We can end poverty, but this is why we haven't | Teva Sienicki | TEDxMileHighWomen

[@fossrampant5826]

During COVID isolation I've been bingeing on these Tedx talks. This is one of the best I've come across, on any subject.

[@jackr2323]

No wonder you’ve been ‘isolated’ by a normal pathogen that has no difference in impact than any average annual pathogen.

[@surferxblood]

The Elite: How do we end world poverty? The Elite: We eradicate the poor. Depopulation, Vaccination, Abortion, Wars, Create Famine, Cancer, Poison Food & Water Just some tools of The Elites to Eradicate Poverty

[@raycom201]

@@surferxblood but if they eradicate the lower class, wouldn’t there be a new lower class?

[@evanprice5470]

You should check out Rutger Bergman’s TED talk. He has some amazing insights on the issue as well.

[@philsarkol6443]

@@evanprice5470 Rutger Bregman writer/historian from the Netherlands.

[@kyle013579]

To save you some time she basically said,#1 don't rely on hand outs and the government. #2 work with your community and neighbors to get stuff done. #3 Educate your children so they aren't in the same situation. All three points are highly recommend.

[@DigitalLoom]

That’s not the answer though the answer is blind action of the distribution of all the trillions of dollars that should go right to people in a form of a million dollar check !!!

[@shurdell]

I disagree with your #1. She was talking to you/me. We are the ones not treating the root of the problem. We are the haves and they are the have nots. It is easy for us to pass the buck and stand in judgment but obviously, many of us have not walked in their shoes.

[@afh7380]

@@DigitalLoom nope, structural change is necessary, programs are necessary, not a million dollar check that is going to cause inflation and then vanish in years.

[@afh7380]

Thanks man, I was about to waste my time

[@LP-MeAndMyShadow]

"How china was lifted out of poverty." Good videos. USA could learn a few lessons. Also intergenerational kids are slower learners because parents fail to see the effects of drug and alcohol use on the fetus.

[@thatAncientArtist]

This is so inspiring!! I'm going to school right now for my mental health certification and I have so much to say about this video. I agree with everything about this. I grew up poor and still in my 30s poor trying to make it work and am now being told I cannot continue my education just because of where I reside. on top of it all i have several disabilities and struggle daily. I am fighting it of course and will continue to fight and plan to help end poverty as well.

[@ubermom]

A habit of saving is a proven way to rise out of poverty, but our government poverty programs punish saving. If you have money in the bank, you can't get temporary help out of a rough patch. People learn not to bother saving. If they get a big EITC "tax refund," they blow it immediately in order to avoid losing their benefits. As a result they never have the resources to deal with a setback.

[@arvidpeterson]

this is spot on. if you're disabled in the U.S. and have medicaid to supplement Medicare, you are allowed $2000 in assets, typically. $2000. If you lose your home, can you find another one to move into with only $2000? The whole system was set up to promote dependence on the government across the whole spectrum of existence, including housing. The problem is that - besides being a killer of self-worth - that there is not and never will be enough government subsidized housing for people with disabilities. This model must end.

[@dennisholliday2454]

Also this system of capitalism is set up to keep you HAVING to buy stuff...just think at how often you need to repair (and don't even get me started on cars) something especially with all the cheaply made products from china things just don't last like they used to. refrigerators , stoves , washers, dryers, these essential household items could really set a struggling family back especially if the keep needing repairs..and again CAR is a WHOLE separate can of beans!!!

[@jdcaughman4598]

So true. My wife and I know a young couple from church with 2 children that have always lived on government aid. WIC, disability and several others. The husband is a mechanic but only takes cash so he doesn't report income. Last year they got over $8,000 tax refund. The wife made the comment, " It's free money!" I was so mad I corrected her by saying, "It's not free. I PAID that much in taxes. So you got money that I worked hard for." Now they're expecting another child and will get even more aid. So the cycle continues.

[@vip1ooo433]

Simple solution, don't rely on welfare to fund your children's future. I am serious. These democratic institutions are made to keep the poor beneath the poverty level. It is an endless feedback loop that makes poor folks addicted to social welfare (that needs you to make a minimum or sub-minimum wage). My immigrant parents suffered from the same thing, but they worked without government support; that is the only way to build and sustain wealth in this world. Working for yourself.

[@truthseeker3397]

Never thought about it from that perspective

[@gaillewis5472]

There is big money in oversight of poverty. That's it.

[@darthgraggus2690]

It is all about the DOLLARS AND CENTS. Pretty much the source of MOST of our problems.

[@scottblack7182]

Like ive always said..."where humans went wrong in our evolution , began when we started to covet shiney worthless things."

[@neverendingparty2060]

No it's not, no money, no goods to buy, less jobs, no money. You need people to have excess money to spend on other things to make money

[@San-lh8us]

@@neverendingparty2060 money is just a pass to resources that we made, we have more food than enough to end world hunger, and yet, the ultimate reason someone dies of hunger today is becaus they didn't have money(read: permission) to have food and avoid death

[@SovereignStatesman]

Gail Lewis: no, the people do not consent to their government. THAT'S "it."

[@vsiegel]

You could solve that as a stone-cold economical problem: Invest in having healthy, educated citizens. Others did it, it pays.

[@SovereignStatesman]

You mean SLAVES. People have different ideas about what constitutes health and education. Other are DICTATORS.

[@vsiegel]

@@SovereignStatesman Not sure what you mean, but as far as I know there is quite a lot consensus about not being sick. Who are the slaves and dictators?

[@gregorythompson5334]

This requires people to be documented, and legally in the country, contributing. As long as you don't push the socialist mental disease...

[@SovereignStatesman]

@@vsiegel The World Health Organization measures "not being sick" by average lifespan; while the slaves are those who are deprived of choices regarding their own definitions of education and health.

[@gregy1570]

ya mean not paying for people who don't have their act together by any stretch of the imagination, to procreate?

[@rocferguson6739]

Unfortunately that was nearly 13 minutes of motivational speaking that didnt offer one single idea in how to address the actual problems she kept hinting at. Vague comments on complex issues bring nothing to the table.

