Category: hangh

IMF warns the US over high poverty

Summary

According to the article, we know that three urgent problems the US is facing now. Firstly, one in seven people were living in poverty. Secondly, IMF cut the country’s growth forecast for 2016 to 2.2% from a previous prediction of 2.4%. Thirdly, unemployment figures showed the rate at an eight-year low of 4.7%; nevertheless, IMF also gives the US government some solution, invest more in education, improve social programmes such as childcare to help poorer Americans get jobs.

Opinion

As far as I am concerned, I think the US government should improve social programmes and invest more in education. And I have two reasons to support my opinion. First of all, as the economist John Maynard Keynes said, improve public works will help people get jobs because unemployment is very low, improve public works deserve to take care of. Additionally, as we know, in the US, a lot of students can’t go to university, since they don’t have adequate money to join, so, the only way is scholarships, but join the US army is the condition of scholarship, and when you finished, you can go back to university to study; nevertheless, a lot of soldiers got a psychological problem in the life of the army, thus those students can’t back to study, and I think it’s a danger signal for the US.

Don not buy death- Somalis urged to stay and rebuild their country

Summary:
According to the article, we will know that a lot of Somalis now are escaping from their country. Because there is not only a horrific drought, but also an armed insurgency, and which makes people to acquire humanitarian assistance. Based on the United Nations around 15% of Somali citizens were living abroad last year. And increasing annually. However, there is another kind of people. Mr. Abdinur, who said in the last 12 months I have survived two suicide attacks and I have never decided to leave for security reasons. Death is everywhere, suicide attacks happen in Paris and around the word, if citizens all decided to leave our county because of unemployment or insecurity, so who will rescue this country?

Personal Opinion
As far as I am concerned, I disagree with the ideal of Mr. Abdinur. And I have two reasons which can reinforce my opinion.
Firstly, I know Europa is not safe place now. Because Europa is under the situation of terrorism. But if you think deeply, you will find out that Europa still has strong security, and it will save people from terrorism. However, Somali does not have that. It means, perhaps same suicide attacks will result different dead people.
Secondly, as a common sense, we must acknowledge that rebuild a country is not only need common citizens, but also need educated people. Nevertheless, citizens who living in Somali will not be able to obtain a quite education.
Thus, I think the best way is leaving Somali, and once the opportunity has become, Somalis come back to rebuild their country.