Poverty Advocate Pillows

'Trickle-down economics, eh?- that must be why it's so moldy down here.'

Bank

"The great thing about my charity is that all donations go directly to the needy."

Squatters

"How do you expect me to have empathy for the poor and walk in your shoes when your shoes when you're not wearing any."

'Wentworth Street, Whitechapel'

'The great thing is, the poor won't be able to squander it on luxuries such as dignity, equality and hope!'

Hypocrisy about poverty

"Could you spare some change for a guy fresh off welfare?"

Minimum wage.

'The treasury decided to use bob geldof's speechwriter this year!'

Low standard of living

"How come politicians don't earn mimimum wage. If anybody does minimum work, it's them."

"Isn't it comforting that even in our fast-moving times there are still things that remain as they were?"

'It's someone from the Society for Ethical Treatment of Principals asking for a donation.'

Victim of Sequestration!

"Are you V.A.T. registered..?"

"This is your social worker Mrs Bigworth, she's brought your care package."

Shared Poverty

"It's a newstart rescue canoe ."

Street Organist in the East End Slums

"Do you really have to rub it in that you've got more cash than I do?"

"How many votes do you have?"

Homeless dog: 'Would eat homework for $2.'

'Who would you rather be poor under - Labour, the Tories or the Lib Dems?'

'Hon, I'm going shiplifting something for our dinner.'

"Master, what is the best thing I can do for the poor?"

Give To Tsunami's Victims.

'Some day son, this will all be yours...unless I get soft and leave it to charity.'

Weighing up strategic needs vs. immediate needs.

Jake froze in terror...He'd accidentally wandered into a nest of rattlers.

In other news, a Kurdish group today announced plans to send humanitarian aid to British and American taxpayers...'

30 years of trickle down economics...

"Jesus was a champion of the poor. If he came back today, you would not be able to hear him over the sound of religious conservatives booing his liberal agenda."

'If we only had a mailing address, we could get a pre-approved credit card application.'