Are The Rich Doing Enough for The World?

Should Rich people as much as rich nations contribute more to causes and perhaps charity?

The world is full of rich people. Don’t think that it isn’t for one moment, even during this recession. It is human nature to achieve the best you can and none more so than making a name for yourself and increasing your bank balance until it almost bursts with figures and interest. As the author I take my hat off to those people and would be the first to say “Well done.”

There are people who are self made millionaires, billionaires. Celebrities and oil rich magnets are popping up overnight.

BUT at the same time news of poverty or a child needing a life-saving operation that costs too much are becoming frequent.

The climate is changing. Rain forests are declining, despite the new trees being planted. The ozone layer is thinning and ice caps are melting. Even New Zealand is keeping a wary eye on a giant ice berg working its way towards them.

Fish numbers are depleting and what amazes the people of the world is the countries where fresh water-or in fact a supply of water-is difficult to achieve. In our technologically advanced state I know it makes many a person frown.

So what can we do about it?

Will money be the solution? Can the wealthy do more by digging deeper into their pockets?

Yes there are many celebrities and rich people who make donations. The footballer David Beckham is reportedly one of the icons of the sporting world who does his best to contribute to people, especially children, when he can or if he hears of some child suffering. For that the author of this article salutes him and others who do the same, whether sporting icons, film stars, pop stars or rich businessmen and women with a heart.

No doubt there are many more I have not mentioned…

But it is the average middle-class and working class people who keep the charities ticking over. Money is hard pressed and financial commitments are many. Yet still they find some loose change or a pound or dollar or wherever they are in the world to drop into the charity donation box.

Governments are rich. The Western governments at least. So should they be contributing more to green issues and perhaps to charity organisations also? It opens up a can of worms of politics and possible red tape scenarios but our world and its people are dying, whether through poverty, disease, natural disasters or war. Let us not forget to add to that list the things we as readers take for granted such as food and clean water.