No poverty in the U.S. That is what some have had the nerve to suggest. Read the details of poverty at this web blog and decide for yourself.

Perhaps they have just decided on a definition of poverty, that fits their figures

Poverty is relevant to your environment

A word, language, only ever means how it is used and agreed. A word is not a label stuck to a piece of reality.
'Poverty' is a classic example. People who have experienced the poverty detailed in the clip are rightly horrified by those who say it does not exist. Bands of 'relative poverty' which limit participation in the home culture extend from this. On the other hand, there are those in the happy position of adopting 'voluntary poverty'
as a positive richness. Thoreau, for instance.

I think, every country have its unfortunate people...

Have a look at www.bbc.co.uk/creditcrunch for bang up to date ruination of people's lives bythe vicious moneylending system at the heart of the american dream.