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Every daytherichcountriesintheworld
getricherandthepoorcountriesget poorer.Canwereducethisgap?Ofcoursewecan.
Thequestioniswhetherthepeoplein powerwantto doit?
Reducingthewealth gapcan beachieved bycancellingthirdworld debt,cancelling
tradeandfarmingsubsidiessothatthirdworldcountriescancompete, gettingrid of
thirdworldcorruptionandinvesting
and buildinginthirdworldcountriesusinglocalpeopleandskillsandallowingthem
ownership ofbusinesses.Thereareotherthingsaswell.Unfortunatelythereisno profit
in businessforfirstworldcountriesto dothesethings.Somewilldothembutmostwill
not.Theordinaryman onthestreetwantsthingsto bebetterforpoorercountriesand
thepoliticianssaythattheywillhelp butthepoliticianswillintheend dowhatbusiness
tellsthemto do.
Politiciansalsorightlyfeelthey havea dutyto protecttheirowncountriesand keeping
economically dominantispartofthisduty.Creatingeffectivecompetitionfortheirown
country‛sbusinessesisnot partofwhattheyareexpectedto do.
ThisthenleadsontowhetherIbelievethatdevelopedcountrieshaveadutyto helpthe
developingcountries.Yes,Ido.AsanindividualIbelievethatwehavea dutytoassist
thepoorercountrieswiththeirdevelopmentinallaspects.Wecan provideteachers
andeducationand doctorsonthesmallscaleand onthelargerscalethethingsthatI
havetalkedaboutinthepreviousparagraph.Canwe dothis?Yes.Willwedothis?See
the previousparagraphagain.
Inconclusion youcanseethatIbelievethatthereisasplitbetweenwhatwould
happeninaperfectworldandwhatactually happens.Wehaveadutytoreducethe
wealth gap between developed
and developingcountriesandwecan doit, butitisunlikelythatthiswillhappen quickly.
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Sample 107
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthistask.
Everydaytrafficseemsto getworseon ourroads.Howcanwereducethe
numberofcarsonourroadstoday? Whatalternativescanweoffercardrivers?
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.
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