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When someone works hard to earn their money I believe it is up to that person how they want to spend it. According to Peter Singer (“The Singer Solution to World Poverty,” in G. Muller’s The New World Reader, pp. 361-368), it is immoral to spend money unnecessarily when that money can be used to help a starving child. I disagree with this statement. I am going to discuss my opinion on poverty and how I believe that spending money unnecessarily is not immoral.
I believe that I some has worked hard for their money they have every right to spend it on whatever they want. However I do believe that people who do make enough money should give back to the less fortunate. Saying that spending money unnecessarily is immoral brings one question to mind; what exactly is considered to be unnecessary when it comes to spending money? This question has a wide variety of answers.
Some people can argue that something as little as a girl getting her nails done is unnecessary while others may say owning several cars and homes is unnecessary. I personally believe that neither of these are unnecessary. I believe that if someone wants something even if they already have a similar item to the item that they want and they worked hard for their money they should be able to get it and not be considered an immoral person. When you work hard for your money you work hard to spend the money on yourself not to give it all away, although I do believe you should give some away.
I believe people who have enough for themselves should give back to the needy. But that brings up the question what exactly is enough. To me a person has enough money when they have enough to survive and a little extra for other things. Once a person has that I believe that they can af...

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... that governments want poverty. When a country has a lot of poverty in a governments eyes that means a country is weak. When a country is weak that makes it easier for them to be controlled. I believe this is reason why poverty is on the rise today.
I believe that the western countries today purposely keep third world countries in poverty despite what they might say. Countries like America claim to help poor countries yet we rarely see any type of change. I believe this is because Western countries have claimed a lot of poor countries as their territory and one of the ways to prevent rebellion and keep control is to keep the country and the people on it poor and starving. By keeping the people poor it makes them more grateful when the dominant country actually does give to them. The poor people of the country see it as kindness when actually it’s just a strategy.

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