[@MaruskaStarshaya]

If you don't hear "go take all money from middle class" it doesn't mean she didn't give a solution

[@ejej3084]

I don’t believe that you watch the entirety of the video.

[@rianroth1652]

bruh, she's just addresing, not really proposing a solution dum dum

[@jeffw5015]

@@rianroth1652 she said do a community survey 2. teach skills at a community center 3. ppl keep voicing their opinion. She was kind of vague and rushed it tho.

[@InDaTruthBeats]

You basically just exposed the entire Christian doctrine

[@lightsbackon4042]

It is delusional, even preposterous for someone to fault the person in poverty for their circumstances. I remember us having to live without heat for a year with a newborn daughter due to affordability. There were even times when we had to choose between food or paying the electricity bill. I listened to your story about the young lady losing her home. It reminds me of us trying to find someplace to stay when we had no place to stay. I am a witness that poverty does mess with your heart, mind, body, soul, and spirit. I agree with her points and when we are on one accord, change takes place. Even though this video is from 2016, it is still relevant today. Thank you Teva, God bless you, and may your journey continue in a lifetime of success!

[@devonseamoor]

Teva Sienicki, you're a woman to my heart and mind! Great presentation and fully coming from the core of your being. Thank you

[@daieast6305]

now if she can present viable solution then enlightenment arrives

[@charlieoscar2339]

Try getting a job without an address. Try getting a job without the right clothes. Try talking to a bank, bill collectors, collection agency when you cannot pay without losing your home, without going to a food bank while working 3 jobs. Try working full time with a sick child. It's not as easy as many think. I am fortunate. My parents helped. They had the resources to do so. My late husband's family did not and would not. There is much more than just getting a job or 2 or 3.

[@johnr9763]

This is so true. Yet there are lots of self-righteous people who say there are enough good jobs and affordable homes for everyone. The self-righteous think that is true and that it lets them off the hook.

[@swingeasyguy]

then your parents could have helped buy you a proper set of clothes for interviews and invested in a resume writing service and job interview service to get a decent job

[@charlieoscar2339]

As I said, I was truly fortunate that my parents were there to help me ( and my husband ) and I will be forever grateful to them for doing those things for me. Not everyone has parents like mine.

[@daieast6305]

@@charlieoscar2339 some families are gone in an instant and still humans continue on earth...nobody gets out alive

[@marieg.9839]

I’ve been hooked on TED Talks since college. Love these so much!!

[@normallyerratic]

I also want to make awareness of public transportation. People are often choosing between cars or homes because of the price. Cars are very expensive. Some people don't even have car insurance, maybe due to history of driving. Enhancing public transportation can eliminate a lot of those issues. It can make it more affordable to live in a home.

[@TerreHauteRemoteGoat]

Definitely great work, and a necessary aspect of the solution, but the root cause is a system that requires a pool of poverty to force compliance among workers so that a few can become obscenely wealthy and rule over the many.

[@daieast6305]

so society is working well then

[@starrymoonlitwinternight]

Teva Sienicki, you are a badass, warrior woman! Thank you for your voice.

[@ericlawyer9211]

Once we learn how to love one another and treat people fair and equal. We can do miracles. Thank God for people like you.

[@Kiwiwanderer]

I became a divorced non tertiary educated single parent of one at 28 years old. I stopped at 1 child. Worked 2 jobs. Paid my mortgage and bills. No social life, no dating, I’m a non drinker, non smoker, no holidays, no new furniture or clothes until I was 42. Any incidental money went on extra lessons etc for my daughter. I’m now 57 still work - but now I am mortgage free, travelled. Sacrifice. Delay gratification. Work ethic, focus, purpose., the ability to save. Stop consuming. Self responsibility. My now 28 year old daughter was like me and not academic - she started a Saturday dishwashing job at 15. From 16 she worked weekends and school holidays. Left school at 16 with no qualifications but only after she had a fullt8me job. She has worked full time ever since. She is a good saver , non drinker. This year she bought her first home alone in the hot Auckland market. Life skills and stubborn focus and not education is what solves poverty.

[@juliantheapostate8295]

People don't really want to be told how to succeed. They just want free stuff and they don't care how it's paid for

[@bicyclist2]

She didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. No solutions discussed.

[@huyenanh3830]

exactly

[@heeyoungabc8688]

She's already talked about the solution and how she did it in last mininutes. Maybe you know as much as her but she did things to the community. How about you?

[@stayswervin554]

Lol fr

[@MentoringGrowingLeaders]

It's a very good presentation and great strategy. However, I've been working on development for more than 25 years and I find it very very difficult to keep it sustainable from one generation to another

[@daieast6305]

and yet human beings continue on planet earth without ever asking your or my opinion about the matter

[@LittleRadicalThinker]

It's such heart broken to hear someone has a talk about poverty and get so close to the true cause and yet so far away like everyone else. Poverty is caused by the structure of the system yet not that you can change without flipping the system upside down, which is not anyone but a dictator with great heart and wisdom can achieve. Put as much effort you want, but at the end, without the structural changes of the system, it makes no difference at the end of the day.

[@garimasingh5425]

❤️💚💛

[@lancelot1953]

Having been raised in poverty myself (stealing food, sleeping under bridges, ....) upon graduation, I spent two years working for the poor in Alabama (USA). Most of the middle class community did their BEST FOR the poor - but the less fortunates had an incentive to remain in a state of dependency: 1- More kids out-of-wedlock (i.e. without a father) were born - the state was paying, they were not using birth control as it would prevent them from having children (child=federal/state money), 2- Kids were not completing high-school - "it is hard/boring to study" - they repeated the same mistakes as their absent fathers/elders, 3- Many young adults did not want to work the jobs available (jobs were available, they were physical or required some training which my "clients" did not want to invest in, and did PAY). They made more by living at the expense of the tax payers/state/federal government and being free considering than "being boxed-in a regular job". Lets us stop blaming the system! Our society can help but poor people have to really want to get themselves out of misery (see three issues above); take their responsibilities, society cannot do that for them. Ciao, L (former Public Health official)

[@JDiculous1]

ah, the old "pick your up by the bootstraps" adage. ok boomer

[@daieast6305]

the fathers were and are not absent...they are in prison or killed in the military death cult

[@cscott9361]

Teva is so correct . Please listen to what she is saying . Poverty is caused by unrealistic expectations on the cost of just , existing , and is perpetuated by the ignorance of how our society is actually structured , to create unnecessary competition , to benefit the few .

