Proponents
In March 1993, the United
Nations adopted a resolution (47/196) titled “Observance of an international
day for the eradication of poverty”. This is an utopian goal. Poverty is not
like a disease.
Poverty Like Love Defy Definition
Poverty is a relative and
dynamic concept. There is no absolute or static poverty. Poverty is in the eye
of the beholder. Poverty like love will not vanish.
Who defines poverty? What is
poverty? Who enforces eradication of poverty? How is it enforced?
Do people classified as being poor
perceive that they are poor? Are poor people unhappy? Do poor people remain
poor all their life?
Thus, only totalitarian or big
government advocates can come up with a goal like eradication of poverty.
Individual Freedom Combined With Personal
Responsibility Humanize And Reduce Poverty
In any given society of free
individuals there will probably always be some form of poverty, but the
distribution of income and wealth will be more dynamic in terms of time and
individuals and more equitable as compared to authoritarian regimes. Over the
course of history, the track record of poverty under authoritarian regimes is
much worse than of societies of free individuals.
Free and responsible
individuals will always help people in poverty, because poverty can afflict
anyone, anytime, anywhere.
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