Why is it that the rich get richer and the poor stay poor?

Rich are the ones who are in the top 1 percent. We cannot say that middle class people are rich because of the wealth gap between the top 1 percent and the top 10 percent. Riches continue to become rich because they have the resources and they teach their offspring how to use and keep the money. They own more and more things on earth and they pay the people who work for them. The poor people who work for them gets the money from the rich boss which makes them stay as a worker. No matter how hard they try, they only get a tiny portion of the boss's money. With the riches controlling the price of the goods, excellent education, and housing, it is impossible for the poor to use and live the life of the riches. They may buy the products but then that is just helping the rich get richer. with out the excellent education that rich children get, it is hard to become rich. Poor people get worse and worse condition of life style because of the increasing prices of goods and services. Poor stays poor because the only way for them to change their lifestyle is education but the quality of education given to the rich children are different and better then the education given to the norms. 

Writing prompt

1. Why have some countries donated more in aid to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan than others?

Some countries have more money compared to other countries. This means that they have more extra money to help other countries and gain good reputation as a helping country. Some countries might have conflict with the Philippines and donate less money even if they are affluent. Aid helps countries to build positive relationship. Once the country that aided Philippines are devastated by a natural disaster, Philippines will help the devastated country. For the countries that help, aiding Philippines could be like a saving that they will be using once they are affected by the same disaster. 

2. How does the aid being sent to victims of Typhoon Haiyan represent the following:

altruism- Countries donated large amount of money to the victims of the Philippines. Since its "donation" nothing in return is expected by the donor countries and this shows altruism. 

geopolitics- Since different countries around the world aided Philippines  this shows the geopolitics. Money donated to the Philippines from countries are money from the government and this shows that politics has to do with this aiding. Relationship between Philippines and other countries are shown in the amount of money donated. The amount depends on the GDP however some countries with high  GDP sent minimal amount of aid probably due to the long standing conflict with Philippines. 

neo-colonialism?

Disaster Reflection

How does the devastation brought from Typhoon Haiyan make you feel?

The devastation that everyone is talking about happened in central Philippines and even if I live next door I did not get affected. Pictures show that it was devastating and I can see people suffering in the video. These pictures would probably make every people around the world feel empathy. Because this has not affected any of the people, I feel that I may be a bit more engaged in to this disaster however not much more then people living in other countries

How should people prepare for and respond to disasters like Typhoon Haiyan?



Why do people live in vulnerable areas?