I'm basically unemployed, just tending a small store which provide our daily needs. A dollar per post might help but that's not enough to be considered rich, even in this 3rd world country I live in.
If you're getting paid, you're not unemployed. I'm glad that work from tending the small store and a bit of income from this site helps you out.
I think a lot of your are missing my point.
There are nearly 2 BILLION people that live on less than a dollar a day. These are the poor in this world. The rest of us are rich. And for those of us who participate in a signature campaign, we can make more than $1 a day from this activity...therefore we are not poor by Earth standards.
Broaden your perspective on this. Rich doesn't equal yacht. Super, uber fucking rich equals yacht. We're all rich if we have steady income and enough to put a roof over our bed, clothes on our back, and food in our mouth. There's a significant portion of people in this world we all share that don't have those basic life needs.
I'm still considered poor by my country's standards. I wouldn't be even considered middle class. Guess standards do vary. They have self-reported surveys here and when I saw some of the people being interviewed on TV, I've seen people living near rail tracks that don't consider themselves "poor". My reaction was like "My God, their house look shitier than mine!".
I guess the term I'll have to use for myself now is "surviving but not yet thriving".
If you dont know 1000$ can feed 100 people for atleast a month in 3rd world africa.
I said a village of 200 people. What's your point?Giving the money as charity would only hurt the business owner.
My view is that you can drown money in Africa all you want. People have been doing that for centuries and the natives used to live in clay houses and run around half naked and they will continue to do so with or without the charity.
Though I don't agree with the apparent deterministic tone when you talked about Africans, I agree with you on the effect of freebies. They don't always benefit the poor and can even do harm by putting people out of business. Aside from the feeding programs, which might be essential for some, it would be better if the money would be used to encourage entrepreneurship. They can also go sneaky and try to improve institutions if that's what's causing the poverty problem. After all, most poor countries also have high levels of corruption.