Poverty is a disastrous problem that affects nearly 10% of the global population (www.worldhunger.org). Peter Singer proposes that Americans donate any excess income to overseas aid to combat international poverty in “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”. An estimated 44.2 million people living in the United States, nearly 13% of the US population, were in poverty as of 2016 (www.census.gov). National poverty needs to be addressed before international poverty while keeping in mind that donating money is not the only solution. Singer suggests that Americans should give up their everyday luxuries and donate that money to overseas aid. The United States as a whole has only donated .09% of its gross national product, which is not even a tenth
