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I think we all wish things would and could be better (unless you are in the 1% that owns the 80% of the World's Wealth). After all, we are in this together, despite our differences and similarities. Its frustrating to see our people dying and sick, at home and abroad, when a solution MUST be out there! But where and when?

SIN

SIN many have created blueprints and the WHO and UN have them all. Unfortunately, they tend to be undermined by those who have an interest in maintaining third world poverty. All the cheap goods available in the West aren't cheap for no reason.

Love to hear about the trumpet. If you mean about working for non profit, not at all. In the UK, non profit work is very well paid, highly respected and an excellent career option. My brother works in non profit in the USA and it is interesting that he does not feel that working for non profit there is well respected or well paid. He is often asked when he is going to further his career by moving away from non profit. I find that interesting.

It happens infrequently, but I agree with SIN. There are many good intentions, and good intentioned people, but that is not sufficient. So many geographical locales are in the same position they were hundreds and even thousands of years ago. As Rykat puts it, we can keep giving handouts, but until the situations are altered, not much progress can be made. Many of those people have the desire to change things, but not the means. Those that have the means don't desire much change. In many of these countries sharing the countries wealth is something they would laugh at.

Colly, you imply that it is the west that is keeping the third world in poverty for it's own gain? How about their leaders? And is working for slave wages more undesireable than no job at all? Don't depend on the UN, they are extremely self serving.

Kings maintaining their serfdom?

I don't imply. It is a well documented fact that third world poverty is maintained by governments in the west. It's not party political as they are all up to it. As for their leaders, I agree whole heartedly, but if you study a bit of history it is interesting to learn how many of those leaders have been put into place and kept there through actions of the USA and European governments. I don't know about your question Bobber as I've been lucky enough in my life to have never been paid a slave wage. It would be better to ask someone who is sending their 6 year old off to work every day for pennies a month because they are now too sick to work. As for the UN, I didn't say they were the solution. I said many of the solutions are with them. Their lack of action and self serving behaviour is also responsible for a lot of misery too. While there may not be any easy solutions that are in operation at present, just discussing the issues educates people and perhaps highlights things that they weren't aware of or hadn't thought of before. Information is power.

What about the Bourne Ultimatum? That comes out this weekend... anyone up for that? Me!!!!

I guess things will never change. The rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer and the middle class will blame both for being stuck in the middle when not busy going to work and watching cable.

Unfortunately, in third world countries, the middle class is usually only 3 people.

Exactly