There is a "mystery" we must explain: How is it that as corporate investments and foreign aid and international loans to poor countries have increased dramatically throughout the world over the last half century, so has poverty? The number of people living in poverty is growing at a faster rate than the world's population. What do we make of this? -- Michael Parenti
Bant Singh is a Dalit and a singer in the village of Burj Jhabber, Mansa, Punjab. In 2000, his minor daughter was raped. The rapists were given life sentence in 2002. In retaliation, Bant was attacked on January 5, 2006. He was left bleeding to death. His arms and leg had to be amputated.He says his tongue is there, he can still sing. - For those feeling despondent over any minor grievance or aggravation, please see this video. See the spirits of the man who lost so much but marches on. Caeravati! Move on! It must become the slogan of the oppressed peoples in the 21st century! - WPA
"The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the greatest of all plagues -- not faction, but rather distraction -- there should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor, again, excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil . . . Now the legislator should determine what is to be the limit of poverty or of wealth." ~ Plato
Proutist Universal says, every citizen must be guaranteed the constitutional right to adequate purchasing power. If it is denied, then he/she must have the right to sue his/her government. And also, there must be a ceiling on the accumulation of wealth any one person can accumulate, because excessive accumulation by one person of finite natural resources means the denial of those resources to thousands or millions of others. Let each person be content with basic necessities for their life and their work.
