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Poor get poorer as rich cling on to the wealth of their nations



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Published Date: 21 August 2008
By RT REV DAVID LUNAN
Only by living up to the principle of it is better to give than receive can we beat poverty, says the RT REV DAVID LUNAN
THE Make Poverty History march of 2005 in Edinburgh was Scotland's biggest-ever street demonstration. With the Gleneagles meeting of the G8 about to take place on our soil, Scotland said "No" to the extreme poverty which blights and often ends the li...



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  • Last Updated: 20 August 2008 9:34 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Itchy,

21/08/2008 06:43:11
"Of course we need money and markets and trade, and we need to be realistic about them"

Yes, we need more of them and less tax and less regulation. That is how economies grow. None of this 'redistribution' rubbish.
2

Mr. Lachie Todd,

Edinburgh 21/08/2008 08:55:54
Why is it the church continues to deceive the poor when it claims the meek will inherit the earth?

Only the rich and powerful inherit anything on this earth!

Since time immemorial, all religions have deceived the poor and, instead of agonising about some kind of hereafter, they should be educating their followers to
live worthwhile lives in the present!
3

donald,

glasgow 21/08/2008 08:59:35
'Make Poverty History' was a slogan of Viscount Earl Atlee. Whilst the G8 was a worthwhile demo, we should have been demonstrating to the eyes and ears of the world against Tory Blair's grip on Poverty Scotland. Bush went back to the USA and Scotland was left with Blair and Broon ruling us from London.
4

Hugh V McLachlan,

Elderslie 21/08/2008 09:17:23
'Only by living up to the principle of it is better to give than receive can we beat poverty,'

This is not an ethical principle. It is a holy sound-bite. It might be more blessed to give than to receive but that is another matter. Generosity is, in general, good and greed is bad but the suggested principle does not follow from that. For instance, it is not wrong to receive your wages. To give away all your money to the poor and thereby to require other people to be charitable towards you and your family would be irresponsible.


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Hugh V McLachlan,

Elderslie 21/08/2008 10:23:42
Is it better to give offence than to take umbrage?

 

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