Three myths which block progress for the poor - The Gates Foundaiton A

[Raja Clavata]

An excellent article from the Gates Foundation on poverty. I came to this conclusion myself some time ago.

 

Don't read beyond this excerpt if it's not your ting...

By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid recipients are now self-sufficient. You might think that such striking progress would be widely celebrated, but in fact, Melinda and I are struck by how many people think the world is getting worse. The belief that the world can’t solve extreme poverty and disease isn’t just mistaken. It is harmful. That’s why in this year’s letter we take apart some of the myths that slow down the work. The next time you hear these myths, we hope you will do the same.
- Bill Gates

Full article here:

 

http://annualletter.gatesfoundation.org/#section=home

[felly100]

Good read that.

Get yer 'ard 'at on!

[kev56]

IN COMING

[pat 1]

Read somewhere that 85 of the wealthiest people in the world are worth the same as half of the total population. Wonder if the eugenics pusher Gates is one of the 85?

[Cottonseed]

Read somewhere that 85 of the wealthiest people in the world are worth the same as half of the total population. Wonder if the eugenics pusher Gates is one of the 85?

Of course he is. He's part of the UN's Agenda 21 scheme.

[norfolk dumpling]

There was a report carried out a couple of years ago (figures may not be correct but you will get the idea) which indicated that if the top 5% of earners in the UK contributed a one-off 20% tax we could clear UK national debt.

 

It will of course never happen but it illustrates how the wealth is concentrated.

[Munzy]

There was a report carried out a couple of years ago (figures may not be correct but you will get the idea) which indicated that if the top 5% of earners in the UK contributed a one-off 20% tax we could clear UK national debt.

 

It will of course never happen but it illustrates how the wealth is concentrated.

I've read that before too. It also emphasises what a huge proportion of the UK's income / CG tax funds comes from so few people. So much emphasis on the rich, not enough on the lazy.

[Twistedsanity]

Why is it if somebody hoarders cats or newspapers we treat them as being mentally ill yet if they collect and hoarde money we put them on the covers of magazines and treat them like superstars ? I'm confident that these people have a real grasp on what is happening to the other 99% of the worlds population( not)

[overandunder2012]

I'm confident that these people have a real grasp on what is happening to the other 99% of the worlds population( not)

your kidding they run the place they control the other 99%

[Nial]

Wonder if the eugenics pusher Gates is one of the 85?

 

I thought the Bill Gates foundation is doing a _lot_ of good work fighting treatable diseases amongst the poor in Africa.

 

Hardly the action of a 'eugenics pusher'.

 

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Nial