Why, when the US is one of the wealithiest countries in the world do we still have people who are hungry and homeless? What could we do to change it?

This is inequality which occurs throughout the wealthy nations. Wealth isn't equally spread for example fat cat executives of a company and non-educated man. A number of factors affect inequality like education, crime, unemployment etc. Some cities have more opportunities some have less, its always different

I was drawn to respond to the question of why hungry and homeless people live in the wealthiest nation in the world, and how can we bring forth change. As I tried to prod the ideas into place, it became clear... keep reading →

  Why, when the US is one of the wealthiest countries in the world do we still have people who are hungry and homeless? Could the United States be like other wealthy countries and be exploiting the poorer countries? I too, asked myself this question after a family... keep reading →

The Economy of America is capitalist. Capitalism in it's purist form is survival of the fittest. In an unfettered market every man and women are required to fend for themselves. Some people through lack of resources,skills and education as well as a host of other disabilites are unable to support themselves. There are not the many if any jobs out there in which they can earn sufficient funds in which to support themselves.

The only way the marginaised and disadvantaged can survie is if we implement social programmes including housing and welfare including food to meet the needs of these people.

“No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.”

- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

excellent questions!!!!!!!!!!!

ones i've pondered all my life...I only wish I had answers.

quandaries of prodigious proportions...

difficult solutions because of the monomaniacal glut of greed...

sadly it seems that aggressive power hungry people generally grab the reins...

good cool people don't desire to manipulate and control...

we need a fine field general because we good cool folk are a rabble of rebels...

because we are individuals....

we are in dire need of a true revolution...by peaceful means...

we have all seen the power of civil disobedience on this planet...

we can overcome!!!!

but initially we must organize...

somehow we must come together....

RIGHT NOW!!!!

IMAGINE...

HEY CAZCAT, thanks for asking these most important questions..they certainly need to b addressed....over and over....until we find solutions.

PEACE

The problem is raw naked greed. Each of us only needs a limited amount of resources to live comfortably. These rest is excess, and should be distributed to those in need.

Why don't we do it? Ego. Pure Raw Ego and Pure Raw Greed.

Our culture never allows us to be happy with what we have. Ad revenues require more and more and more....

If you choose to think the glass if half empty... then some say it's because of inequality. Some say it's because of prejudice. Some say it's because fat cats are taking more than their fair share.

But if instead you choose to think the glass if half full, and you ask the question "why are people able to become fantastically wealthy in the United States?" then some would say it's because we're all allowed to exercise our ambition. Some say it's because we're all allowed to pursue excellence.

Some say both of these views are true, because we're all free to do what we choose to do. And we all can choose to be poor or homeless if we like, or we can choose to get out there and build our lives up into anything that we can imagine.

Because they are too busy supporting the rest of the world! Take care of ours first and then help others!