Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.[1] Absolute poverty or destitution refers to being unable to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter. About 1.7 billion people are estimated to live in absolute poverty today. Relative poverty refers to lacking a usual or socially acceptable level of resources or income as compared with others within a society or country.[1] For most of history poverty had been mostly accepted as inevitable as traditional modes of production were insufficient to give an entire population a comfortable standard of living.[1][2] After the industrial revolution, mass production in factories made wealth increasingly more inexpensive and accessible. Of more importance is the modernization of agriculture, such as fertilizers, in order to provide enough yield to feed the population.[3] The supply of basic needs can be restricted by constraints on government services such as corruption, debt and loan conditionalities and by the brain drain of health care and educational professionals. Strategies of increasing income to make basic needs more affordable typically include welfare, accommodating business regulations and providing financial services. Today, poverty reduction is a major goal and issue for many international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank. - Thomas Page

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is an American non-profit think tank that analyzes the impacts of budget policies and promotes effective approaches to reducing poverty. It was founded in 1981, and is based in Washington, D.C. The Center describes itself as a "policy organization ... working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals."[1] , 7 -12 http://www.offthechartsblog.org/round-u... - Thomas Page

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1 -11 subsistence pattern The basic means by which a human group extracted and utilized energy from its environment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... 2. A means of subsisting, especially means barely sufficient to maintain life. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki... http://wikieducator.org/Cultura... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://www.merriam-webster.com/diction... [ sustenance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sustena... http://thesaurus.com/browse... - Thomas Page

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Conduct enabling Conduct of the proper management of one's own affairs, how best to run one's household, and the management of public affairs - Thomas Page

Personal Development [ Choice [[ Choice of where to live [[[ Choice of what to make of a place - Thomas Page

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Power Trip http://www.urbandictionary.com/define... [ Thomas_Piketty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... [[ the proper management of one's own affairs, how best to run one's household, and the management of public affairs [[ a society that assists in the inequality of being able to manage one's affairs , or a society that exploits and perpetuates difficulties in managing one's affairs? sort https://friendfeed.com/citizen... - Thomas Page

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Impoverishing Mindsets ] Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin' You gotta have somethin' if you wanna be with me Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin' You gotta have somethin' if you wanna be with me I'm not tryna be your hero 'Cause that zero is too cold for me, brrr I'm not tryin' to be your highness 'Cause that minus is too low to see, yeah Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin' And I'm not stuffin', believe you me Don't you remember I told ya I'm a soldier in the war on poverty, yeah, yes, I am Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin' You gotta have somethin' if you wanna be with me, oh baby Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin' You gotta have somethin' if you wanna be with me, that's right, ha yea Gotta have somethin' if you wanna be with me You gotta bring me somethin' girl, if you wanna be with me - Thomas Page