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- Poverty affects the country
wholly. It restricts the rise of technological growth, as
a healthy economy is a pre-requisite to technological
advancement. Just as a household to be able to purchase
and enjoy what modern science has to offer with
sufficient income. e.g. decent home, computers, phone,
television sets and other things that helps to educate
the growing kids. With the advances of science and
technology throughout the world, these things that used
to be luxuries, in reality are now basic necessities on
every household. However in the Philippines these things
are still far accessible to a common family.
- The United States with its
wealth and rich natural resources has all the freedom to
spend money on research and development. The armed forces
is way too advance, equipped with the most modern
weaponry, because of the states economy which works hand
in hand with its own politicians and capitlist and is
used as a tool to preserve its foreign economic interest
on every part of the world. With its endless reasearch on
science and technology, the United States keeps on moving
onwards. Continous research goes on which can only be
done with sufficient financial support. An economic giant
like the U.S. and its vision of expansionism which
started after its turbulent civil war, has invested from
then and now is reaping the fruits of its capital as can
be seen with the good life itis people is enjoying now.
With its military might, the United States can impose its
will on any country that opposes its financial interest
on any region globally, with its CIA, the United States
can destabilize any government that would endanger its
interests. These were evidently true with the Shah of
Iran,
- the staged coup de etat in
Guatemala, The Cuban Bay of Pigs, The CIA's involvement
the Russian-Afgan war, the Iran-Iraq war etc.
- In athletics, with its vast
wealth, national players are well fed and trained.
Financial support is sufficiently tended to meet their
every needs. Resulting in excellence. We have seen how
American athletes outnumber most countries on the Olympic
gold hunt on most events. Athletes are funded for their
training from childhood up until they become the best in
their event.
- As we can see poverty affects
the the country wholly same as wealth would affect
alternately. To have a mighty Armed forces, we need to
have a booming economy etc. But economic progress should
start within the household first. Once a life with human
dignity is bestowed upon the filipino people the rest
will fall into its place like a square peg on a square
hole. Once the standard of living is elevated upon every
filipino family no matter what political ideology we
adapt, the wealth of the country spread among our people,
once the life of every filipino family does not subsist
to survive, only then we can fold our arms with
philosophical content.
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