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-21 Post author: Thomas 30 October 2012 08:56AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 30 October 2012 06:59:06PM 1 point [-]

No one thinks money spent on (1) fraud prevention, (2) food safety, (3) basic research, (4) judicial salaries for civil dispute resolution, or similar programs alleviate poverty.

I can't understand what you mean by this. Maybe the confusion is in your use of "no one thinks" or "alleviate poverty"?