The rate of poverty is affecting a large fraction of the world and is continuing to spread unless there is some definitive change to the global poor. Currently there is a large separation between the wealthiest and the poorest countries. This comes into account when discussing their ability or inability to meet their essential needs to live a healthy lifespan. There has been a series of problematic situations that connect to the quality of life and the insufficient funds to do live well. With the amount of spending in Canada and the United states there should be a sufficient amount of money to decrease the economic gap between the wealthy countries and the global poor. A philosopher Richard Miller explains “we ought to give to the point at
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Low-income families struggle to maintain the substantial amount of money needed to pay for food to keep them healthy. According to Ted Schrecker the food prices have increased in the past few years which have increased the financial crisis for millions of low-income households, which lead to a rise in chronic undernutrition” (204). Continuously we are seeing that there is an issue with the available income needed to provide for a family, but how can this be achieved if there is still no improvement to earnings or health services. There are generally health problems associated with the interactions of low-income households and the inability to achieve requirements. “Mid-2009, more than a million US schoolchildren were homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness, and one in four children lived in a household that was receiving food stamps”(Schrecker 205). The health issues related with low-income households are continuously seen to date. The poverty continues as the years go by and more children are brought into these low-income homes, which endures the cycle of poverty. Leading nicely into my next point about how children are brought into low-income countries or households with a higher chance of disease in their life …show more content…
Poor health issues are closely related to the low income within the country. Health complications are prominent in these under developed countries, but do we see much action towards helping them? The United States and Canada have both been seen to contribute to the developing countries but is it enough? According to Ted Schrecker the high-income countries estimated that they would put $20 billion to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, yet they only committed to $9.2 billion (205) . If there is an opportunity to assist the world’s poorest countries we should take advantage of the chance. Quite often there will be promises that are made and broken. The government should recognize equality and implement a variety of ways to assist the low-income countries. Charles Weijer makes a great reference to organizations that offer services to the international population. The article written by Peter Singer implies that although there are material things which you can find great pleasure. However, he says “It is wrong to spend money on those thing when we could instead be using the money to save people’s lives and prevent great suffering” (137) . Spending money on things that will create a minimal amount of pleasure doesn’t compare to the pleasure received from saving a life. Low-income countries need more
Low-income families struggle to maintain the substantial amount of money needed to pay for food to keep them healthy. According to Ted Schrecker the food prices have increased in the past few years which have increased the financial crisis for millions of low-income households, which lead to a rise in chronic undernutrition” (204). Continuously we are seeing that there is an issue with the available income needed to provide for a family, but how can this be achieved if there is still no improvement to earnings or health services. There are generally health problems associated with the interactions of low-income households and the inability to achieve requirements. “Mid-2009, more than a million US schoolchildren were homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness, and one in four children lived in a household that was receiving food stamps”(Schrecker 205). The health issues related with low-income households are continuously seen to date. The poverty continues as the years go by and more children are brought into these low-income homes, which endures the cycle of poverty. Leading nicely into my next point about how children are brought into low-income countries or households with a higher chance of disease in their life …show more content…
Poor health issues are closely related to the low income within the country. Health complications are prominent in these under developed countries, but do we see much action towards helping them? The United States and Canada have both been seen to contribute to the developing countries but is it enough? According to Ted Schrecker the high-income countries estimated that they would put $20 billion to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, yet they only committed to $9.2 billion (205) . If there is an opportunity to assist the world’s poorest countries we should take advantage of the chance. Quite often there will be promises that are made and broken. The government should recognize equality and implement a variety of ways to assist the low-income countries. Charles Weijer makes a great reference to organizations that offer services to the international population. The article written by Peter Singer implies that although there are material things which you can find great pleasure. However, he says “It is wrong to spend money on those thing when we could instead be using the money to save people’s lives and prevent great suffering” (137) . Spending money on things that will create a minimal amount of pleasure doesn’t compare to the pleasure received from saving a life. Low-income countries need more