Lowering the cost of health care would make it much easier for people to afford the cost of living, considering that the cost of health care costs make up a big portion of the cost of living. Lower health care costs would make it easier for poor people to escape and avoid poverty and easier […]
Author Archives: Scott Hughes
A Billion People Hungry, A Billion People Online
I was recently contacted by a person named Abby from the World Food Programme, which is the food aid branch of the United Nations and the world’s largest humanitarian organization. Abby informed me that this year the number of chronically hungry people will reach 1 billion and at the same time the number of internet […]
Luxuries vs. Basic Needs
By definition, a person is poor who does not have access to basic necessities, which in capitalist societies usually means they cannot afford these basic necessities. I believe these basic necessities include sufficient food, clothes, shelter, health care, retirement, unemployment insurance, and disability insurance. The sum of the cost of those basic necessities is the […]
Why Do We Behave Like Sociopaths?
Most of us know that numerous commendable charities exist that work to save the lives of starving children who they can feed for pennies a day. Other organizations, especially those addressing poverty in less utterly destitute places, focus more on investing in long-term solutions like changing society, turning around economies and uplifting entire communities. The […]
End Poverty T-Shirts
I found some cool t-shirts made by a company called Junk Food about poverty. All these shirts say “end poverty” on them. I think this is a great way to raise awareness about poverty. Check them out: The first is a lady’s medium. The second is a man’s extra large. The third is available […]
How I Would Spend $10 Million on Poverty
In this post I will write my answer to the question we used for a contest we recently held, “If you were given $10,000,000 and all the money must be spent to reduce poverty and hunger, how would you spend the money?” I think we all agree that charitable handouts of food, water and shelter […]