[pron]

> I wonder if there is a way to hack the cycle and reduce the institutional aspect of poverty.

Countries with lower poverty rates have traditionally done this with welfare, free healthcare and social programs all funded by high tax rates. It works, but it doesn't fit well with the American ethos of every man to himself, where "redistribution of wealth" is seen as an encroachment on liberty rather than its biggest facilitator (as it's seen in other countries).

[themartorana]

Mostly by people who receive a benefit of said redistribution.

http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2011/apr/22/rache...