On Poverty

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On Poverty

Here in the Philippines... We have a lot of houses practically made of... Rooftops. Yeah that's right, you heard me. ROOFTOPS. We also have townhouses beside railroads. Those are... Signs of Poverty. Poverty is best associated with the adjective Poor as in materially poor, not poor in spirit like what is written in the Holy Bible, not poor in mind like what boastful guys say. How are you materially poor?

1. You have no money
2. You have no properties to sell.
3. You don't eat 3 times a day.
4. You're struggling to get a job.

I'm not saying that poverty is only in the Philippines. It's practically everywhere. But how does anyone become poor?

In a country like the US, there are lots of job opportunities but somehow, some way, you'll find poor people. Here in the Philippines, there is this stupid mentality that when you have a lame job (i.e. janitor), you don't have the drive to work hard anymore because:

"Wala na tayong magagawa! Mahirap na tayo! Hindi na natin mababago 'yon!"

That's in our language, in English it's:

"There is nothing we could do! We're poor already! We can't change that!"

Most people would say that the reason people become poor is because of few job opportunities and little salary. Again, in the U.S., you don't have those problems. So what is the source of the problem? (This is the part where you think.)

Done thinking? (This is the part where you stop thinking even if you don't have an answer yet)

So let me tell you... It is the fault of the poor man himself. Why? Because he is lazy enough to not find a job. Or when he gets a job, he goes crazy and pities himself saying "Damn I'm so useless I'm poor I don't have a good job!" then stops working.

You must be saying now that I am heartless to not have pity for the less fortunate. I am a Catholic, so I should love them as they are the center of the teachings of Christ but these poor people are a prime example of one of the seven capital sins, Sloth. Not that I question the teachings, but Jesus wants us to help people who can't stand for themselves.

I am not blaming all the poor people, I blame the agents. Agents? Who are the agents of poverty? They are the ones who bring about poverty. I can classify the poor into two:

1. Agents
2. Purely poor

For example, an irresponsible but rich guy who still studies had sex with his girlfriend. And the bad thing happens. The girl's vommiting regularly. You know what this is. His parents find out then call him a disgrace and tells him to live responsibly, marry the woman and find a good job. The parents fund the marriage rites, but after that they practically disown him. He is left with no choice and resorts to a low earning job, as his wife chooses not to work.

The child is born and then they are unable to give the child all his needs because he gets fired everytime because og his absences in work. The guy already moved from one job to the other.

The child grew up skinny, and his father still can't find a job. The child can't read or write, but he wants to study. His dad comes home late everynight with a bottle of beer. One day, his father demands that he begs.

Now you see? These children are who we see at streets begging. So let us identify the

1. Agents
-Parents, because they were rich yet they didn't give any support to their son and they disown him.
-Guy, because he was an a$$hole
-Girl, because she was a $lut

Sorry for the language.

2. The only Purely Poor is the child. He is the one affected most by what everyone did. He can't go to school, begs at the streets. He has no room for hius dreams anymore.

I said I blame the agents. Agents are those who will cause poverty with their combined effects. Pity not all poor, because there are only a few deserving. The agents brought their fate of being poor to themselves and to their descendants. If only all the Agents worked hard, they could have prevented poverty, but instead they pity themselves and believe they will not be able to do anything.

It's a big hit in relationships to say "It's not you, it's me".

So.. It's not really he job opportunities. It's not even the low salary. It's the Agents. Damn the agents who can only pity themselves. Damn the agents who care not fot their descendants.

Trying the NBA: LeBron James

LeBron is hopefully back on fire after his 31 point 8 rebound 5 assist night in double overtime in a home win against the Bucks. I just hate that his supporting cast isn't as good as Kobe's right now. I thought they improved after last season's deep postseason. I guess I was wrong.

That's all folks, thank you for reading.