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The poor do exist but in far fewer numbers than you have been led to believe. Yes romney says there is a safety net for them. His statment of course is an acknowlegement that they exist. Yes it has problems - mostly that it spends to much and is rife with fraud, but generally it does provide the poor with food and shelter if they want it and many more extras like phones and help getting work skills... Generally the safety net works with little thanks to politicians who hurt the system quite a bit. We really need to let taking care of the poor be the domain of private charities again then it would be a better system.