Quote Originally Posted by Carpe Coma View Post
It certainly is not the obligation of the rich countries to help the poor monetarily, unless the rich county is at fault for the state of the poor country
No legal obligation, but a moral one, surely. Does no-one have a duty to look after the poor? It's not their fault they are poor, any more than it's ours that we are rich - and by comparison, we are all loaded. We might think we earned our fortunes, but, by and large, we were born into it - or at least, born in a wealthy country where comfortable living is taken for granted.

I propose the wealthiest nation in the world should adopt the poorest nation in the world and share both nations' wealth equally; the 2nd wealthiest adopt the 2nd poorest and so on. And when that cycle's completed, if there is still a huge disparity, to do the same thing over again.

But it's just a dream ...