Title: Why People Don't Give to Charity - The Life You Can Save
Headings: Ten Reasons Why People Don’t Donate to Charity
Ten Reasons Why People Don’t Donate to Charity
1. I already give enough. I prefer to invest in my own community.
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2. I need to save money for myself and for my family.
3. My donation is too small to make a difference.
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4. Poverty can’t be solved.
5. Poverty isn’t the problem — it’s the symptom.
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6. Donations don’t help the people who need the most aid.
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7. Poverty relief is the responsibility of governments.
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8. People should solve their own problems.
9. Giving aid makes developing countries dependent upon foreign resources and funding.
10. Giving leads to overpopulation.
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8. People should solve their own problems. The Nobel prize winning social scientist Herbert Simon estimates around 90% of what people earn is based upon their social capital — the places, networks, and opportunities that make up their present circumstances. Without stable institutions like efficient banks, a reliable police force, functioning schools and fair criminal justice systems, it is very difficult to compete on a global scale. The American investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett acknowledges that he would not have acquired his own wealth without certain necessary conditions: “ If you stick me down in the middle of Bangladesh or Peru, you’ll find out how much this talent is going to produce in the wrong kind of soil.” Without stable infrastructures, it will be difficult if not impossible to rise above poverty, no matter how hard you work or how talented you are (See Peter Singer, The Life You Can Save, p. 26). Add to that the fact that people in poverty are much more likely to be incapacitated by illness and its after-effects, and you can see that their starting conditions are significantly stacked against them. Globally, four out of five people who are blind suffer from treatable blindness — yet lack of access to treatment means they are unable to work and participate in social life fully as a result of their impairment.