Won't the economy grow faster if we were all given equal opportunities?

[Agbamoni]

The resources of a country belong to all citizens of the country, but yet not everyone benefits from it, only the privileged few who has seized power benefits more. Which is why the majority of the population are poor. How about if the government makes it more easier for people to escape poverty on time, by making sure that every citizen gets a life start up funds (non refundable money) when they get to certain age.
(Amount will depends on the economic reality of your country)

This cannot happen in a country with a huge population, only in a country with a small population. If the government approves such a thing, people will have no control over their genitals. Just expect the birth rate to increase exponentially in a single year. Remember, every country is trying to control its population so that the economy can be balanced. However, such a thing already exists in some part of the world, I'm not certain, though. Do your research, you may find them.

[Lida93]

Expecting that the government should disbursed funds to all the citizens isn't gonna make for a solution to end suffering and poverty, but making the right policies and provisions amenities and employments through job creations could be more solution making than any other.

Disbursing money to citizens won't solve the poverty problem, it'll slow down the complaints for a while, and the people will quickly go back to poverty immediately the government aid is removed or stopped. On a neutral level we all have the opportunity to think and make decisions that'll shape not only our personal lives but that of our nation.

Though this is an approach which most governments in many of the third world nations uses in trying to eradicate poverty. And one thing about this is that it's a means that enriches the politicians in government more than it does to the supposed target population. Its a way to embezzle public funds through inflation of figures and ghost names are usually implanted in the list for such disbursements.

[EarnOnVictor]

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Won't this possibly create more jobs? Won't this be better for the economy than stockpiling money in federal reserves?

What you just described, though impossible, is what could be needed to revamp many economies. I could recall in my country, the then president gave out a substantial amount of money for agriculture, and guess what, it worked. This has changed so many lives and many people have employed many other people due to this. You see, the problem of most poor people is not the drought of ideas, but resources to execute it, and surely if they have the resources, I am certain that a higher percentage of them will utilise it well. Unfortunately, the reverse is the case of the world we found ourselves, and this is not going to change. You can only dream of it.

[Accardo]

Though this is an approach which most governments in many of the third world nations uses in trying to eradicate poverty. And one thing about this is that it's a means that enriches the politicians in government more than it does to the supposed target population. Its a way to embezzle public funds through inflation of figures and ghost names are usually implanted in the list for such disbursements.

Even when the government is genuine with distributing the funds, this won't change the underlying problem, instead it'll cause additional issues and chaos like it's with the Niger Delta states in Nigeria where citizens are paid incentives for the environmental pollution caused by oil spillage, where the chiefs embezzle the money meant for the villagers and the people of the states can't sustain the funds given to them and fight over lack of payment. All these are challenges that could erupt from it and people won't work anymore leading to laziness and more corruption. Then think of when the incentives is halted, the damage it'll cause the region.

[Emitdama]

Opportunities are unequal because that’s how it’s meant to be,even our fingers aren’t equal right?Just like an instance of “big” and “small”,God didn’t create everything big,He also created small creatures,so in my own opinion everyone in the society can’t attain equal opportunities.The economy would only grow faster if the government establish productive initiatives where the citizens learn new skills that would stand as a mean of providing their basic needs,the idea of giving the masses a start up fund would be helpful to only those set of individuals that are productive,majority might lavish the fund and still expect the government to give a start up fund another time.

If there are limited number of citizens, I think giving equal opportunities will be given justice. But we are talking already hundreds of thousand or million citizens here, so it won't be possible at all.

But instead, let those funds be a good source of livelihood for the people, especially the poor individuals that have no stable jobs. That way, the rate of poverty if not completely eradicated, at least it will be reduced or minimized. And I know that is everyone's target for any struggling government.

Right, catering millions or people around the globe is never possible and the government can't just spoon feed these people. Citizens needs to be smart enough to be able to get the opportunities given by the governments. I think, the only possible way government can help the economy is by providing maximum job opportunities. The greater number of people getting employed leads to a stabilized economy. Government can't be solely responsible here.

