1.  The benefits to the poor are trifling, and for native peoples, invariably negative.

2.  Most of the urban poor are effectively excluded from politics.

3.  The rural poor are poor because they have been prevented from using resources available to others, such as credit, land, technology and social services.

4.  And already there is evidence that the working poor are being forced into a cruel head-to-head competition with welfare recipients for precious low-wage jobs.

5.  And, compared to the poor in urban areas, the rural poor are more likely to be married, working and not depending on welfare.

6.  As ever, the poor are hurt the most.

7.  Because the poor are hardly heard these days in Congress, the cuts might seem safe.

8.  Because both bus systems receive federal funding, the government should investigate to be sure the rights of minorities and the poor are being upheld, he said.

9.  Mexican peasants and urban poor are woefully aware that the government has done little to help them in a long time.

10.  Neighborhoods once made up entirely of the poor are being economically integrated.