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Old 02-09-2006, 11:33 PM   #13
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The Economist had an interesting special on relative poverty in december. They compared a trailer-park welfare recipient in the states (don't remember which state) to a doctor in the D.R Congo. For isntance, poor families in the US eat more meat on average than affluent families. Families in the congo can rarely afford meat. I'll have to pull up the article later and post some highlights.
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