Even people need to be responsible and think about their future or financial stability. We should not expect government to kick in always instead people should upskill themselves and find opportunities where they can first balance their financials which will eventually contribute towards the economy. Yes, government can spend a decent amount in livelihood and can support underprivileged people, but we should not forget that there will be millions of such people and catering each and every one will just not be possible.

[Abu-Naim]

The resources of a country belong to all citizens of the country, but yet not everyone benefits from it, only the privileged few who has seized power benefits more. Which is why the majority of the population are poor. How about if the government makes it more easier for people to escape poverty on time, by making sure that every citizen gets a life start up funds (non refundable money) when they get to certain age.
(Amount will depends on the economic reality of your country)

In some countries, it is not like that, some countries have good governance and where their citizens benefit from the resources that is available for the country even though the people that have high influence and become the leaders benefit more thank the rest of the citizens, yet such countries is doing well for themselves and their economy do become active and no more problems do arrives as a result of poor governance and they have less numbers of poor citizens.

In most countries where the governments don’t do their best to share things equally, the economic situation of such countries becomes terrible because the number of poor citizens do always increase because the people with the privilege to get the money are selfish and don’t circulate it in the right way.

This funds is what individuals will use to start up life, invest in any business of your choices and grow from there. Won't this help the economy of the country to grow faster, and reduce extreme poverty from the masses? Won't this possibly create more jobs? Won't this be better for the economy than stockpiling money in federal reserves?

It will help the economy and it will also lead to a lot of progress in the economic system if it is been properly regulated; but if it is been circulated anyhow without regulations, and allow all the citizens to do as they want, they will cripple the economy of the country and it will affect the government and can lead to inflation.

[ejikeme24]

Firstly, it is almost impossible for everyone to have equal opportunity. Even though everyone is giving equal opportunity i think the economy we still remain the same way let say few things might change as people will no longer struggle to find a job, with this individuals can get whatever they wish to get. Although you might be right I think having equal opportunity can change the economy as everyone will gain stability, but there's no way the government will make everyone to have equal opportunity, and secondly there will be no competition if everyone have equal opportunity.

[Hypnosis00]

Inequality is more evident than anticipating equality over a corrupt type of government. And let's be honest, almost all government these days are corrupt, and seize their powers while they are still in the position to do that. No wonder why most of the government leaders are getting richer while their citizens end up poorer and still struggling how to combat their lackingness in life.

Equality only exists in dreams, but never in real life. So far, that's my POV based from what I experienced in our current government.

[abhiseshakana]

Inequality is more evident than anticipating equality over a corrupt type of government. And let's be honest, almost all government these days are corrupt, and seize their powers while they are still in the position to do that. No wonder why most of the government leaders are getting richer while their citizens end up poorer and still struggling how to combat their lackingness in life.

Equality only exists in dreams, but never in real life. So far, that's my POV based from what I experienced in our current government.

I think absolute equality is an utopia in our modern society, but we can still fight for equality of opportunity, equal rule of law, have same access on education, at leat we can pursued procedural justice even we never can get equal outcomes. Usually this symptom emerge due to social contract between society and government collpase, its happen usually when law is not fair, strict taxes but poor public services, when government official has law immunity and when people's stomatch are hungry. From my observation structural ineequality is not only bad governance but its more complex caused by political high cost, weak and weakining public oversight and weak institutions.

[Hanadawa]

Disbursing money to citizens won't solve the poverty problem, it'll slow down the complaints for a while, and the people will quickly go back to poverty immediately the government aid is removed or stopped. On a neutral level we all have the opportunity to think and make decisions that'll shape not only our personal lives but that of our nation.

Some third-party countries, or countries with large impoverished populations, have implemented programs to provide incentives for the poor to help their economies. The hope is that they will receive government relief during difficult economic times. However, the reality is that many people remain stagnant and experience no change at all. In my personal opinion, the reason is that most incentives, in the form of money, are consumer goods/products that ultimately don't make any difference to their lives. Furthermore, providing cash incentives has made many people lazy and dependent on government assistance. Yet, an economy thrives when there is money circulating, driven by productivity and the number of entrepreneurs in a country.