The Singer Solution to World Poverty

After reading this article by Peter Singer, my first reaction was that it really opened my eyes to the reality of poverty in this world, and that we are living such selfish lives. While we enjoy all of our different luxuries like televisions, computers, video game systems, good food, and nice clothes, people around the world are struggling just to survive from minor diseases that we think are so easily cureable. As Singer mentioned, a mere $200 can save someone's life. That really made me realize how easy it is for everyone to just do their part and be able to save precious lives of these people. I think people today just take these charities for granted because they can't see the impact they're making or the faces of the people their saving, very much like Bob. People need to find it in their hearts to just do the right thing because we're the ones who are living the priveleged lives. I don't know anyone who wouldn't "value the life of a child more than going to fancy restaurants" or other buying unnecessary things, so why aren't people just giving money and saving lives? It's so simple. I'm not saying to donate your whole life savings and give up all of the luxuries you have, but just do your part and when everyone does it, we will all realize how big of an impact we're making on the world.