Even though American has a very high median income, and is the world's super power There is also huge income inequality, crimes and incarceration that rivals and surpasses that of many 3rd world nations, and things like hook worm occasionally break out in low income neighborhoods due to raw exposed sewage.
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I dont want to bad mouth other countries but income equality is n all places. Show me one where its not and i dont mean a third world country where they are all poor.
The hookworm outbreak is in the state of Alabama a very poverty ridden state.
Despite problems, we are a rich country. We might be richer if immigrants would stop coming here and we have to support them.
It depends on what you want to call rich or poor.
In Soviet Russia they showed the film "Grapes Of Wrath" to show the people how the poor were downtrodden in America. What the people took away from the movie was that in America even the poorest family could own a car!
I think it depends on where in America a person lives. Growing up in subsidized housing complexes has its own stigma; depending on what city you live in, the East side could well mean poverty or affluence. That God created humans to be equal does not mean that he intended for all of them to be equal in every respect. They could differ in talents, interests, and personality. They could also differ in station or in degree of authority. For example, man and woman are not equal in all respects, but God created the woman “as a complement” of the man. (Genesis 2:18) Parents and children obviously differ in authority. Despite these differences, however, all—men, women, and children—were to enjoy as a God-given right equal opportunities to satisfy the basic requirements for happiness. They were all to enjoy equal dignity and standing before God.
Sad to say, one spirit creature was not content with God’s impartial arrangement. He wanted more than what God had given him, yearning for a higher, more elevated, position. By nurturing this wrong desire, he set himself up in rivalry to Jehovah, who as Creator rightfully holds a position of overall supremacy. This rebellious spirit son of God later induced humans to demand of God more than what He had given them. (Genesis 3:1-6; compare Isaiah 14:12-14.) Thus, Jehovah’s provision for humans to enjoy life and happiness appeared to have been thrown out of balance. How comforting to know that Jehovah God has gone on record that he will fulfill his original purpose to provide all humans with equal opportunities for life and happiness! As a God of truth, he has obligated himself to fulfill what he has promised.
jw.org
Hong Kong: fee.org/articles/there-is-no-such-thing-as-poverty-in-hong-kong/