Indians have always valued poverty because renunciation of material wealth is at the heart of our spiritual teaching. Our movies have shown how the hero, who is brought up by a widowed mother struggling to survive, is totally honest, patriotic and incorruptible. The truth unfortunately is not so romantic. Most poor people in India have a sense of hurt because the government ( govt ) is not doing enough for them. They are convinced that poverty is an entitlement and that they should be helped to a higher living standard without any responsibility. They do not see any value in education and are reluctant to put in the hard work to get a degree. Thus they will vote for anyone that promises them reservation in govt jobs without necessary qualification. We are told by the bleeding hearts that they have so many children because they want some insurance for old age because there is no social security in India. The truth is that they are well aware that their life expectancy being less than fifty years they are unlikely to want geriatric care. They have so many children so that they can send them out to work by the time they are ten years old and live on their earnings. Most violent crimes are committed by the poor often against their own kind. It is true that rich people cheat on taxes and commit other financial crimes but these do not directly threaten our person or property. Poor people vote for short term gain and have no sense of morality. Thus they will vote for a convicted murderer if he distributes free saris and bottles of booze. This is why we have so much scum calling themselves VIPs. Unfortunately it is in the interest of the same scum to keep the poor people illiterate and poor so that they can be exploited for generations. Is their anyway to force people to become less poor and more educated?