative deprivation (or relative purchasing power). Relative deprivation means you are poor not because you are unable to purchase the basic goods of life, but because you have less compared with others. In other words, even if all Americans become wealthier as measured in absolute dollars, as long as there are… [cont.]
Asked by Gadfly - Sun Mar 21 23:58:41 2010 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments
A. In this, like health care reform, the devil is in the detail. I believe that dealing with the details will necessitate a massive increase in the government's payroll - thereby adding to the taxpayer burden that the measures in themselves impose. Thus does the American Dream become the American Nightmare.
Answered by picador - Mon Mar 22 00:14:01 2010
Please tell me your frank impression re India -if a rising superpower/a nuclear threat/a very poor country...?
Q. This is for a research article on India. I am an Indian based in Scotland and solicit frank and honest response. If India is seen only as an exotic travel destination, where take-away food originated or can also be taken seriously on the world stage. Also, if the media in the West project image of India adequately - considering it is home to one-sixth of the world population , of whom 30 percent live in absolute poverty - earning less than a dollar a day and more on less than 2 dollars a day. Also, it is home to second largest muslim population in the world - next to Indonesia - has its own terrorist problems too. Do you think it can be a likely threat to the West on this account too?
Asked by purandare - Sat Sep 8 05:01:20 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Tauba Indian stop asking for white people approval
Answered by Hypocrite - Sat Sep 8 05:08:21 2007
Q. This is for a research article on India. I am an Indian based in Scotland and solicit frank and honest response. If India is seen only as an exotic travel destination, where take-away food originated or can also be taken seriously on the world stage. Also, if the media in the West project image of India adequately - considering it is home to one-sixth of the world population , of whom 30 percent live in absolute poverty - earning less than a dollar a day and more on less than 2 dollars a day. Also, it is home to second largest muslim population in the world - next to Indonesia - has its own terrorist problems too. Do you think it can be a likely threat to the West on this account too?
Asked by purandare - Sat Sep 8 05:01:20 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Tauba Indian stop asking for white people approval
Answered by Hypocrite - Sat Sep 8 05:08:21 2007
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