LuisPortal305: it is up to the individual to work hard and become free of poverty,
Easy to say when you live in the USA with an infrastructure and resources to assist you....
Not being critical, but have yu ever looked at some of the poorer countries in the world, where such things do not exist, or where corrupition keeps people poor... Just try looking up Zimbabwee.... once a prosperous country... now poor with inflation at well over 1,000%.
Try and really imagine working your way out of the poverty of Darfur and then ask yourself whether you would still say the same thing.