Different types of poor people

The destitute, whether they are from the slums of Sao Paulo, Lagos or Delhi, arouse sympathy and make the headlines once in a while, but are seldom able to force people to act in a unified manner. The poor in the USA however were able to drive up the sub-prime mortgage crisis, in turn causing financial markets across the world to tumble. Talk about the disparity in power among the diffrent types of poor people.