Why are majority of people really poor?

[slapper]

The primary reason why the people who are just workers end up poor is their pay is a weak currency.   Pay your nations people with a strong currency and the goods they need to buy will cost less every year, we know the opposite is true and people end up with rising costs and bills every year.

  Even if all we considered was food costs, people end up poorer from rising food costs but the technology and efficiency in food is the greatest its ever been with more then 100x times the productive capacity of a century ago; there is easily oversupply in most modern advanced nations.
  How can we have farmers producing so much and yet the people struggle to buy it every year, the answer is the weak currency.  Farmers I often hear complain that its cheaper if they just throw away good food as the price does not cover their costs, from their end the market is saturated.
  Its a break down in a market between those producers and the buyers with alot of value being lost so neither is happy, this is what creates true poverty in this failed market.

The currency angle is half the story but you are not taking the distribution problem. Sure, inflation has to do with depreciation, but it cannot explain why a person's wage will buy less, while corporate profit margins are at record highs in the same economy with the same currency

The farmers do not dump food due to the weakness of money but because the supply chain is sucking value at each node. The man who cultivates tomatoes receives pennies and the retailer sells at 300%. Why do employees accept salaries that decline at a higher rate than productivity increases? Because bargaining power broke down. Unions became extinct, labor mobility was reduced and threats of automation were used as bargaining weapons. Currency weakness makes this even worse, of course, but even with good currency you can't get what you need out of your productivity improvement and you're still getting poorer compared to the holders of capital

That is the food paradox you described (oversupply but unaffordability) which is what occurs when purchasing power is concentrated. We generate sufficient energy to nourish 10 billion individuals yet distribution is based on money and not necessity. Strength of currency will not resolve that without considering the control of the flow

[Hispo]

Lack of education and corrupt officials who squander and steal all the resources of the nation to they can live comfortably while most of the people in the country barely survives.
It is called kleptocracy and it is.more.commom than most of people think... Here in my country we have lived in one for years and we can tell, someone gets sick there are not even the bare minimum equipments in public hospitals, even though laws day healthcare is supposed to be free and high quality. They take all their money to tax paradises and have front people all around the world, in the end, with no money there is no education, without education there is no wealth creation and without wealth creation poverty perpetuates itself during whole generations.

Corruption should be punished with death penalty if proven beyond any reasonable doubt against anyone in charge of public money.

[savetheFORUM]

Because rich are very rich. There isn't really any other reason, don't be fooled by people who victimize the victim, they are either brainwashed, or they are just evil rich people. Reality is simple, if few people were poor then that would make sense, but if MAJORITY is poor, then we are not going to blame any of the poor, it's clear that rich are so rich that they are making not enough money left for us, so that means some people must be poor to make this work somehow.

It is not going to be easy to accept but it is the truth. Unless we have some regulations put in place, to prevent rich people/companies take all the money, then we are not going to see any improvement on anything else for the poor people in the world.

[Mame89]

Lack of education and corrupt officials who squander and steal all the resources of the nation to they can live comfortably while most of the people in the country barely survives.
It is called kleptocracy and it is.more.commom than most of people think... Here in my country we have lived in one for years and we can tell, someone gets sick there are not even the bare minimum equipments in public hospitals, even though laws day healthcare is supposed to be free and high quality. They take all their money to tax paradises and have front people all around the world, in the end, with no money there is no education, without education there is no wealth creation and without wealth creation poverty perpetuates itself during whole generations.

Corruption should be punished with death penalty if proven beyond any reasonable doubt against anyone in charge of public money.

Yes, that's right. Poverty cannot be eradicated in a country if corruption is prevalent. Corruption not only fails to alleviate poverty, but also makes the country increasingly backward. So if poverty is to be eradicated, the first step is to severely punish corrupt officials. With severe penalties, corruption cases will decrease, and money can be used more effectively, such as building infrastructure and providing free education and healthcare.

Because poverty isn't simply caused by laziness many people, despite their hard work, remain poor. However if the government doesn't implement policies that benefit the people, it will be difficult. It could be said that the root of poverty is the state itself, with unequal levels of education, access to healthcare and the environment, job opportunities, and fair wages. These are all the government's responsibility. But if many government officials are corrupt there's no hope of reducing poverty.

[Nuel0717]

Most people would say it's lack of jobs and bad government that cause so many people to be poor which is true, and I totally understand, but In addition to these two things I'll say the cause of most people being poor at times isn't because they don't work hard, but because the system teaches us to work hard in a wrong way or direction.
We all grow up chasing survival, not freedom. what schools would teach us is how to obey and follow and not how to own. Society praise effort not strategy, and that's why the rich keeps getting richer, because they use system and sweat, but the poor keeps using only sweat. And until people understand the system poverty will always look like a personal failure and not a programmed one.

