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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Both sides get extremely polarized on it.
The idea that just because people are worse off in India and China shouldn't be a way to dismiss the fact that we are richer than those countries per capita and still have people who are starving. I wouldn't care whether it was the government, or charity, or whoever was providing the food, but it is neither or if it's both it isn't enough and that is incredibly tragic.
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It certainly is tragic, but I am concerned about where we dump the responsibility. I believe it is on the American people to help the less fortunate (as opposed to the government). But if we ever really want to stop poverty, we have to reduce a culture which condones irresponsibility. I of course am not claiming all people living in poverty are lazy, but there is an epidemic in this country of irresponsibility, and that will certainly be an obstacle to ending poverty in America.
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