To quote Peter K,... 'But there is simply no way that ALL the millions of deprived people, or even a significant proportion of them, can work their way out of poverty - there is simply not enough wealth to go round'... and YOUR solution is .....?? Give more handouts perhaps, get that debt you worry so much about a little bigger ?? And by the way, Bush is fuelling growth with his war-machine. As soon as the war stops, fiscal problems will start to really hit home, if you will. And how, Mr. economist, does catering to the rich equate to hindering the efforts of the poor? Maybe Mr.Economist should start looking at the examples of countries like Canada , where poverty is practically nill, and our economy is the only one in the G7 sporting a fiscal surplus. How do we do it, I ask ?? Something to ponder...