Bailout has been the flavour of the month now for the last couple of months. Companies being bailed out, irresponsible people being bailed out… It looks like the bailout season is on.
I was inspired by a very thought provoking article Where's the bailout for the Hungry I read recently. Why is it that governments are willing to spend millions & billions of taxpayers money to bail out unscrupulous business houses.
I realised its called a bail out when it’s bailing out the recently poor and the needy among the rich and the famous, while it's called an aid or a charity when it is meant for the poor and the needy among the poor and the needy. A euphemistic approach is rendered to the cheats & mismanaged businesses while people who are poor and hungry are addressed / treated with a blatant sense of apathy.
If only a fraction of the millions & billions being pledged in alleviating the hardships of the rich & the famous were channelled into eradication of poverty, the world would have been a better place to live in.
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