[Emeraldo]

It is so annoying seeing people begging for survival it really breaks my heart.
I really tried to figure out why majority of people are so poor to a climax of begging for survival.
I don't know if I am to blame the government or individuals.  Anyways here are the following factors that convince me why majority of people are poor.

1. Health challenge
2. Lack of good education
3. Financial debt
4. Unemployment
5. Ghost names
6. Regional zone

HEALTH CHALLENGE: this means people with disabilities and also people with someone kind of illness that can not permit them to work.

LACK OF GOOD EDUCATION it is really abnormal and annoying to see the kind of failed system of education we have in some countries, because the systems are corrupt majority of the students follow suits, basically stopped attending lectures therefore can't defend themself or their professions, automatically making them self jobless.

FINANCIAL DEBT: their are some individuals who tried to see how they can stand and make things worked for them self, but is so unfortunate that the accumulated debt they have enquire will not allow them grow. (Debt) is a goal to poverty.

UNEMPLOYMENT the rate at which majority of people are unemployed in this country are so alarming, basically there are jobs everywhere but greedy people who has the opportunity are not making this job opportunities available for people, rather they give it to their people who are not really qualified for the job.

GHOST NAMES this might sound some how for those who have not had about ghosts names,
In the civil service commission this is where you find thousands and millions of names that are not in existence probably they are died names, denying people who are alive to work and earn a living.

With all this that have been outlined above I think I am convinced  why the rate of poverty in the country.

The rate of poverty increase is quite questionable I think lack of knowledge and information is part of the causes of poverty  all over the globe  people not been exposed to the information they need to come out of poverty.

Also geographical location plays a vital role in elevating people from poverty when you are exposed to certain informations based on the environment you are it has a way of giving you a financial lift. Imagine if someone in a very remote area heard about Bitcoin years ago and knew how to acquire it and did acquired it by today such a person is already a millionaire. My opinion to reduce poverty rate let's give out informations that can profit people and bring them out of poverty .

[silpersurfer]

This is due to the country's incredibly poor governance system, and policymakers deliberately impoverish the people. People are only given fish, not fishing equipment, or taught how to fish. Ultimately, they rely on social assistance provided by the government and social institutions.

I have seen that many regions possess abundant natural and mineral resources and fertile soil, yet the majority of the people live in poverty and are reduced to labor. They are slaves to their own land. This is because the government never teaches its people how to properly manage natural and mineral resources to generate substantial profits. As a result, people sell these raw materials at low prices, and when they are finished, they must buy them at high prices.

[mvdheuvel1983]

Seen people begs is very disheartening but, hard to stop because poverty is a thing of the heart untill one who think is poor Begin to change that thinking and take the right step, it's poverty must surely continue. Many today has no right thinking mentality, even when the opportunity to move them away from poverty is at their doorstep they can't identify it, it's only those with this right thinking mentality soawer higher in the society.

Poverty has eaten some people deeply they can't stop depending on others for them to feed because they have no other way to feed and they have no one to help them not that all the poor have been presented with an opportunity but they refuse to grab it to better their life, the rate of inflation is high likewise unemployment if the people decides to keep begging until they find help it is hard to see them stop because it has become their only way out. There is no way they will be provided with a better opportunity they will not identify it but how many of those opportunities are genuine, the government should help them the poor is suffering they need help completely if they get help they can't keep begging for food.

[Versatile_choice]

The rate of poverty increase is quite questionable I think lack of knowledge and information is part of the causes of poverty  all over the globe  people not been exposed to the information they need to come out of poverty.

Obviously lack of knowledge is one of the major challenge most people are having, because I have seen a lot of guys turning down offers due to the fact that they didn't meet up with the requirements and also they're not qualified to be in that position. So lack of knowledge is depriving most people from thier right, though most people pretend like they know it and then look for someone who is well educated to replace them. I have seen this happening countless time and most of them didn't end well because the guy that he asked to replace him was suggesting that everything will be shared 50/50 but the guy insisted that it will be shared 70/30 but the guy stand firmly in the 50/50 imagine if he had the knowledge to stand on his own I'm sure that there will not be room for argument.

[justdimin]

On a national level, people are poor because capitalism makes it so rich people stay rich while everyone else, the 99.9% of the population, the working class, work to be taken advantage by the rich class.

