In my country, only the mentaly retarded and rebelious homeless people live that way. Most people, even the poorest, have the means to survive in life. And you don't see kids without shoes in the streets. Poverty show quite a lot not only about how much money a country makes, but how a country takes care of people. It is acceptable that in a very poor country you would see poverty widespread. But medium income and developed countries had the resources to solve the basic social problems. If the governments do nothing is because fascism have cold theirs hearths.