The financial crisis has been more damaging for the poor than it has been for the rich. Without in any way minimizing the economic and psychological blow that people experience when they lose their jobs, the unemployed in affluent countries still have a safety net, in the form of social security payments, and usually free health care and free education for their children.
金融危机对穷人的打击比富人更大。尽管无法尽可能减低富裕国家中的失业人们在失业时遭遇的经济上和心理上的打击，但他们仍然享有一个安全网络，这种网络的形式是向他们提供社会保障金，通常还有免费的医疗保健和孩子的免费教育。他们也能享有卫生设施和安全的饮用水。