
Originally Posted by
Soul Doctor
why look far on to other countries to make decisions for this country?
why compare statistics when we have our own statistics to compare it with.
just look around.
your own neighborhood can paint you a good picture.
it is just a matter of supply and demand.
productivity and consumption.
availability of income generating jobs.
also relative family income capacity.
and finally---awareness of moral and social responsibility
to survive with a decent and normal lifestyle in the city--
you need P5000 a month per person. (that amount could be debatable but just humor me on this)
that amount is enough to get you a warm bed to sleep on, food on the table everyday
and all the necessities like health services including education.
exampleA:
if you earn P10,000 a month as a teacher and your wife is also a teacher getting the same salary.
you then as a family earns P20,000 a month.
this means you can only afford to have two children.
(the key word here is "afford".)
exampleB:
but for example you have 5 children (the average is 6 for filipinos) and the parents are of the same income as example A--.
your income will be divided by 7 individuals
20,000/7 equals almost P3000.
comparing example A and B, familyB has P2000 peso less per person than family A.
so family B will not be able to afford all the things family A has.
that includes education and health services.
if family B could not afford to send all their kids to school, then how will their kids go to school then?
that is when family B pass their burden to the society.
they will then ask the government to spend money for them to send their kids to school.
if family b could not afford their medical and health expense, they then go to the government and ask for free medical services (another burden to the government and the society in the whole)
so you see?
the more you have children, the bigger chance that you will pass your burden to the society.
so, to say that poverty is not caused by over population--
is an example of being socially irresponsible.