On the international level, imperialism is still a thing economically and not just to gain grounds as it used to be in world wars and colonialism. Certain countries are being taken advantage by others. Ex colonies of France are taken advantage by today's "democratic" France by French companies taking their uranium and fossil fuels for nothing. This doesn't let these African countries develop. The French big interest perpetuate these situations by utilizing the country's army and intelligence to install dictators at will.

The funny thing is that, those rich people built a system where they do sometimes right vs left, and sometimes religion vs religion, sometimes whatever else they can think of basically to pit people against each other. When they do that, people do not realize that the problem is the 1% and they start thinking it's each other.

USA is the most famous nation in the world, so lets take them for example, republicans think that the world is going very wrong, and it's democrats that causes it, and democrats think the world is going bad, and republicans are the reason. Meanwhile, same people keep funding both politicians, the elite and the wealthy. When in fact, if republicans and democrats got together and toppled the elite, not like destroy them, just put regulations, then both sides would have a better life.

[shield132]

It is so annoying seeing people begging for survival it really breaks my heart.
I really tried to figure out why majority of people are so poor to a climax of begging for survival.
I don't know if I am to blame the government or individuals.  Anyways here are the following factors that convince me why majority of people are poor.

1. Health challenge
2. Lack of good education
3. Financial debt
4. Unemployment
5. Ghost names
6. Regional zone

I think that you need to be lucky in this world to succeed and being healthy is the most important and common luck but you still need to be lucky to maintain your health and avoid becoming a victim of fatal accidents. You have to be either born in a good country or in a wealthy family. Even if you are born in a poor family, you still need to be lucky and one day be in the right place at the right time in order to succeed. Of course, nothing comes without hard work but there are tons of people who worked really very hard but never succeeded because they weren't lucky.

[BlackBaron]

Seen people begs is very disheartening but, hard to stop because poverty is a thing of the heart untill one who think is poor Begin to change that thinking and take the right step, it's poverty must surely continue. Many today has no right thinking mentality, even when the opportunity to move them away from poverty is at their doorstep they can't identify it, it's only those with this right thinking mentality soawer higher in the society.

Poverty has eaten some people deeply they can't stop depending on others for them to feed because they have no other way to feed and they have no one to help them not that all the poor have been presented with an opportunity but they refuse to grab it to better their life, the rate of inflation is high likewise unemployment if the people decides to keep begging until they find help it is hard to see them stop because it has become their only way out. There is no way they will be provided with a better opportunity they will not identify it but how many of those opportunities are genuine, the government should help them the poor is suffering they need help completely if they get help they can't keep begging for food.

Wrong mindsets are constantly instilled in the poor, as if they were being instilled in them. For example, people born into poor families find it difficult to escape their poverty because even their own families are obstacles to their progress. For example, when someone earns a decent income, they are expected to support all family members, and I believe this is wrong.

Devoting oneself to one's parents is indeed a noble thing, but it shouldn't be at the expense of one's children. I sometimes see this, with some parents treating their children as investment assets.

[Iranus]

I think that you need to be lucky in this world to succeed and being healthy is the most important and common luck but you still need to be lucky to maintain your health and avoid becoming a victim of fatal accidents. You have to be either born in a good country or in a wealthy family. Even if you are born in a poor family, you still need to be lucky and one day be in the right place at the right time in order to succeed. Of course, nothing comes without hard work but there are tons of people who worked really very hard but never succeeded because they weren't lucky.

I completely agree with you. It is undeniable that no success comes to us without effort and hard work. But without luck, no matter how talented or hard working we are, it is difficult to succeed. That is also the explanation why around us there are so many talented, hard working people but they are unknown, even poor.

We cannot be lazy, stop working and wait for luck to come and make us rich. But success and wealth cannot come without luck.

[MissNonFall9]

The main reasons for poverty are corruption and laziness. In any country, if its leaders are honest and keep their responsibilities in their work, then it will create huge opportunities to work and it will help reduce unemployment. And last of all we have to be focused, determined and patient to be successful in life.

[cxtreenal]

Most people would say it's lack of jobs and bad government that cause so many people to be poor which is true, and I totally understand, but In addition to these two things I'll say the cause of most people being poor at times isn't because they don't work hard, but because the system teaches us to work hard in a wrong way or direction.
We all grow up chasing survival, not freedom. what schools would teach us is how to obey and follow and not how to own. Society praise effort not strategy, and that's why the rich keeps getting richer, because they use system and sweat, but the poor keeps using only sweat. And until people understand the system poverty will always look like a personal failure and not a programmed one.

You are right. Most people become poor due to lack of hard work. The main reason why the rich become richer is hard work and perseverance. If the country is poor, there is a lack of employment, so even if you are educated you will not get proper evaluation from the government. An uneducated population is easy to manage, that is why the governments of many countries focus less on the progress of education and allocate less budget, as a result the poor become poorer.

