I don't think the success or failure of a state under rough circumstances is a fair outcome. The people living there work just as hard as (probably harder than) those states who are well off. The governments become corrupt under the pressure, putting the people in even worse a scenario than they started off with. It isn't fair to those people who are simply trying to live.
The biggest problem with this assertion is how we are going to solve it. The problem with that is that humans are, by nature, pretty selfish. Large companies and countries won't help out unless there is an incentive for them. In the ideal world, there would be debt forgiveness for these countries and help for their development. This world, however, is not ideal. I think we can still give money to these countries but we have to provide a proper incentive. This can come from tax breaks for large corporations to donate money and resources to these countries. Together, the rest of the world can help develop these countries and give them a fair advantage to compete globally.
You say this world isn't ideal. How do you know that these large companies would use what they save on the tax breaks for these people in poorer countries? Also countries tend to fix their own problems first so they would probably encourage those tax breaks be used at home.
ReplyDeleteMindy, you state in your blog post that you think that incentives should be given to large corporations for giving money to developing countries. While I’m not 100% sure of this, I believe that there are tax breaks/deductions for corporations who do donate to charity organizations. I’m also not completely sure of what percentage of those funds donated by American corporations go to the developing world, but one would have to assume at least some of it would. I feel like the bigger issue is not that there aren’t incentives to donate money, but that the money that is currently going to the developing world may not be being used in the best way possible. Why increase incentive if the money that is being sent now isn’t being properly utilized? Do you think that this is a fair question and do you see any other bigger issues that may need to be addressed before the issue of increasing incentive to donate money to the developing world?
ReplyDeleteMy question for you is about your statement that "people are largely selfish". If people are selfish, why are there so many aid organizations around the world? Wouldn't people be more inclined to help themselves than helping others. While I do agree with you that a majority of Americans are very selfish, may others societies and cultures are much more altruistic than we are, and I think there is a lot to be said about that. Many companies have large philanthropic aspects that reach out to the local communities in which they are located. Specific examples are yearly giving by oil and other petrochemical refineries around the country. These refineries are considered, as I interpret your blog post, to be some of the "selfish" in our society. What is misunderstood about these businesses is that they in fact give much of their time and effort to improving the quality of life for their local citizens. So, I mildly disagree with you that even these companies are selfish because they in fact help others without any interest of getting something back.
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