[@fe12rrps]

I admire the work described here. And I agree with almost everything she’s said. But here’s why we as a nation will always have appallingly high poverty: Because as a nation, we don’t care. I’ve heard the rhetorical question ‘How can the wealthiest nation on the planet have 20% of its children live in poverty?’ raised many times. And it should be raised over and over again because this fact is shameful. It’s when you talk about state and federal government that it breaks down. Why? The answer lies in our history. Look at how we have become the wealthiest country on Earth. It’s not through compassion or through wanting to take on poverty head on. Not a few national initiatives have tried and failed. Poverty in this country can only really be addressed at the local level, one block at a time. The US is too cruel a country to allow for any other way.

[@fe12rrps]

Stephen Jenkins true but that ‘reality ‘ does not make it justifiable. The US is a cruel country. Again if you look at history, we endure cycles of extreme depression in pursuit of this appallingly high inequality (wealth and social mobility). On your point about other countries, I think it’s time we stop thinking ‘either-or’, either Che communista or robber barren capitalist. Look at for example the platform of Andrew Yang.

[@jelenajankovic204]

Keep going lady . You keep the lead ,so give ways and eventually,if they make sense ,people will start to do them . But first, you kinda got to show them how .

[@TDupuis]

"start breaking down the crushing systems that keep people there"

[@louisesumrell6331]

I haven't even listened to this yet, and I know how to end poverty. Hitch said it twenty years ago. "To end poverty, simply empower women." Now I'll listen to it and see if that's what she says, and who she attributes it to...

[@louisesumrell6331]

Oh. I said "simple", not, "easy".

[@louisesumrell6331]

Getting men to give up even a little power is like pulling teeth.

[@briandiehl9257]

@@louisesumrell6331 THey already did give up power in the sixties.

[@juliantheapostate8295]

Those single mothers seem pretty empowered to me. They made all their decisions. Seems to me they might be better off if they were a little less 'empowered'

[@67cuda38]

When seeking the right answers, we must first seek to ask the right questions. Seek the long term build, not the temporary fix. Give a man a fish, feed him for a night. Teach a man to fish, and feed him for a lifetime. Politics feeds on poverty, yet milks the worker, and creates laws of enslavement on every level, engulfing all aspects of life.

[@shahirkhan6344]

The best thing I have read today! Thanks a lot for sharing this amazing concept! May Allah bless you!

[@hollycruz5061]

some people are just oblivious but honestly working 40+ hours a week and getting paid low wages is simply a form of modern day slavery Tbh our time / life is the most valuable thing in the world we all are here on Earth for a matter of years and most Americans waste half of there precious life working just to barley get by trying to provide for family / pay bills ect , sadly some not ever owning houses cars nice things because they could never afford it much less having anything to pass down to the next generation 😭 it's the reality for millions and it's so tragic

[@67cuda38]

@@hollycruz5061 Slavery was never truly abolished, it just morphed and became all inclusive.

[@willhelmberkly3025]

@@hollycruz5061 If you look in the dictionary the definition of ingratitude is whining about a forty hour work week while watching a video on a global information network which houses the entirety of human knowledge in the comfort of a climate controlled dwelling.

[@willhelmberkly3025]

@@67cuda38 "Slavery a form of economy based upon the absorption of oxygen and the exhalation of carbon dioxide" Good call you nailed it.

[@Redactedlllllllllllll]

Some people believe in the just world theory, hard to debate a belief.

[@SovereignStatesman]

Ferrando Davis: that's also called "blame the victim."

[@paddlingrubberduckie8766]

I've been financially challenged for most of my life. As noble as her goals are, I have found that using a socialistic agenda doesn't work to solve poverty. Been there done that in my life. I found that work helps. I learned that I needed to know how heavy I was on others without being strong enough to lift and carry myself. So, I developed a plan. As a poor man this is what I need to succeed. Get government out of health-care and welfare. Put welfare at the doors of the churches completely. Fix the food starting at the soil. 13 minerals won't cut it. We need 77 minerals and poor people are lacking most of them. Focus on fats (3), amino acids (12), minerals (77), and vitamins (17). Now, set up small aquaponic green houses and neighborhood gardens growing small animals, fish, and hydroponic vegetables. Use the poor that are benefiting as labor to plant and harvest. Feed them from their own labor. Then the magic... they will grow too much for themselves. Think, better then organic food, chicken, rabbits, escargot, fish, and things like escargot caviar (sells for around $89.00 an ounce). Way less money to start and run. Healthier poor people. People that know how to grow the best food on earth as graduates. The income potential is very good. Capitalism solves problems better then begging from the quasi rich.

[@MrKongatthegates]

Crackpot

[@georgegordner7795]

I feel hopeless, I am disabled and a senior. circumstances beyond my control have left me impoverished looking for help out. The line for people needing help is long. Someone please help me out.

[@daieast6305]

there is no 'out' ...the people down in the pit have all the lifelines between themselves all tied together to keep them down there. society is dangerous!

[@miainsel513]

Community is the key. That is why your new goals are working. People need a village to succeed. They are relying more on eachother and less on the government and other handouts. I applaud you and the people of the community you helped.

[@virgiljacas6388]

I am very proud to work for her and the mission that Metrocaring represent. Impact the place where they live !!!.

[@rp1645]

Virgil. I'm sending this now it's been a year sense you wrote. Just interested. What progress have you seen. I find in my hood people are not even interested in talking to you.

[@daieast6305]

pride is the sickness that keeps the human from improvement...no wonder there is no progress

[@themistero]

Don't have children out of marriage. That's 99% of it.

[@DawnHEFLEYBARNETTE]

Amen sister! I agree, but we also need job security besides a decent living wage. We also need affordable housing.

