(originally posted August 25, 2010)

Poverty is the natural result of being taxed, having our resources looted by monopolists, being denied property rights and being denied freedom.  Regarding State welfare, it is designed, like other things, to destroy independence and family life, and make cultures and society in general collapse so that the next totalitarian phase can be introduced. 
See also:
Austerity
Health Care

Resource rationing policies include:
Energy
Food
Water