Comments on: Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty http://www.businesspundit.com/blog-action-day-2008-poverty/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:54:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: cheritycall http://www.businesspundit.com/blog-action-day-2008-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-10106 cheritycall Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:07:25 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=5912#comment-10106 hi, Give something for help the hungry people in Africa and India, I created this blog about them: on http://tinyurl.com/5qlbzs hi, Give something for help the hungry people in Africa and India,
I created this blog about them:
on http://tinyurl.com/5qlbzs

]]> By: adam http://www.businesspundit.com/blog-action-day-2008-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-9683 adam Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:24:24 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=5912#comment-9683 That last question is interesting: would you expect a rich country to send you money? Well, not really. America wasn't founded by the panhandling type. Most Americans grow up with a performance-based work ethic. So when we're down, we work to get ourselves up. We don't need help. Most of us acknowledge the impediments of our environment, but the idea that our ability to accomplish is hemmed in by that environment is debunked from early childhood (watch any episode of Sesame Street). You can be anything you want if you "believe in yourself," or whatever. Of course, there are Americans who would (and do) seek outside help before trying to fix anything themselves. But I suspect they are fewer in number than the bootstrappers. If that ever changes, I predict America would cease to be the world's wealthiest nation. Whether that'd be a good thing or a bad thing is another discussion. Maybe that's why we have a hard time dealing with poverty. We hold the poor accountable for their own situation. Sometimes that's a valid assessment, but not always. That last question is interesting: would you expect a rich country to send you money? Well, not really. America wasn’t founded by the panhandling type. Most Americans grow up with a performance-based work ethic. So when we’re down, we work to get ourselves up. We don’t need help. Most of us acknowledge the impediments of our environment, but the idea that our ability to accomplish is hemmed in by that environment is debunked from early childhood (watch any episode of Sesame Street). You can be anything you want if you “believe in yourself,” or whatever.

Of course, there are Americans who would (and do) seek outside help before trying to fix anything themselves. But I suspect they are fewer in number than the bootstrappers. If that ever changes, I predict America would cease to be the world’s wealthiest nation. Whether that’d be a good thing or a bad thing is another discussion.

Maybe that’s why we have a hard time dealing with poverty. We hold the poor accountable for their own situation. Sometimes that’s a valid assessment, but not always.

]]> By: kouji haiku http://www.businesspundit.com/blog-action-day-2008-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-9668 kouji haiku Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:49:52 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=5912#comment-9668 i would donate if i could. it makes me feel better. for now though, i turn to sites like freerice, kiva, and goodsearch, as ways to help alleviate poverty online. saw this post via the front page of blog action day. it's great that you're participating. :) i would donate if i could. it makes me feel better.

for now though, i turn to sites like freerice, kiva, and goodsearch, as ways to help alleviate poverty online.

saw this post via the front page of blog action day. it’s great that you’re participating. :)

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