I know all about poverty etc. I come from very poor people. And although I was at one point prosperous, I had very serious financial reversals and doubt that I will ever recover. I think the causes of poverty are multi-dimensional and have a lot to do with overpopulation. I think they also have a lot to do with both factors outside what we can control, but some factors that we can control. Reproductive habits have changed, and not for the better as far as I can tell, over the last few decades. Bringing children into the world without fathers is something that can be changed...get two sober and drug-free parents working to support fewer children, and watch poverty dry up and disappear. I apologize for no one. Especially the Catholic Church which did a lot to keep people in poverty through overpopulation..but did a pretty good job in getting and keeping them married. I see a lot of things we can't probably change, and a lot that we can. Boss Hog just does not enter into my thinking. Guess I never watched Dukes of Hazard enough. mg