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Originally Posted by FleeingFish
Should it be a goal for government/society to reduce poverty at any cost? Is it possible to eliminate poverty?
At any cost? Of course not.
Second question -- not entirely
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What is the line of acceptable poverty in society? i.e. 10%, 5%, 0%?
This is a silly question. The answer obviously is that depends on the trade offs.
If it came at no cost, the acceptable number of traffic fatalities would be near zero. But the costs associated with reducing traffic fatalities to near zero levels of course would be prohibitive.
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Is this a fair question to ask when discussing policy initiatives dealing with social program aimed at poverty stricken people.
Of course it's a fair question, but see above.