Comments on: Poverty in Jaffa http://israelity.com/2006/08/30/poverty-in-jaffa/ Life beyond the conflict Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:17:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Charity in Israel » Blog Archive » All Jews Are Rich! Not at all so!!! http://israelity.com/2006/08/30/poverty-in-jaffa/comment-page-1/#comment-291975 Charity in Israel » Blog Archive » All Jews Are Rich! Not at all so!!! Tue, 05 May 2009 09:08:35 +0000 http://www.israelity.com/?p=704#comment-291975 [...] A great article from the Israelity Blog: [...] [...] A great article from the Israelity Blog: [...]

]]> By: eah http://israelity.com/2006/08/30/poverty-in-jaffa/comment-page-1/#comment-233110 eah Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:32:34 +0000 http://www.israelity.com/?p=704#comment-233110 I Like Jaffa! I Like Jaffa!

]]> By: yudit ilany http://israelity.com/2006/08/30/poverty-in-jaffa/comment-page-1/#comment-106020 yudit ilany Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:16:38 +0000 http://www.israelity.com/?p=704#comment-106020 And, something small: quite true there are many poor Jews in Israel , also in Jaffa. But actually, most of the cases i mentioned in my blog are Arab families living in Jaffa. The Israel Buro of Statistics has often pointed out that the poorest populations in Israel are the Arabs (espcially the Bedouin) and the ultra religious Jews. And, something small: quite true there are many poor Jews in Israel , also in Jaffa.
But actually, most of the cases i mentioned in my blog are Arab families living in Jaffa.
The Israel Buro of Statistics has often pointed out that the poorest populations in Israel are the Arabs (espcially the Bedouin) and the ultra religious Jews.

]]> By: yudit ilany http://israelity.com/2006/08/30/poverty-in-jaffa/comment-page-1/#comment-106017 yudit ilany Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:51:59 +0000 http://www.israelity.com/?p=704#comment-106017 Israel's poor never have had it worse than under Bibi... or as a result of bibi's social insurance cuts. People can do "their very best", when they haveequal access to such basics as good schools, job opportunnies etc. In reality, when you live in Jaffa (just an example, i could also state Rahat or Shderot or Netivot) chances are great you attend a lousy school. Jaffa has a 53% school dropout rate (the municipality claims it is "only" 49%). When you drop out of school, you usually cannot but find very simple jobs for lousy pay and under bad cnditions. Many of Jaffa's poor are employed. In fact they work very hard, many of them for much less than the minimum wage, with no social security so to speak off. Their children go to the same horrid schools they went to, and many will drop out of them. Extreme capitalist societies appear to do very well for their wealthy and powerfull. when the only interest is making more money, you'll have free trade zones where the poor work for minimal wages under awful conditions. Extreme capitalist societies produce where it is cheapest, that is, where the wages (productions costs) are lowest. that might be very nice for the wealthy. I doubt if it is just and fair. But then, capitalism has never been about social justice nor about fairness. Israel is a VERY capitalist country, in which, so the national security report teaches us, the rich get wealthier each time, and the poor poorer. moreover, there are also more poor and more of the poor are working poor. They simply do not earn enough to break the poverty cycle Israel’s poor never have had it worse than under Bibi… or as a result of bibi’s social insurance cuts.
People can do “their very best”, when they haveequal access to such basics as good schools, job opportunnies etc.
In reality, when you live in Jaffa (just an example, i could also state Rahat or Shderot or Netivot) chances are great you attend a lousy school. Jaffa has a 53% school dropout rate (the municipality claims it is “only” 49%). When you drop out of school, you usually cannot but find very simple jobs for lousy pay and under bad cnditions. Many of Jaffa’s poor are employed. In fact they work very hard, many of them for much less than the minimum wage, with no social security so to speak off.
Their children go to the same horrid schools they went to, and many will drop out of them.
Extreme capitalist societies appear to do very well for their wealthy and powerfull. when the only interest is making more money, you’ll have free trade zones where the poor work for minimal wages under awful conditions.
Extreme capitalist societies produce where it is cheapest, that is, where the wages (productions costs) are lowest. that might be very nice for the wealthy.
I doubt if it is just and fair.
But then, capitalism has never been about social justice nor about fairness.

Israel is a VERY capitalist country, in which, so the national security report teaches us, the rich get wealthier each time, and the poor poorer. moreover, there are also more poor and more of the poor are working poor. They simply do not earn enough to break the poverty cycle

]]> By: David http://israelity.com/2006/08/30/poverty-in-jaffa/comment-page-1/#comment-105991 David Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:54:26 +0000 http://www.israelity.com/?p=704#comment-105991 There is a solution. It however requires a fundamental change from the disasterous [and immoral] socialist policies. It is government intervention, through regulation and bureacracy that inhibits economic expansion. This is a worldwide phenomenon, but for Israel, it means constantly holding up a begging bowl to the United States, unemployment and taxation. Israel has the capability if not the government desire to become independent fiscally. The laws of economics are as immutable as the laws of physics, for the same philosphical reasons. If disobeyed, pain results. It is high time that the closest Israel has to a capitalist politician, Bibi Netanyahu is elected Prime Minister. In a true capitalist society [it has never existed] economic abundance and human generosity due to sublime human nature, would ensure very few mothers and fathers not being able to access medicine for their children or themselves. Why? Because individual freedom allows a person to flourish and attain their best. Economically successful nations are not accidental in the samw way that unsuccessful nations are not accidental. Despite the evil of statitism in the form of socialism, Israel is great nation. Just imagine how much greater it could be. There is only one way politically and that is the socio-economic system of laissez-faire capitalism. There is a solution. It however requires a fundamental change from the disasterous [and immoral] socialist policies.

It is government intervention, through regulation and bureacracy that inhibits economic expansion.

This is a worldwide phenomenon, but for Israel, it means constantly holding up a begging bowl to the United States, unemployment and taxation.

Israel has the capability if not the government desire to become independent fiscally.

The laws of economics are as immutable as the laws of physics, for the same philosphical reasons. If disobeyed, pain results.

It is high time that the closest Israel has to a capitalist politician, Bibi Netanyahu is elected Prime Minister.

In a true capitalist society [it has never existed] economic abundance and human generosity due to sublime human nature, would ensure very few mothers and fathers not being able to access medicine for their children or themselves.

Why? Because individual freedom allows a person to flourish and attain their best.

Economically successful nations are not accidental in the samw way that unsuccessful nations are not accidental. Despite the evil of statitism in the form of socialism, Israel is great nation.

Just imagine how much greater it could be. There is only one way politically and that is the socio-economic system of laissez-faire capitalism.

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