There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

Extreme poverty is the root cause of extreme crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit.

As our system becomes less stable because we must now begin to understand that Crime, Disease, Poverty and Malnutrition are but natural components parts of our per-technological social structure.