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Re:Why Do People Stay Poor? [pdf] by tstrimple on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @05:51PM (#23991968)
Poor people aren't really poor because they almost all have a refrigerator and an iPhone is not as compelling an argument as you may think. There are very real and very extreme examples* of poverty in this country that are inexcusable.

* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/05/hookworm-low...

Re:Why Do People Stay Poor? [pdf] by bumby on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @06:45PM (#23992394)
What do you personally think is a better metric for poverty? Something like access to quality healthcare?

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...