Crisis 'to trap 100m in poverty'

[Newshound]

The global economic slowdown means 100 million more people in developing countries will remain poor, the World Bank says.

More... (http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7886334.stm)

[alyscat]

Not to mention the millions in developed countries who will slip into poverty.

[Swanny]

Am I missing something here? What's wrong with being poor?
The reason the world is in such a mess is because of people spending money like fools.
The happiest man I've ever met lived on a tiny island in Indonesia and earnt £1 a day, he lived in a corrugated iron shed with his wife and two small children and was as happy as could be. I'd swap my life for his in a second :original: