Are there Poor Countries?

India certainly isn't a poor country but it has high levels of poverty, stuff you wouldn't believe

South Africa is not a poor country yet just outside Cape Town with its vast wealth are tens of thousands living in tin huts on the side of the motorway.

USA is not a poor country but you have big areas of major hubs now tent cities

Brazil is not a poor country but you have tens of thousands living in thrown up buildings on a hill overlooking 5 star hotels and high end apartments

Sonny678 wrote: »

Irelands transformation in a generation is unreal. The rise of people's income in 30 years has been quite dramatic. The cost of property, cost of living has improved dramatically. In Britian peoples wages have increased very little in the last 30 years , in Ireland they have risen substantially.

No question. My mother born in 1951 frequently talks about growing up in a two room (not two bedroom) thatched house with 5 siblings, no water, no electricity in west Roscommon. They are building houses as big as the White House in that area these days with 3-4 cars sitting outside

Wanderer78 wrote: »

According to data, just as productive as the rest of us, it's clearly obvious they were thrown under the bus to protect plutocratic interests, particularly of European financial institutions, similar to ourselves, but more so

What data?

rossie1977 wrote:

No question. My mother born in 1951 frequently talks about growing up in a two room (not two bedroom) thatched house with 5 siblings, no water, no electricity in west Roscommon. They are building houses as big as the White House in that area these days with 3-4 cars sitting outside

That was the norm back then. 6 or 7 or 8 siblings in one house( two room, one bedroom house ) was normal, no running water, no electricity, outside tiolet and very little money. If anything many people lived in much worse conditions. Regards now , liam Gallagher tells a story when he goes to visit his relatives in Mayo he says they all have houses bigger then his back in the UK.