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Providing financial aid to the poor can increase poverty. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

#aid #poverty
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There are a lot of governments that give financial support to poor
people
 in order to reduce
the
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scarcity, some
people
 believe that it is a great choice,
however
, in my opinion, it might improve the shortage, since
who
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those who
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 receive it do not try to change their lives and get better options in the future. It depends on which type of support it is, for how long time, who is helped and
others
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 situations. The financial help from the government to
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 need it without
further
 education will not be positive in the long term. Proof of
this
, there is a social program in Brazil called “Bolsa família”, since 2000, which should help only families with kids in the zone of poverty or below it. Following it, a lot of
people
 do not apply for jobs or try to get a better job because they do not want to lose
this
 financial assistance,
what
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 in
long
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 time
contribute
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maintain
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the
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poverty. Undoubtedly,
this
 project helps a lot of Brazilians;
also
provide
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 opportunities for many families to improve their life’s quality. Even though, these benefited families do not receive instruction and information to increase their educational status. They know that they will receive it for a long time, so they do not even try to improve their capacity and efficiency.
To sum up
,
the
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financial help from the government can improve the scarcity because the helped
people
 might not try to improve their educational skills and probably they will not try to get a better job. Indeed, if the government
not
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 incentivize
the
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education and the improvement of skills, the results of
this
 aid tend to be negative.
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