Poverty line

Electoral platform

"I will eradicate poverty with measures that have never done anything but generate poverty!"

"Eradicate poverty! You have my vote."

Struggle

"You're poor because you don't try hard enough. Just look at me. I worked hard, I made sacrifices, I strived for what I wanted, and in the end I reached my goal of being born into a rich family."

Disadvantage

"There aren't soup kitchens for me. There aren't shelters for me. There aren't social aid plans for me. And yet you are supposed to be the disadvantaged one? You should give me money!"

Want

"I need one hundred extra dollars to pay this month's rent."

"Is that all you need? I envy you, my friend! I need thirty million to expand abroad."

Fears

"Vote for me and I will protect you against poverty!"

"Vote for me and I will protect you against the poor!"

Poor

"Projections indicate that this economic program could cause the proportion of the population living under the poverty threshold to double in the next five to ten years."

"Wonderful! More opportunities to practice Christian charity and earn Heaven! This must be applied immediately."