Topic: Who to blame: the people or the government? (Read 508 times)

Before determining who is responsible for poverty, we must look at two different views on poverty. because different approaches often give rise to different views about the roots of poverty.

First, Supporters of the government's tough actions see poverty as a result of social and economic conditions. They argue that malnutrition, poor schools, family breakdowns, discrimination, lack of employment opportunities, and a bad environment are the main determinants of poverty. If you adhere to this view, you will strongly support the idea that the government is responsible for eliminating poverty whether by giving income to the poor directly (transfer) or by correcting conditions that cause poverty (policy). This means that the State is not only responsible for security issues, but also responsible for the maintenance of the weak and those who need it and ensure a decent life for them.

The second opinion says that poverty grows from individual behavior that is not adaptive, the behavior is an individual responsibility and can only be improved by the poor themselves. Sometimes the government is blamed for fostering dependency on patchy government programs that kill individual initiatives. Critics who have this view recommend that the government should reduce the welfare program so that people will develop their own resources.

Analysis of poverty issues and welfare systems is divided into these two extreme categories. therefore, I think that the government and the society both have responsibility for poverty, both must have the same commitment and must coordinate with each other in order to eliminate or at least reduce poverty.

Mostly the government are to be blamed as a result of the fact that they do not implement policies that will aid the people who has voted them in the first place.
On the other hand,  the people take the blame when they can not stand up to challenge the fact that the government doesnt live up to its expectation

The truth is we all have a role to play. We all should be held responsible. We all can do better. If the masses move in a particular direction consistently for a couple of years, the government would also join in in no time. The problem in most poor countries is that the people leave too much to the leadership. Many of us can actually change a lot in our little ways. We just need to try. Tiny drops end up making an ocean.

Right. Sometimes it's the government, but very often it's both. So, I totally agree that both the government and the people must do their best to solve this issue.

In this life you can only blame yourself. I consider it weak to blame the government. In actual fact it doesn't matter who is in power, your salary will not increase by 1 cent. It depends on yourself, on your your determination and will power. The more you invest yourself the better chance you have to help yourself out of the sitation. When you take responsibility for your life the universe will help you move forward, taking responsibility opens up your life stream allowing energy to freely flow so that you can take action.

Well, obviously both the people and government need to change their ways. However, the government, being the one in charge of leading its people, should be held more liable for whatever happens to the country. The majority of the countries around the world have already been accustomed to governmental/political corruption as if it were normal as breathing air.  If only the funds were going to the right places and not the politicians'. But I don't see that happening anytime soon.

We do make quick judgement on the leaders but i will blame people.
Have we forgot that the people made up the Government.
Because of few cents/$/# as the case may be, the people will sell their votes for bad & corrupt people ,how do we expect a good Government from that?

People are those meant to be blamed.

In my opinion, the political system itself is the culprit. The vertical of power is built in such a way that people who are ready to sacrifice their moral principles are more likely to succeed. That's a real negative selection. The system just perverts and encourages people to show their worst sides.

You can't put it all the on the people. Of course, there are countries where the government gives the people so many opportunities, yet they still choose to be lazy and poor. Then I can see that, yes, that is the fault of the people. But, you have to realize that many countries have laws that are not in place to helps the poor people. They don't help create jobs or find jobs. They don't have reasonable minimum wages or good workplace safety laws. In these places, the fault is a lot more on the governments themselves.

Poor and uneducated people are easy to control. Education is very expensive and not all people can afford it. People work in order to survive. Every day millions of people think how to feed the family and survive. People are unhappy. And instead of trying to change their lives for the better, people watch TV, believe the false news and politicians who are pummeling their brains. Poverty is very beneficial to the government.
That is why the answer to your question - only people can overcome poverty (material and spiritual).

Government wouldn't be on their position without its people. So who to blame? I think people who are incapable of deciding their real saviors. People who are merely looking at the social statuses of the candidates instead of their achievements. Yes, government are the ones who make this society. But we people are the ones who complete this society, to function and to lead. So we must act now.

Government is the people but if the people are not empowered by the same government to take progressive and beneficial actions,then there will  never be development. One major issue is corruption which can best be fought by empowering the citizens to report any acts of corruption. The government also has to be honest to the people in all its dealings so that the nation can grow.Sometimes when citizens either refusal to vote or voting the wrong people into office then they will suffer the consequence. But how can you tell if someone will be honest after been given power?So this is a dicey area so I think that sometimes the government or the people are to blame when one gives so much trust to the other.

The government should represent the people. In a way, the government should be the people. Unfortunately, we often we a big division between the government and the people. To fight against poverty, the people and the government need to work together. The people can't just sit around doing nothing and expect not to the be poor. They need to improve their qualifications and be ready to work. The government needs to put laws in place that will protect the workers in the country. They can implement minimum wages. They can lessen the take burden on low-income families. They can provide low/no-interest loans to students.

As I would see it, there ought to be a joint effort between two parties to eradicate poverty in their nation. The administration ought to make more jobs locally, sign arrangements and financial guide to different nations to put resources into the nation or contract residential and gifted laborers. In favor of the general population, they should endeavor harder to pick up information through training and experience. When they have enough information, they have the ability to take complex occupations as we are in the modern age. On the off chance that the two gatherings did their employments, I feel that the poverty will be decrease, or sometime in the not so distant future, will be destroy until the end of time.

According to my assumption, both government and citizens are to be blamed for poverty.

It has always been misunderstood so i would like define what government is. Government is the system or group of people governing an organized community so government would not exist without people. If i were to decide who to blame the politicians (person holding or seeking office in government) or the poor i guess we should blame the politicians. People vote for politicians, and the politicians should make policy to eradicate poverty but most of them do not do what they supposed to do. Poor people are in poverty because they find themselves in holes in the economic system that deliver them inadequate income. Rather than blaming poor people for economic inequality, it’s more useful to look at what happens when the public actually is allowed to vote directly on tax hikes.  We should not view poverty as an individual phenomenon and say that it’s primarily their own fault that people are poor. Be careful about blaming the poor for their fates. We should stop victim blaming.

I claim not to be the monopoly of wisdom or knowledge but I think the best way to answer such question is first understanding the context of the question. When we say government, do we mean the institution or the people who run the institution itself? If we are talking about the institution as government, then the blame will be on the system of the institution. But if we are talking about the people who run this institution, then the blame is on the people. And not only the elected one but also those who elected them too. We also need to consider the type of the governing system too. In a Dictatorship, many would basically point on one person. But in a Democracy, society is to blame because democracy simply means "Rule of the people,by the people and for the people". So the key stakeholders are the people and should be the first to take the blame.

There is a saying that it takes two to tango. So for me, the government and its people should work hand and hand. Government provides while people use it accordingly. Sometimes we used to complain about our government but the thing is we must also work things out for ourself we must strive for the best.

This is what should be done, we should BLAME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS when they aren't doing (or at least, not trying to do) what they've been voted in to do. It's one thing to try and then fail, due to the nature of politics, but it's another thing to campaign with certain views -- and then change these views when you're in power.

I've spoken on this topic before, but we must continue to hold both sides accountable.

As the people do VOTE IN the government -- that's how DEMOCRATIC government works.

People are to be blamed especially when government of the day has created enabling environment for every form of legal business to take place. People are to be blamed if government provided conducive atmosphere for development as well as making Long lasting policies that will attract gigantic project and development in the nation.
Government has an entity should be blamed when it fails to make the necessary policies that will attract investors both local and foreign. Government should be blamed when it fails to actualize the purpose upon which it is voted for.