The bird, he said, was just like any poor citizen caught in the crossfire of contending ideological forces.
"A poor citizen can't even find one kilogramme of rice on the street," he said, arguing that the country's rulers would face divine judgment for what they were doing to the poor.
Sometimes the Yes Men take their opponents' logic to an extreme, as with "Share the Safety". In a news conference at the Ronald Reagan Library, a fake National Rifle Association executive (Bichlbaum wearing a long beard) pledged that with each gun purchase, the N.R.A. and Smith & Wesson would give a free gun to a poor citizen who couldn't afford to arm himself.
That band, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, made Latinized New York dance music, roughly, but in their references, chants, jokes and elaborate stage show they amounted to one big act of curiosity: the band looked hungrily over the fence to the other side, whether that was North America looking at the Caribbean, a man looking at a woman, art looking at commerce, a poor citizen looking at a rich one.
After the abolition of slavery and the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, our Constitution made clear that "any person" in our country -- black or white, rich or poor, citizen or not -- has the right to equal protection of the laws and due process.
Oregon officials sought to "ration services, not people", promising to insure every poor citizen in the state with an attenuated set of services.
How do we make schools work for poor citizens?
What causes a government to invest – or not invest – in poor citizens, especially mass education?
Targeted transfer programs for poor citizens have become increasingly common in the developing world.
Aid should also favour countries with large numbers of very poor citizens.
In the 2nd century, however, the disparity between rich and poor citizens grew.
