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Essay / Rich nations should be obliged to share the wealth...
The famous proverb says that if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, but if you teach a man to fish, you feed him all his life. In the case of poor countries, this means that if rich countries provide food and supplies whenever poor countries ask them, it really will not bring productive results. However, if rich countries provide poor countries with adequate education, accessible medicines and basic technologies, the citizens of these countries will begin to benefit from the government and society as a whole – they will be healthy and educated enough to work, and moreover, they will have the devices (technologies) necessary for productive work. And this is how the continued economic growth of poor countries will be achieved, and this will be the merit of rich nations. In turn, this will create a positive image of a rich nation, which has decided to share its wealth and put the poor nation back on its feet: "When the rich give money, we always say that they do it to appease their conscience or generate favorable publicity” (singer “What Should a Billionaire Give – and What Should You?”). This is why wealth sharing is very important for both developing and developed countries..