Can we eradicate poverty

Answer 1

Poverty must be ended through a collective effort. In 2000, world leaders came together at United Nations headquarters in New York to adopt the UN Millenium Development Goals. This consisted of 8 goals set to be achieved by 2015 that included things like ending poverty and hunger and combatting HIV/AIDS. Ending poverty has been set as a priority and goal for the international community, and now it is just up to every nation to keep their commitment.

In the United States this means all Senators and House members backing important poverty-reduction legislation, like the Water for the World Act. If passed, these bills will end up funding important projects on the ground of developing countries that will emphasize sustainable development for communities. Check out the Millenium Villages Project (http://millenniumvillages.org/). This Project has been very successful with development in villages in Africa.

So the next step is to make sure these bills are getting passed. That is where every American has to be involved. Congressional officials are elected into office by their constituents and that is who they are there to serve. If enough constituents express the need for congressional officials to support poverty-reduction legislation, chances are, they will. Urge your congressional officials to cosponsor important poverty-reduction legislation.

Bills will get passed, people will get money to do work on the ground to create development and sustainability in communities. The international community is on board to end global poverty, now it is up to us to urge our congressional leaders to make this possible.

Answer 2

The short answer is yes, for in this life, anything is possible. However, the longer answer requires extensive understanding as to why most people would say "no." It is ingrained within the fabric of our society today that we have a class-based society, and that anything other than that threatens the search and thirst for prosperity that The United States, and other countries like it, portray. The reason that it is highly unlikely that poverty is curable is due to the "me-first" mentlity that comes from a laissez-faire-esque system of capitalism mixed with politics and Propaganda that further exacerbate this issue, causing the proverbial "dog-eat-dog" society to actualize itself.

Not saying that capitalism doesn't offer an avenue towards prosperity, because it does, and no one can question that, but that fanaticism in politics towards PURE capitalism drives fiscal and monetary policy to the point that it only benefits already-successful entrepreneurs, and does nothing to alleviate the burdens and tribulations that the employees of those entrepreneurs, and new entrepreneurs, the lower 98% of the population of the world, have to bear.

In a "Trickle-down" manner (see the irony, Reagan?), this burden falls hardest on those who don't have the means, time, inclination, or motivation to do anything about their situation, with the last 2 circumstances being a product of the first 2 circumstances. The people who fall into this category are those who suffer from poverty, because, according to Webster, poverty is "the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions," meaning those who can barely provide the bare necessities, and remain in that constant state.

Most of the signs of poverty are obvious & very telling; crime-ridden neighborhoods, homelessness, dirty streets, unsatisfactory infrastructure, inadequate schooling, mass unemployment, and the like are all tell-tale signs of a region stricken by poverty. The only way to reverse this situation is a step-by-step solution, formulated by local, state, and federal governments together, to alleviate each problem, and it all starts with education and job opportunities. If the residents of a poverty stricken area are better educated, then they generally do not fall prey to all of the vices that are out there. Once they are educated, they will be better prepared for opportunities that are available to not only them, but to all people educated in their specific fields. Noted, this first step, while very important, will take time. Rome was not built in a day.

The next step, which can probably be done soon after the re-vamping of the educational system takes place, is to clean up the streets and fix the infrastructure system (Roads, bridges, transportation systems, etc.), because if a city's residents live in a flourishing area with a great school system, clean and servicable roads, bridges, and an adequate transportation system, then it gives people encouragement to strive for more. Granted, this transformation will almost certainly drive prices up, and taxes up, in order to maintain the area to those standards, but I believe most people will take a hike in taxes in order to keep their neighborhood shining rather than watch it murk in eternal poverty, especially once the opportunities begin to bloom in the area.

Furthermore, with a booming ecology and economy, that will attract entrepreneurs from other areas to invest there, bringing money to the area, as well as more job opportunities, thus creating a domino/ripple effect that can continue until the area reaches its plateau and can no longer grow, thus reaching the zenith called mimimal marginal liability. If this can be achieved, even halfway, poverty can be cured.

NOTE: this is strictly on a sociological/economical aspect, and does not include how to defeat hunger. if sommeone else can come up with that, it will be appreciated.

Answer 3

how can we cure provety

Answer 4

Not completely, no.