[quote=sreeb][quote=CA renter]
Wealth is relative, and most “poor” people don’t compare themselves to others halfway around the world; they compare themselves to those who are visible around them — in their own countries.[/quote]
If your standard for “poor” is relative to the population as a whole, we can give up on doing anything about poverty right now.
If you can come up with some absolute goals then progress is possible.
If your goal is “no one in the lower 10%” then it isn’t.[/quote]
I think we can encourage a society that values skills in different ways. We need to be open to the fact that not everyone is the same, nor should we want them to be. Right now, many of “the rich” make their money not by working harder or smarter, but by being better connected. This is what angers me most.
IMHO, we need to reduce the power that money has over our government, and we need to create a more transparent government that is 100% accountable to ALL citizens, equally. My biggest gripe is with how money so totally corrupts our government, and how this manifests itself in tax and trade policies that so regularly benefit the few at the expense of the majority.
