Maggie's Farm

From Some Real Information On Poverty And Income Inequality:

 The people that you think of as "poor" -- like the people you see living on the streets, the beggars, the people in the shelters and those in the low income housing -- all of them, if they ask, have full access to benefits that, if counted, will immediately lift them out of measured poverty.  Now, could there be some who, even though entitled to such benefits, somehow fall through the cracks because they fail to apply or to take advantage of what is offered?  Of course.  On the other hand, there are government workers out there every day looking for these people to try to help them.  The remaining "real poor" can't actually be a significant part of the residual 2%.