What creates the need for resources? How do people get in the position of needing these resources?

In no particular order, not even close to inclusive or even mutually exclusive,and rarely, if ever, solely because of any one of the following reasons: drought, natural disaster, greed, selfishness, stupidity, illness, injury, stacked decks, bad choices, overpopulation, war, public policies, disenfranchisement, caste systems, arrogance, mines played out, new technologies, social injustice, pestulence, narcissism, cruelty, fear, the inertia of large social systems, discrimination, lack of education, lack of opportunity, lack of motivation, lack of altruism, lack of empathy, self-righteousness, personality disorders, cognitive disortions, racism, classism, failure to operationalize values, masking selfish interests as values, intolerance, failure to be responsible for the self, failure to be responsible for the effect of the choices one makes on others, failure to be responsible for and to others, ignorance (intentional and unintentional), lack of life skills, lack of social support, oppression, lifestyle choices, house fires, living too long, being too young, repression, did I already say oppression?, having skills become obsolete after age 45 or 50, corrupt government officials, raided pension funds, grossly inequitable distribution of resources, substance abuse, head injury, genetic disorders, being human, failure of the human race in general, and those who should know better in particular to opt for sustainability where possible, and the natural and inevitable tension, or dialectic, between the individual and society.

It is not simple, Dickey. Get over it.

I gather from your wishes that you want there to be poverty....

I gather from this statement, Dickey, that you

a. Have reading comprehension difficulties
b. Have not actually read most of my postings to this thread
c. Your reality testing is significantly impaired by cognitive distortions
d. You are attempting to be manipulative and/or disengenious
e. Some combination of b, c, d, but not a, above.