[@juliantheapostate8295]

'We need more money in the system but we also need lower prices'. What we really need is more people reading economics

[@funbrothers96]

@@juliantheapostate8295 just Reading alone is a challenge for many , also with new commers to each nation the language barrier is very difficult, with translaters on these phones could help i would believe. but Language and communication plus economics would be top two , just had an idea the Constituiton of america should drop few off the list and put as example the second amendment " the right to economics" and "Learn Latin or Greek or what ever is your nations Language" Peace...

[@darrellblanchard2362]

Poverty is more a mindset than an economic status. If a person wants to change they have to change the way they think.

[@lamichiganr326]

Poverty will always be with us, but it can be greatly lessened. We here in the Grand Traverse Area in our rural, tourist driven area have all of our non-pros and local officials involved to create a help network. It helped my family and we all work together to get people who ask for help to join us to create their own success story. It's about helping people feel they are needed and help them create and reach goals.

[@zachsabe]

both of her examples pointed to single mothers..and the issue was never addressed.

[@MaruskaStarshaya]

she pointed out about importance of educating those kids and force parents to change their mindsets

[@jamesperry2052]

@@MaruskaStarshaya...THE PROBLEM IS THE SINGLE MOTHER BUT NO ONE IS ADDRESSING THE REAL PROBLEM!!! WOMEN MUST NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN UNTIL THEY ARE MARRIED AND FINANCIALLY STABLE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POVERTY RATES OF INDIVIDUALS IN AMERICA, THE HIGHEST RATE OF POVERTY IS WITH THE SINGLE MOTHERS!!! THIS IS A FACT!!! SO, WHY ISN'T ANYONE EXCEPT FOR ME TELLING WOMEN NOT TO HAVE ANY CHILDREN UNTIL THEY ARE MARRIED AND FINANCIALLY STABLE? IS IT THIS WAY BECAUSE WOMEN DO NOT WANT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND GET ANGRY WHEN SOMEONE TELLS THEM TO BE? PLEASE REPLY WITH HONEST FEEDBACK!

[@Downsolow]

Where are the father's? Why are they not being held financially accountable? She wants more money,change jobs. BTW it's not Jackie's fault she's poor it's her mother's choice. And by default her non existent dad's. Third wave feminism and welfare are the biggest ones at fault.

[@too.much.finance.8429]

@@jamesperry2052 so... what you're saying is that poor people and single mothers shouldn't have kids?

[@Darebear691]

@@too.much.finance.8429 Yes.

[@pngo1818]

Tremendous respect to her💗

[@bozimmerman]

Did she just compare poverty in the U.S. to China?! A human is **objectively** and **physically** better off being poor in the west than being in the middle class in China. And then she slams charities by saying they aren't "serious". What a mindless and heartless tool. TED needs to find an actual expert on this issue.

[@simonginger3179]

I was born into poverty but when I was growing up I was always ahead of the class still am still when she said that studies show impoverished kids fall behind without a statistic like 2 in 4 or 3 in 4 because not all poor kids are behind I was ahead, and so was my little brother, but that was mostly because our mom taught us her college work at very young ages. so to that statement here is a short story on how that isn't always the case, and most if not all my friends are poor but lot's are very smart and either average or higher.

[@JB-kx9bx]

Universal access to birth control would be a good start to combating poverty.

[@kemohere]

We started with early childhood development.... or teaching people to be better parents.

[@daieast6305]

at the same time alienated half of the parenting equation...so much for equal rights vanished into air of prejudice from top to bottom providing fertile ground for social programing to the max

[@Makehimfamous]

One thing I noticed about her initial story of the woman and kids in the shelter was that there was never mention of a father. Now maybe he died or something, but I find that there are a lot of men that are not owning up to their responsibilities when making children. It is a lot easier to provide for a child in a two income home. People need to take some personal responsibility when making children and wonder they could afford it or not. We need to make stronger child support laws so that the burden of childhood poverty does not fall on the rest of society.

[@Ausf]

The fathers probably don't have any money either. So that wouldn't change anything.

[@AnarchoHumanism]

My only issue, is that families that cannot support children, should NOT have them! Why is this so hard to understand?!

[@steve7215]

Wow - A Powerful Message! Thank You for all you are doing to change the direction of Poverty in our community and the world.

[@Ajax4Hire]

As Adam Carolla states; the answer is "Family and Education". 100% of those moms who enter a shelter represents a failure of a family. The 1st support structure is your family. To paraphrase Teva Sienicki; not supporting families is like " war on diabetes by setting up more clinic for the blind. Relying on the "goodness of strangers" is not a good strategy. Family and Education. With just these two pillars of support, a wealth and prosperous society will grow.

[@yashparmar5901]

People can never get rich until and unless they are financially literate.

[@Lcab-bh3wx]

If you spend all your money or buy all you want you will be poor...

[@iwontreplybacklol7481]

Met a fiance college graduate working for doordash and uber who blows his money of nights out and partying, so being financially literate doesn't really mean anything.

[@RichardChappell1]

@@iwontreplybacklol7481 Going to school and being educated are two completely different things. Apparently he was not financially literate regardless of his degree. Or he didn't care and was choosing to live that way.

[@davidmadison9369]

My theology professor used to always say that abject poverty will end when economists study ending poverty as vigorously as they study creating more wealth for the wealthy. When the same energy and investment goes into ending poverty as into creating wealth abject poverty will end. That doesn’t mean that everyone will have the same amount. It means everyone will have a roof over their head and food to eat.

[@DarkMoonDroid]

This is very good. One thing I think you may be missing, tho, is the concept of "hostel". There are more nomads in the U.S. now than there have been in quite a while. They don't get "counted". But you can see them in places that have seasonal work opportunities. This is not a social pathology. And if we integrate it properly it doesn't even have to be a problem. We don't have to blame anyone. All we need to do is build appropriate infrastructure.

