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The Hypocrisy of ‘Helping’ the Poor http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/opinion/sunday/the-hypocrisy-of-helping-the-poor.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/
by cjbenedikt 11y ago
The Hypocrisy of ‘Helping’ the Poor
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/opinion/sunday/the-hypocrisy-of-helping-the-poor.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/opinion/sunday/the-hypocri...
- tim333 11y agoThat's kind of on a different thing - rich americans giving a bit to charity after outsourcing US jobs.
- yummyfajitas 11y agoThat article paints rich Americans as pretty awesome people. First they lift millions of Chinese out of poverty and reduce inequality by shipping jobs in China. Then they donate some of the profits to less valuable causes like reducing relative poverty in the US. The author of that article is kind of clueless, though - US-style "poverty" is not remotely like Zimbabwe poverty.
- cjbenedikt 11y agoActually it is. Having worked with NGOs in Africa as well as in Baltimore now - it's pretty much the same. Life expectancy, purchasing power and income inequality. Sad to say!
- yummyfajitas 11y agoIn Zimbabwe, 33% of the country has a flush toilet and over 10% of the country does open defecation. 75% have access to clean water. (Stats from the first hit on google.) Are you asserting that Baltimore has less than 99% flush toilet usage or 99% clean water access? http://www.urbangateway.org/news/more-million-people-without-toilets-zimbabwe http://www.urbangateway.org/news/more-million-people-without...