The vast majority of people I see littering are people in cars. And not junky cars. I saw my co-worker do this in front of our school where we work. And I know he makes more than 90k and has a master's degree. The issue isn't poverty... it's people being raised not to care at all about other people. And yes, he is an awful teacher, too. Not everything is poverty. People have to have a sense of responsibility and a little bit of moral decency. The government can't provide that.