[@thatotherguy8138]

I hope that this talk is simply using the "Single Mothers" examples and almost entire absence of the word "Father" (instead using "Parents") intentionally to avoid people thinking "Why aren't the MEN taking responsibility for this?" as a way to try to avoid doing anything to "fix" the problem of poverty. But I worry that the lack of mention of "Fathers" in this is an indication that they're more concerned with a current Ideology than with actually ending Poverty. One of the quickest ways out of poverty is having two parents - and generally, if we're looking at a single-mother, that's a straight woman, so having the father of the child(ren) in her life is an option. And the mention of "Community" and "Community coming together" only feeds that particular worry that this is ideologically driven, as it's indicating that we aren't bringing a family together but a community of families all working together - and the example given indicates a community of Single Mothers coming together to fight for a playground and rent protection. I worry that this might actually make the problem WORSE; it may perpetuate the growing problem of Men not feeling like they need to stick around AND Women not feeling that they need Men to stick around. Essentially, it is helping to perpetuate a gender-segregation at a time when bringing them together is more effective and important.

[@briandiehl9257]

Shes not mentioning fathers because they don't really exist in this case.

[@sacrificetosotec]

Because men are a tiny number of the people who need support services. It is women who overwhelmingly bear the economic brunt of poverty. Please do some work and educate yourself about your privilege.

[@juliantheapostate8295]

@@sacrificetosotec So women are a net cost to society - interesting

[@lucymorales407]

Thank you for your kindness. ❤️

[@RaniVeluNachar-kx4lu]

See Dan Price, Gravity Payments announcing paying employees minimum base salary $70K/year. That is $40K more than the proposed $15/hr.

[@juless3568]

Teva is correct about addressing the issues that are the causes of poverty. The economic system that many people live in is unpredictable that having a big family is a luxury and to indulge leads to a wealth hazard and not just a health hazard.

[@economicdevelopmentplannin8715]

Wealth and poverty are relative. Relative to another, one person will always be wealthier or poorer. Therefore there's no way to eliminate poverty, just like you can't eliminate shortness or short people. Someone will always be shorter than another, stronger, faster, darker, etc. These are relative terms.

[@LindaMcification]

clapping like seals, what is being done about it?

[@daieast6305]

everything is done 'about' it and nothing is being solved...maybe the problem is not the poor but rather the problem is the rich!

[@CreatingCreations]

Watching this made me again reaffirm to not just let people with good hearts but bad brains be the only ones helping the poor.

[@POPDATA]

How to be rich faster Be single Be antisocial Be independent Be a workaholic Finish school Get a degree And ignore all of your constant psychological traumas and disorders due to your desperate need of succeeding And that's pretty much it. Now go and make some money my friend. Best of luck.

[@MarcStephanNkouly]

TheSimsCovers how can you Finnish school when you don't even have what to eat ?

[@StarvEgoFeedSoul]

*It's not about money, it's about finding ur passion and money is a result, you give meaning to life or other will for u !!!*

[@darrellhorsefeathers6795]

So true! But you forgot to mention; Go out and make lots of money so you can pay a shitload of taxes so that the woman who made this video can redistribute your money to the poor people which is really codename for people with a low IQ.

[@calysagora3615]

Marc Stephan Nkouly You don't have enough to eat because you wasted time being in the statetheist brainwashing camps they call school instead of doing real work, learning real skills. Schools keep people unskilled and useless, and deluded into entitlement mentality. And it gets people deep into debt.

[@charging7]

Now if only making a lot of money equated with happiness

[@lucenaemory387]

Great presentation! Could some one who has more of a grasp on technology than me, please, send this to every state and U S senator and representative. What we're doing now is not working and she makes some really good arguments on why what she's proposing will work. Start it small scale, like they did, but in every state. Gotta start somewhere

[@clavo3352]

Excellent and valuable talk! The "it is dismissive ..." statement at 3:42+ that received reflex applause, was implausibly complex to receive such applause so quickly. It may be true but it is far too vaguely explained. The audience had obviously heard it before. Regardless; Heilbroner and Milberg already solved the problem in their book: "The making of Economic Society." It's not the economy it's the mal-distribution of income. Part of this problem is the "city." Even in China people are leaving the cities to go back to livable farms with no money. The "working with people" statement was very important.

[@daieast6305]

yes, the old people have to pollinate the fruit trees by hand due to the city pollution killing off the bees and still the young people ripe for breeding congregate in the cities and i doubt any return to the country movement will out weigh the birth rate of the major bloated cities of china.

[@clavo3352]

@@daieast6305 Thank you for your thoughtful comment. Those cell phones better get to, educating better, quickly!

[@MyChilepepper]

Everybody should work hard with whatever means they have and be happy. Life is only a test. You are certainly not going to carry your wealth to the grave.

[@johndee9956]

Hopefully not too hard, look at what the "Dalai Lama" has to say in this quote: "Man surprised me most about humanity. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money in order to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."

[@peacewillow]

hard to "be happy" when you are forced to live under a bridge...

[@LeopoldMidas]

If everybody were able to get a good job, then who would do all the work?

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

robots. DUUHHHH

[@chadbourneglashoff9787]

LeopoldMidas A.I artificial intelligence the robots are coming. As the American Workforce will all be losing their jobs in the next 10-15 years,truck drivers will no longer have a job sooner than that, change more than one can imagine but think of the Industrial Revolution soon in our future! The Paradigm of quantum computing!

[@vip1ooo433]

Then you would have to redefine "good job". If you see a good job as a hob people look forward to , then okay. But the free market (capitalist) is built in a way that there will always be lower paying jobs. There will always be a high podium if you allow people to work at different paces. That is the American dream.

[@chadbourneglashoff9787]

vip1ooo ! They don't call it the American dream for nothing, cause you have to be asleep to believe in it!

