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Originally Posted by joeysteele

He and no one else has said there is absolute poverty.
However there is poverty, are you saying the 5th richest Nation should consider it acceptable to have any kind of poverty.
I certainly don't think that acceptable.

People assume that poverty means poverty.
It is based on different standards to real poverty.
Why don't they just call it what it is, say more people are on low incomes rather than in poverty.