dude, i can fund my own stuff and dont need government help (other than the few odd medical bills) the difference between you and me as that i have empathy for those who have less, if you are born in to poverty (not their fault, you cant choose when or where your born) it is near impossible to escape it, nobody wants to hire you because your unclean and smell bad, because you dont have the money to afford cleaning products, and even if you are hired you often cant work effectively because your malnourished, and wouldn't you guess the cause of that. poverty is a cycle, a cycle that can only be stopped by A) Getting extremely lucky. or B) someone pitching in to help them.