[@chadbourneglashoff9787]

And you're forgetting one every important aspect of capitalism, it's doesn't care whether or not it's a person or robot increasing the efficiency of productively and decreasing overhead by removing the human resource department in the equation. I mean look where all the jobs, Asia.The phone that i have in your hand right now was designed in San Francisco well Palo Alto South Bay by Apple computer and built-in China. It only took how many years for over what 2 billion people to have cellular phones? Yes things are going to be moving a lot faster more so than the Industrial Revolution that's how technology works, we're not ready for it we are in a paradigm shift. Most human are conditioned to live each day filled with stress to accomplish his/her daily task of work! So what do you do when you no longer have to work? Self refect that's going to be the hard, as our dogma is the worship of comfort and consumer goods! Its no longer religion or so called traditional American values; Honor, Pride, integrity that's out the window long gone. AI comes into play we will not know what to do because our brains are programmed just like a robot us we're going to get way more lazy! All the information is there go on TED Talks on KZbin the scientists and program developers and CEOs of all the tech companies explain it all!

[@yashgulave8366]

It's been proven time and time again that rule of law is the best solution to improve a nation's economy. A country needs to let industry flourish and get out of its way by streamlining and standardising their bureaucracy. A huge reason why a lot of African countries are poor is because they are either controlled by a monarch, a crazy dictator or worse their own military. To truly let them flourish, these countries need to establish free market capitalism in their country and also implement democracy.

[@tfshao]

Is U.S. a country of rule of law? Doesn't U.S. have flourishing industries? So, why is Teva talking about poverty in the U.S.? Did you miss the summary part of her talk?

[@yashgulave8366]

@@tfshao Just because a country has rule of law doesn't mean that there will not be a single poor person in that country.

[@someonewhoknowsnothingabou2137]

The real issue that everyone misses is that the middle class is not even making enough money to save! That is what she is saying. We live in a system that punishes people who save. Well, let me back track a little... What people should have been doing was whenever you have a little extra money, put in a mutual fund. That way the money is still circulating. However, people stopped investing. So, circulation heavily slowed. Causing high taxes and inflation. Now the middle class has fallen behind inflation and now the money is not as powerful as it should be. The middle class has not received a raise in over a decade as everything else is getting more expensive. Now the middle class has no money to save nor invest...

[@fourq2049]

She is looking at the bigger picture and addressing the core issues which is something politicians seem to lack

[@garimasingh5425]

Exactly...

[@markarnold7759]

Yep...Its not in their best interest to fix the problem.....they would go out of business

[@LivingDead53]

In my city, they put low income housing in nice areas with better schools.

[@johndee9956]

I hope that they are keeping an eye on these properties, and not let the residents destroy and degrade them. Must be a nice city !

[@whatsup2310]

In my city, the people in the nicest schools redistricted in such a way so as to make sure that demographic changes prevented any low income people from being in elementary schools with their children.

[@spike.strat1318]

Was there any change in school rating , achievement test scores and the like? Not being snarky, genuinely curious.

[@roderickclerk5904]

@@spike.strat1318 You are not being snarky. That is a perfectly reasonable thing to consider.

[@daieast6305]

you have a city? how nice, i want a city too! can i illegally immigrate to your city or would you call that an invasion?

[@HMSkillBuilders]

oh she is spot on!

[@chadbourneglashoff9787]

Anita B. Actually she's not because a i artificial intelligence robots will be taking over the American Workforce

[@TheRealCantaraBella]

Ouch...some friends of mine just got laid off... businesses closing all the time. I have been laid off twice in 2 decades. This is really scary.

[@ikawrom]

very happy that there are people like you acting and aiming to stop poverty. we all have to

[@TheLegenDacster]

Bravo Teva, I've been saying this for years. You cannot achieve success with most huge problems UNLESS, they are resolved at a national or global level.

[@captrodgers4273]

poverty will never end, ive seen ppl purposely live out on the streets even tho they clearly knowingly had good options to get off the street. some was crazy......however some sane.

[@daieast6305]

yes, at some point the streets will end at the city limits and then you must take care of yourself

[@lasttrimestr49califos89]

Thanks, Teva....I never dreamed it was so easy to eliminate the bad choices that certain percentages of human have always made. That was a smaller problem before the do gooders with the worship of government programs started trying to eliminate poverty by throwing other people's money at it. You will always get more of the behavior you reward. Individual responsibility is the only program that is tried and true. Capitalism is not perfect but has done more for the human condition than any other man made system. Your educated naivete is impressive indeed and I'm sure in your own mind you will succeed in your endeavors.

[@ManizaPritila]

Good choices are easier when you are rich which is why the "certain percentage of human" who make good choices generally align with the percentage that are not poor. But when you are poor, good choices are harder and less accessible. We may never eliminate the human nature that urges us to make bad choices but we have a responsibility to make good choices more accessible for everyone. If making a bad choice bars some people from having good choices available, then there is no point in asking individuals to take responsibility because what are they gonna choose but bad choices? And why should making good choices available for all be so far fetched when talking to someone across a two year timeline is not far fetched?

[@MarioRugeles]

She proposes a very practical approach.

[@bthansencom1]

It's the 'Give a fish or teach to fish' parable with the added difficulty of changing the culture to a fishing culture. Admirable...

[@juancassinerio1580]

give them and Universal income and no real education

[@stayswervin554]

Lmfao

[@LoveAndPeaceOccurs]

Bravo! Thank You so much Ms. Teva Sienicki for this much needed talk. You are right it is not just poor people who are to blame for being poor ... never has been (although there are certain individual exceptions to every situation). It is a systemic problem and has to be addressed by everyone ... I Love that you have started in the community program and would love to see more of this sort of awareness and effort. And when you said, "we need to do things "With" Instead of "For" ... Bravo ... while everyone has different levels of ability be they poor or rich ... we tend to tackle the poverty problem as if everyone who is poor has if they have low intelligence ... or as if they are lazy or unable in ways we just assume rather than Know of ... The problems behind poverty are complex ... and will require effort in many different forms but again your effort is so appreciated. Love & Peace to All

[@m611kootenay]

You have to work at it, and work hard. I was a single parent of five children. I went to my local Job Service office and I asked them to put me in college. I had a GED and I had no idea where to begin. I knew that I needed education to make a living, and I knew that I wanted more for my kids than to wait around for a child support check that never came, to wait every month for the welfare check which in one week the money was gone. I knew that education and work was the answer. My children and I set aside every evening to work on homework for at least two hours and I drilled into their heads to get good grades and work hard. Every one of my children have good jobs and they have benefitted by these two things. None of my children are on welfare and they take care of their families. Education doesn't just end with a degree but to continue to go forward to learn everything you can get your hands on as life experience is also the answer. And don't ever make excuses for being lazy or unable to work. Find something that you CAN DO not what you CANT do.

