>>>In Zimbabwe the people are impoverished due to crushing government's policies. In America people have freedom and the ability to make due for themselves. The difference lies in the circumstances of their poverty.
>>>
>>>No comparison will make their lives better, just like no argument will make their lives better. The betterment of their lives is their responsibility.
>>
>>And how does a hungry 3-year-old do that?
>>
>>Tamar
>
>The parents are responsible and need to feed their child.

I agree with you, but what if they don't for whatever reasons. I believe that one of the functions of forming a society is to ensure that children don't go hungry (or naked or uneducated).

If you think about it, rather a lot of what government is for is what happens when people don't do the right things. (Not all of it, of course--stuff like trash collection and road building is for the common good, in another way.)

Tamar