The solution? Simple: Raise taxes.
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There! See how simple it was...???
What a bunch of loons you've got up there.
Ah good point. Isn't poverty defined as below a certain percentage of the average salary? If we just tax everyone so heavily, maybe it will bring the average salary down far enough, that there won't be any room to fall below that threshold. </sarcasm>