[@MrKongatthegates]

This is fine, we should all work hard, but telling all poor people they need to just help themselves to me is not enough. We can do better for society too.

[@nathanwilson7929]

Step one: have a community meeting on whether or not 'Jackie' should have a kid.

[@rickroberts5331]

I woke up this morning with exactly this question on my mind.

[@bikinggreg]

According to the Brookings Institute, if you do these three things, you won't remain poor. 1.) Graduate high school. 2.) Get a job. 3.) Wait on children until after your married. Less than 2% of children from poor families that do these three things are poor as adults.

[@juancassinerio1580]

You dont need a job if the government give you money each month, millenial thinking

[@darrendwyer9973]

hey, here's the wrap :- I don't work for money, I work only for myself, but my work produces no income. Am I a bludger because I was born disabled? I work, but need support in order to achieve some kind of decent life. What I don't get is that poverty could be stopped entirely with just a few strokes of a pen. Trouble is, our politicians are the true bludgers. They start and fight wars instead of committing to a world where there is less deliberate killing. Remember, soldiers are paid murderers. That's it. My rant.

[@MaruskaStarshaya]

Do you have family? Do they care about you? Do you care about people who have cancer? Or about old and alone people? You guys always think only about yourselves and blame others for doing the same.

[@terrythompson7535]

Malthusian positive check on population

[@MrKongatthegates]

Murder is a crime. Soldiers are not commiting crimes as they are doing what society asks of them. They are more like heros and you owe your existence to them but thats my rant.

[@acehale3355]

So our soldiers are murders?......... wow I guess you dont like the freedoms you have.

[@swingeasyguy]

@@MrKongatthegates ya those allied murdered poor nazis, they should be tried for war crimes

[@wyattguilliams9472]

Hey how are you.... I saw to someone I don't know but knows me I know the feeling

[@bert-janwiegeraad4208]

You can't buy a decent house with an entry-level job, but you can have three children who are even more expensive.

[@juliantheapostate8295]

@Usha It's the lack of 'judging' that gets people into such harsh circumstances in the first place

[@bloodybonescomic]

What a wonderfull talk. But unfortunately poverty is on the rise rather than on the decline.

[@jesafrd58]

That you for not only lecturing but also doing !!! Great speech!

[@daieast6305]

less talk and more action is needed for positive progress

[@karlabc9251]

Omg 90% of these comments 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@rodshop5897]

I know, right?

[@maxinaeus1191]

I'm a mathematician that became a public school alternative education math teacher. I sacrificed income to fight this problem. What I learned is that poverty, and its associated problems, are not a result of a failure in our systems. They are the planned result of systems that are carefully designed to maintain poverty. The working poor are simply a replacement for the slaves that built this country. Even criminals have become a cash cow for those on the other side of the fence. We have enough resources to provide food, housing, healthcare and education for everyone in this country. But it is more profitable to keep people struggling for things that we have sitting at the ready.

[@johnbrooke6867]

I skipped right to the end where she finally gets to the point. The reality is that we are NOT trying to solve poverty or world hunger. If you look at the comments you can see the viciousness and the ignorance of your average world citizen that despite allllllll the evidence think that many people DESERVE their poverty. Poverty is MANUFACTORED so that the military can fill it's ranks with obedient mindless soldiers. It's manufactured so that wealthy people can own acres and acres of land while the average citizen just rents tiny spaces that often never become their own. It's manufactured by the wealthy to serve the whims of the wealthy. The sad truth is that people like Tesla(greatest inventor of all time) were TRYING to share their ideas freely and to move us into a kinder more sustainable society...and we let the Edison's of the world put a patent on everything that should have just been considered COMMON WEALTH just like the air we breathe. Had more of been able to see the trajectory of unhindered greed...we'd have taken a better path. We'd be living the good life in a way that would make things like pandemics and war to be just things of the past. The powers that be WANT chaos on some level so they can maintain their own wealth. It works for them that poor people are propping them up and essentially doing all the hard labor and "drudge" work. I think automation is maybe the only thing giving me hope right now because it seems to hold the key for win-win future where NOBODY has to work all that hard and the systems in place essentially take care of themselves in a way that we only see with something like phone updates. Even cell phone advancements are being stagnated by companies trying to control the market rather than just giving people what they want. If people would just using their imaginations for a second they could understand the power of coding, programming, and automating a life that allows us to live in harmony with nature and in harmony with our own bodies' needs. Farming can be automated. People can work much less. Entire houses can be 3D printed. Long story short is that if TRUE innovation is allowed and encouraged....poverty can be automated out of existence. The Earth is filled with life sustaining water, land that grows food with or without our consent, and a sun the offers free power to everyone that is allowed to harness it. It's merely a matter of CHOOSING common good and common wealth over the wants of few.

[@jamiewilson2550]

this woman is amazing and this deserves way more views

[@havenosmellleavenoname382]

Jamie Wilson *"inquisition of pawn de serve application"* _\| GARDENING ::: F00D × BUSYNESS |/_

[@calysagora3615]

Nope

[@whatiam143]

JVW she lacks energy though I understand why.... because as a people we don't give everybody equal chance at success I and many others have work diligently a gotten little in the form of success.

[@MrJosephdrummond]

she didn't have any solutions, or didn't you notice?

[@nolan4339]

She had one solution, which was concerted effort towards community improvement and involvement, along with additional education opportunities. What she was lacking was any high level system changes that could effectively or potentially remedy the systemic issues.

[@eljaguar4789]

It still exists because if we didn't we would use up all resources supplied by the earth. Think about this, poverty would not exists if "wealth" did not exist. Our monetary system demands poverty. Humans used to hunt and gather and poverty would only exists when food was nowhere to be found. Everything changed when we discovered agriculture.

