> Flip it around and give the 0.01% poorest people the same treatment, society certainly doesn't need the poorest of the poor either. It makes about as much sen

> Flip it around and give the 0.01% poorest people the same treatment, society certainly doesn't need the poorest of the poor either. It makes about as much sense. Again, that's the goal. There was no vote to declare a line at 1 billion, because nobody cares about the exact number. The goal of measures like this is to reduce inequality.