I am not talking about people who 'are' broke, I am talking about people being made poorer money wise or poorer health wise.
Example. Here is what we know about fine particle pollution from coal burning power plants...
Fine particle pollution:
* causes premature death in people with heart and lung disease, accounting for more deaths in the U.S. each year than either drunk driving or homicide (23,600);
* triggers thousands of heart attacks each year;
* worsens respiratory symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath, triggering over 20,000 asthma attacks per year in Indiana;
* increases hospital admissions, emergency room visits and clinic visits for respiratory diseases and cardiovascular diseases;
* causes lung function changes, especially in children and people living with lung diseases such as asthma;
* causes changes in heart rate variability and irregular heartbeat;
* is associated with the development of chronic respiratory disease in children.
The dirty energy corporations pays none of the cost incurred by people and families who suffer the consequences of fine particle pollution. They continue to increase their profits by externalizing their costs. They are getting rich, by making other people poor.