Article ‘Today’s charities are taking over duties which are the responsibility of the government.

Governments, not
charities, are responsible for people’s welfare.’

There is a discussion about whether charity or government is more beneficial for alleviating poverty. While in many
cases government agencies and private charity serve similar purposes, they can be perceived very differently by the
public.

Some conservatives have begun to repeatedly argue that the government should no longer provide for essential
social services. They say that charity can be an adequate and acceptable replacement for the government in meeting
demands and resolving social problems. Conservatives point to a "culture of poverty" and suggest that much
deprivation is the result of flawed choices and behavior by the poor themselves.

As a result, they see poverty as a consequence of bad people making wrong decisions and doing immoral things;
they see personal improvement, education, and hard work as the only solution. Although, Liberals and most of the
society, on the other hand, understand that government action is necessary to create the conditions under which
individual responsibility can be developed and trained, including politically.

The fact of the matter is that individuals/charities alone cannot alleviate the increasing poverty, hunger, and
homelessness that plague our nation and the world. While individuals can and should help, it has always been the
role of government to assist its citizens to accomplish what people cannot do alone. The elimination of poverty is
one such governmental responsibility.

Personally, the government is an organized group of individuals, with certain powers and responsibilities given
upon it by the people. Both governments and individuals/Charities are estimated to lead moral lives and to help
those who cannot help themselves than Charities doing it individually. The government and people need each other.
Both of them should take part in taking responsibility for people's welfare. They cannot possibly achieve anything
without working together. Now, more than ever, the poor are expecting that they learn to cooperate. If they do not,
it is the poor who will pay the price, as they always do.