Poverty exist in every single country, no any nation is without poverty. But defination of poverty in every country differs. Can you seriousely say that poverty in Afghanistan is the same as poverty in the UK? Poverty in Afghanistan means that somebody who dont have food or enough food, no shelter or proper shelter, no job, one man in the family working a very hard job while more than a dozen dependents are depended on him. When we say shelter and food in afghanistan, it means just bread and some other necessary things, such as onions, tomatoes, oil, tea and in many cases clean water is another issue for the majority of citizens. and in terms of shetor it is just a house with a roof, in every room more than 4-5 sleeps, other facilities in man cases doesnt exist such as kitchen, bathroom and toilet is the lowest of low level. Now poverty in europe means something else, it means that a lazy person who loves benefit and dont want to get his backside out of the house to work, he at least have a house which have all the facitilies such as toilet, kitchen, bedroom for everyone, bathroom, sitting, all of them meets the minimum required standard in terms of safety, habitation, power supply, electricity, gas, etc. those benefit lovers also recieve cash monthly that is enough for them to have all the proper food for the month, including fruit, vege, meat, and off course booze plus fags.
how is it collapsing brother? nothing but a wishfull thinking!! the west have seen economic problems before and even worse than this, but they came out of it. majority of the countries are on the road to recovery including america and the UK, although the growth is slow, but they are recovering and negative growth have long gone and is history. yes, they bail out the banks to ensure future growth, although everybody dont like this, including myself, but it has to be done to move the vehicle of econmy. and be assured that the bankers wont have the same free ride again, the west can learn from their mistakes.