[@xennex213]

DONT BRING KIDS INTO THE WORLD IF YOU CANT AFFORD TO GIVE THEM A GOOD LIFE!

[@TrulyStupidNewb]

We agree on the problem, but I do not agree with her solution. It is easy to see if having a higher minimum wage eliminates poverty by looking at cities with very high minimum wage and see if raising minimum wages will reduce poverty in those cities. It is a fact that cities with high minimum wages also have high poverty. It would be better to create more jobs than to raise wages. When there are a lot of jobs open, then there is more choice for people on where they want to work. When the demand for hiring outweighs the demand for jobs, the companies will naturally raise their wages in order to attract more workers. This means lower unemployment, more tax revenue for the government, higher wages, and more career opportunities. Creating jobs > raising wages. We should be focused on the first, not the latter. The latter kills jobs. Let's not kill jobs. Let's create jobs.

[@wangeciirene2287]

This's phenomenal 👏🏾👏🏾 Poverty is with us because we choose to🤔

[@kieranshiffler5196]

This is amazing!

[@havenosmellleavenoname382]

Kieran shiffler Amish_Zing!*

[@Rivu5000]

Summary: A long-winding emotional charade which revolves around having a strong goal - to end poverty - without any explicit steps or empirical data to back that up.

[@chrissalmon3222]

Yeah. She said that McDonalds worker should be paid a living wage. She would’ve been laid off if workers at fast food restaurants were paid living wages. The education thing I agree with though. But public spending has increased in the educations system but no real results. Wasted money. Wanna end poverty. Drop regulations in businesses, lower taxes and cut useless spending,

[@daieast6305]

well, the speaker gets their own poverty ended by political means via the academia community that is totally on the dole of the taxpayers and a major contributor to poverty instead away from poverty...see, i can be long winded too!

[@TopsideCrisis346]

I wonder if anyone from the Seattle city council even knew about this Ted Talk...

[@operavocalsvideos9545]

make a system that works forever and for everyone, to house everyone, and end homelessness and the housing crisis, and to end hunger

[@daieast6305]

nor did they care

[@RichardChappell1]

Education is higher in the US than ever before. More aid money is spent than ever before. Yet poverty increases. Poverty is not about resources, it's a state of mind. As long as we teach people it's not their fault and that it's some one else's problem, you undermine the rest of what you teach. You can't teach self sufficiency skills without teaching self sufficiency mindset - which is personal responsibility. That's not blaming people for being poverty. All kinds of things can happen that we don't plan for through no control of our own. But that's all the more reason why we need to take control of that which we can. Not to be callous, but frankly, Jackie's problem was not the government failed her, but her mother and those teaching her. She was not taught to think of the consequences of her actions. She made selfish choices with no concern for the consequence. To her, the warm, comfortable shelter was always an option - a safety net so that she didn't have to be responsible. Of course I have no idea of the details of that case specifically, but as presented, she was more likely to be back than not. That doesn't mean the government and public shouldn't help people, but the mindset has to change for the cycle to change.

[@JB-vb6dh]

You're wrong. You missed the whole point.

[@RichardChappell1]

@@JB-vb6dh Says you. I got the point. I just contend that it is flawed and ignores the root causes.

[@JB-vb6dh]

“Of course I have no idea of the details of the case specifically, but . . “ - Your words. You don’t know, but you give this long comment. Just listen.

[@RichardChappell1]

@@JB-vb6dh - If you bothered to read my comment, only a small part of it was dedicated to the case of Jackie. I did listen. Did you? It's possible that jackie was married or in a committed relationship and became widowed right away, rr that she was financially well off but through some natural disaster or unexpected event lost everything, but if that happened, don't you think the speaker would have shared that? She shared that a young woman, which a child old enough that she was likely still a child when she was born, was back in the shelter obviously making choices that brought her back. In the speakers words, she suggested te very thing when describing why jackie's coming back was a problem. Maybe you should read for understanding before commenting? Just a thought.

[@jessieayala2970]

Thank you

[@عراقيابنالفلوجه]

Peace, mercy and blessings of God. I am from Iraq, from the Sunnis, I ask for humanitarian assistance .... WhatsApp ... [phone]

[@Dudi527]

How to not be poor: 1. finish High School 2. get a full-time job 3. Don't have kids before you get married. Ben shapiro

[@Arnsteel634]

I think the possibility of that model continuing to work is changing rapidly.

[@lbcking87]

Lol this guy has the mind of a slug 🐌. . But yet I still don’t doubt you because you don’t have to keep that sluggish mentality. You clearly haven’t matured enough yet love others unconditionally as you do for your family. But you probably won’t understand where I’m speaking from yet because your still have too MUCH Pride I assume. Good luck man and watch out for those stairs and potholes.

[@MrKongatthegates]

Not everyone finishes high school. Many that do still can only find minimum wage jobs. 30% of americans struggle all the time. Thats ok with you? We can do better

[@jamilakatze2128]

yikes, most of these comments are heartless and sickening.

[@daieast6305]

i am not sure which are the 'these' comments but i wanting more good feel comments but not sure that will heal the sickness

[@josephnash7537]

War causes poverty,greed causes poverty. If you can't take care of yourself and your family, don't have them quit being selfish.

[@th3gr81]

Teva is a beautiful human being.

[@LegalShield3000]

Several good ideas, but I'm against telling people that nothing they do is their fault. Many daily choices lead to wealth or poverty.

[@LegalShield3000]

So should you.

[@johndee9956]

True, but why is it so much easier to try to avoid poverty as an individual than it is to gain wealth?

[@POPDATA]

Telling someone "you're poor and it's your fault" just won't help even if it's true. Simple as that. You can't change their past.

[@androkguz]

"you're poor and it's your fault" can easily help. So long as it comes with a "and this is what you are doing wrong" It puts the agency on them.

[@skellymom]

Why does it have to be either wealth or poverty? Why can't it just be living comfortably? A lot of us don't want to be rich.

[@miguelao555]

There’s this crazy idea of not having kids you can’t afford.

[@liammcguinness7824]

So we should actually fund planned parenthood and abortion clinics then!