How would you compare the lives of poor people living in the low income nations of...

How would you compare the lives of poor people living in the low income nations of the world with those in the central cities and rural areas of the United States ? In what ways are their lives similar? In what ways are they different

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(Answer) The best way to compare tiny, everyday elements of the first and third world poor is by making a checklist. Consider whether or not they have things like:

Refrigerator
Plastic tarp roof or Wooden/brick roof
Electricity
Clean drinking water
Basic medical aid (Usually provided by well-established governments)
Basic primary school education
Minimum of 2 square meals a day for the entire family
Free or cheap medical aid for accidents/diseases
Safe environment from, mosquitoes, industrial waste and other life-threatening issues
Unadulterated food sources (eg. Infected crops, fish/meat from clean sources)

If the poor in America have at least five of the above facilities, they are already better-off than the poor in the third world. According to recent statistics, currently 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day and people in extreme poverty live on $1.25 a day.

The minimum wage in the US is about $8 per hour. Earning such wages in a third world country certainly doesn’t put an individual below the poverty line. These are the major differences in their lives.

The major similarities are their dealings with their respective governments to attain their basic rights. Poor people all over the world are fighting for basic medical facilities. Not every government makes proper arrangements to make sure that the taxes are spent towards helping the poor and marginalised. Whether they live at antipodes or in nations near each other, the poor everywhere are caught in a mire of bureaucracy and are not always treated with the equity they deserve.

Hayet Jeridi answered 1 year ago

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