Thursday, May 1, 2014
Chapter 13
A topic that comes up many times in this book that always keeps me interested is the imbalance of wealth among the United States. Why cant there be an even balance of wealth instead of having one person with millions while another lives on a dollar a day. In chapter 13 Wheelan addresses this issue asking, "Why do 2 billion people live on less than 2 dollars a day?" (295). If that doesn't really mean anything to you this next quote should. Wheelan also says, "30 percent of young children in Malawi are malnourished; more than two of every ten children will die before they reach their fifth birthday" (295). This makes me hate the government because we complain about the stupidest things while we could give some of our wealth to help children stay alive.
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I agree, but one of the only ways these countries will come out of this rut is if their own government picks it up. We can only give so much and if war breaks out because we are trying to help them, it makes matters worse. I should do more,but it's not totally on our plate to do.
ReplyDeletePeople are saving these peoples lives but some countries don't have enough structure to get these things done. Spreading the wealth is somewhat like communism. I think the rich people need to spend more of there money helping people.
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