Dealing with the Poor

Written on Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 at 3:43 am | by chuck

True to form, Benign0 has once again given us fair warning on how the poor tend to abuse the kindness of their betters. It may therefore be instructive to see how the United States has dealt with such a threat during a similar point in their history. [Hat tip: Crookedtimber.]

Hope this is of help to the decent folks of the Philippine Middle Class.

Related Post: The Poor: Two Narratives (Part 1)

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4 Responses to “Dealing with the Poor”

  1. Nick on May 28th, 2008 1:14 am

    @CVJ, interesting video..

  2. cvj on May 28th, 2008 5:26 am

    Thanks Nick. While it is clear that the contempt for the poor [aka the ‘hobos’] shown in that video is parody, i cannot say the same when it comes to the real world. Treating the poor as the problem is an all too common sentiment, especially among the Philippine middle class.

  3. benign0 on May 28th, 2008 5:04 pm

    Maybe that is why poverty can never be solved. Because people are not WILLING to see the poor as a problem in themselves.

    It’s kind of like why the Philippines hasn’t prospered (and probably NEVER WILL). Because instead of seeing Filipinos as a problem in themselves, we instead have virtually CONVINCED ourselves that our pathetic state can be blamed on America, Spain, politicians, the Government, the weather, God, globalisation, the Chinese, expensive oil, expensive rice, expensive electricity, expensive texting, election cheats, and whatever else construct we’ve managed to come up with with to lynch.

    Maybe there should be a global organisation called Basket Case Anonymous. The first thing a member state would say when it joins the group is: “My name is Juan de la Cruz and I am a national Basket Case”.

  4. cvj on May 29th, 2008 2:33 am

    Benign0, a lot of my disagreements with you have to do with how you define the problem. What gives me grief is that your attitude is common among the Philippine middle class.

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