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 * [[image:poverty4.jpg align="right"]]Moral Thinking **

Although you may see this issue of poverty as, “Why should I care?”, there is more to it than that. When you help someone, whether it be a friend that recently lost his job, or a random stranger you have had no contact with before, you are doing a lot for another person. You may not think much of it, or not even care at all. But, if you were the jobless, penniless one, if you were the one classified as “destitute”, I believe you would want others to help as well, whether it be charity or support.


 * The Economy **

Think of the economy as the US and all of the money in it. The money is not stationary, rather, it is passed on from person to person as it is used to buy and sell things. It is best to view it as a large circle - you buy stuff from the manufacturer, who pays its workers to work, who, then in turn, go to buy more stuff. However, if people stop buying to save money, and the company starts losing money, the company will then begin to lay off workers to save money, resulting in those people not having money to buy more stuff, the entire stable “circle” collapses like a house of cards. People don’t buy, so company lays off more workers, and those workers have no money to buy, and it continues again. This may result in one of your own parents to be laid off, and in turn, you would join the ranks of the poor, with no income coming in. If, you haven’t taken the initiative to help others because it is morally right, then consider helping them because it may mean your own downfall if you don’t.