The rich become richer in the society because they are aware of the techniques of getting rich but the poor class due to their lack of education and lack of techniques they continue to sweat for money. You have used a valuable paragraph that is that school teaches us obedience. Yes school teaches us obedience because the people of the rich class find it easy to manage these educated people.

[Qastessa]

Nobody wants to live in poverty. But few have the desire and courage to take the difficult path to escape poverty and achieve a better life. Someone who can only remain in their comfort zone tends to remain stagnant, meaning they sometimes fail to transform their life to a better level. We know that becoming wealthy involves risks, and it requires courage and discipline to achieve it. Hard work alone is not enough; it must also be accompanied by smart work.

And most importantly, never be afraid to try innovation or take new paths to achieve success. Although there are significant risks, there is also great potential ahead. But the majority of people are truly too resigned to their own circumstances. Or, more accurately, many give up trying to improve their economic level because they feel it's impossible. Yet, everything is worth trying, because even those who are currently rich may have once been poor. So we must never give up on our circumstances. We must be grateful for what we have. But we must also continue to work hard to improve our economic level.

Yeah, I agree. A famous saying that if you are born poor it wasn’t your wish but if you die poor it was literally your wish. To say good bye to poverty you must start something you are best at instead of begging. Being entrepreneur is also not easy. You must have a complete knowledge of target market.

Most of the people get failed because they start something might be digital or practical business without knowing the advantages and drawbacks. Engaging with modern and advance technology is a must. However begging has become a profession and as an easy job for the people who are addicted to it. It must be avoided via government or the local community. The government must provide an alternative way.

[Cheema02]

Most people would say it's lack of jobs and bad government that cause so many people to be poor which is true, and I totally understand, but In addition to these two things I'll say the cause of most people being poor at times isn't because they don't work hard, but because the system teaches us to work hard in a wrong way or direction.
We all grow up chasing survival, not freedom. what schools would teach us is how to obey and follow and not how to own. Society praise effort not strategy, and that's why the rich keeps getting richer, because they use system and sweat, but the poor keeps using only sweat. And until people understand the system poverty will always look like a personal failure and not a programmed one.

Yes, you have raised a pin point about misunderstnding of the people. Many people think that working hard is just key to success. Yeah i agree that nothing is possible without struggle or hard work but alone hard work will bring you results with fortune. We have to think smarter and have knowlegde of the system how it works. Education system of a country play major role in its development. From the strart when child got admission in schools they just focus on boobs just marks. They dont teach the system thats why we are struggling. Education system teach us to study, get marks and get a job to paid. Who the hell will understand how to spend life because we are taught from our childhoon to get a job. Struggle makes us move from our comfort zone but there are some people who just understand the sytstem and tactics and succeded. We should pe smarter and end the poverty.

[icebar]

There can be many reasons behind people becoming poor. There are some who, even after getting opportunities, cannot utilize those opportunities properly, which is why they remain poor. There are some who do not get opportunities at all, this can also be a reason for becoming poor. If a person wants and works according to that desire, then even if he is poor for a few days, in the long run he will definitely be among the rich. There are some reasons such as lack of skills and experience, there are some who want to be lazy. No matter how much we try with them, they can never become rich. To become rich, a person needs opportunities, just as he needs hard work and effort.

[Ivystar5]

The main reasons for poverty are corruption and laziness. In any country, if its leaders are honest and keep their responsibilities in their work, then it will create huge opportunities to work and it will help reduce unemployment. And last of all we have to be focused, determined and patient to be successful in life.

For a country to grow economically it needs a few people running the system not everybody at the same time right? that's the purpose why we have representatives in government, now some representing you have better access to all the resources in the country and the the masses are not able to achieve such resources, hence building up themselves only the few to be rich and keep being rich while the masses remain poor, so this is the reason while the masses are poor because in life generally we must not be equal but you have to fight to be the superior hence the masses are meant to the poor compared to the few.

[Versatile_choice]

There are too many reasons why the poor always remain poor why most of the poor are even getting poorer, firstly I will highlight one of the major reason why people are poor. And that is lack of knowledge, some people have the opportunity to be working in one of the biggest companies in my country but due to lack of knowledge they decided to shift the chance to someone who is very close to them that is well educated. Because they don't want to be humiliated in public place, this fear of humiliation is What keep most people indoors they are scared of going to Hunt for job because they can't express themselves very well. Not knowing that no matter how bad one's situation is there is always someone out there who will understand you.