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Originally Posted by garinda
I agree, as I'm sure anyone else would, who'd visited any third world countries.
Poverty is relative. I refute the figure that 13% of children in this country live in poverty, whilst there's access to clean water, education, and a social benefits system which should mean that no one dies of starvation in the U.K.
'A spokesman for the charity said: "Measuring Severe Child Poverty in the UK reveals that 13% of the UK's children are now living in severe poverty and shows that efforts to reduce child poverty have not only stalled but have slid into reverse."
Child poverty fight 'slid into reverse' - UK Politics, UK - The Independent
Sadly we do hear about cases of children living in appalling conditions. However that is child abuse, caused by feckless adults, and not as a result of real poverty. |
Just watching BBC Breakfast news.
A report about 1.5 million UK children living in 'severe poverty', according to the charity Save the Children.
They interviewed a woman in Manchester who receives £200.00 per week, for her and her four children.
Big flat screen telly, washing machine. Sat there in tattoos, a neck full of gold necklaces, gold rings on every finger.
Compared to those living without clean water, and the threat of starvation, nevermind that an education is but a dream, this is not poverty, it's fecklessness.