All of the programs are helpful in alleviating poverty because people don't have to pay for them. Nutrition programs give you food form the country just like housing and free healthcare are made to stop you from wasting your own money on it. All of the programs help people spend money on things that they need and are not for basic survival.
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The comparative form of light; more light. My room is a lighter shade of blue than yours. Have you lost weight? You look ten pounds lighter!
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