Thursday, June 17, 2010
La causa principal de la pobreza
Continuamente recibo correo y toda clase de anuncios pidiendo que luchamos contra la pobreza, enfermedad, y el hambre. ¿No se ha considerado nadie que la raíz de todos estos problemas es el amononatimiento de riquezas? Dos por ciento de las unidades de compra en los EE.UU. poseen noventa y ocho por ciento de los bienes del país. Esto se puede comparar con hacer invitar a cien personas, representando proporcionalmente los estratos sociales del país, a una fiesta donde van a servir sólo un pastel. Éste se corta en cien piezas repartiéndolas entre los invitados según sus niveles de riquezas. Los dos más ricos recibirían noventa piezas minetras los noventa y ocho demás recibirían las díez que quedan. Entonces nos piden combatir nuestro hambre, pobreza y enfermedades concomitantes. Es peor la situación en los países de menos desarrollo técnico como hay menos riquezas que repartir y la proporción de ricos es también menor. Qué hay de mal con este retrato?
The Primary Cause of Poverty
What's the real cause of poverty?
I am continuously encountering emails and all kinds of advertising asking that we fight poverty, disease, and hunger. Has anyone ever considered that the root of all of these problems is the accumulation of wealth? Two percent of all of the purchasing units in the U.S. hold ninety percent of all of the assets. This is akin to inviting a hundred people, proportionately representing the social strata of the country, to a pie party where only one pie will be served. The pie is cut into a hundred pieces and distributed proportionately among the hundred invitees according to their levels of wealth. Two people would receive ninety pieces of the pie and the other ninety-eight would receive the remaining two pieces to divide among themselves. Then we are asked to combat our hunger, our poverty, and our concomitant diseases. The situation is worse in less technically developed countries since there are fewer riches and the proportion of the wealthy is also smaller. What's wrong with this picture?
I am continuously encountering emails and all kinds of advertising asking that we fight poverty, disease, and hunger. Has anyone ever considered that the root of all of these problems is the accumulation of wealth? Two percent of all of the purchasing units in the U.S. hold ninety percent of all of the assets. This is akin to inviting a hundred people, proportionately representing the social strata of the country, to a pie party where only one pie will be served. The pie is cut into a hundred pieces and distributed proportionately among the hundred invitees according to their levels of wealth. Two people would receive ninety pieces of the pie and the other ninety-eight would receive the remaining two pieces to divide among themselves. Then we are asked to combat our hunger, our poverty, and our concomitant diseases. The situation is worse in less technically developed countries since there are fewer riches and the proportion of the wealthy is also smaller. What's wrong with this picture?
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