Are The Rich Doing Enough for The World?

As a world we like to think we can hold our head up high and say we do our “bit”. But is a “bit” enough?

Yes the world is full of people or countries crying our for aid, money or just the bare basics to survive. Is throwing money at such things enough? Do certain people or countries sit back and not tackle their own problems and wait for the next hand out?

It is a very diverse subject and with no doubt many complex layers interwoven into one another in how or why is the best solution to tackle this.

But until that solution is sought and found and dealt with, people continue to die. Children cry out for life saving operations and their parents then find out the cost is just stupendous. So they rally round with local communities and hope people have a good heart and meet the cost of travel, the operations and the wages involved. As humans we usually pull this off. But again it is the average man or woman putting their hands in their pockets to fund this.

Of course there are rich people out there with a heart who hear about such stories and come to the aid. But should this happen more? Should more people far more wealthy than the average man or woman, do more to assist the financial burdens of certain charities?

There is an old saying that “charity starts at home”, and yes this is very true. It is human nature to care for the ones you love as much as yourself before anyone else. But certain people and governments are in a position where their interest alone in a week could perhaps pay for a new kidney machine or ambulance or operation for a child. Let us not forget a new well for clean drinking water or food for a village for an entire year with irrigation thrown in to boot.

In the news lately nine nations have called upon the rich nations to assist in the preservation of the rain forests. That is just one example.

So opinions as to whether governments and the wealthy should contribute more to causes is open to debate. No doubt people will come out and say that many rich people do their “thing” and this is obvious when you see the stars attending schools or poverty stricken regions.

But what about cost? Money doesn’t buy you everything.

But what we all know is it certainly helps.