On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:23:43 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

You sound like you're bitter about the fact that poor people need help from
time to time. Sure sounds like racism and elitism to me.

It is improper to lump all of the poor together in one category. Some
are much more deserving and/or needier than others, and that has
nothing to do with race or ethnicity.

Something else to think about: Have you ever considered that it is
impossible to eliminate poverty? We define poverty rather
arbitrarily as some statistical percentage of the population. That
percentage never goes away no matter what.