贫困作为一种社会现象,无论是在发达国家还是在发展中国家都是一个长期的话题。随着我国社会主义市场经济制度建立和完善,平均主义分配制度被打破,在人们的收入水平普遍提高的同时,职工及其家庭收入差距也在逐步拉大,城市贫困问题已经摆在我们面前。最近,南通市政协会同民政、劳动工会、统计等部门对全市城镇贫困群体的生活情况作了深入调研,认为城市贫困群体基本生活保障工作需要大力加强。各级党委、政府应从实践“三个代表”重要思想的高度,时刻把城市贫困群体的冷暖放在心上,切实把这项工作作为义 As a social phenomenon, poverty is a long-term topic both in developed countries and in developing countries. With the establishment and perfection of the socialist market economic system in our country, the egalitarian distribution system has been broken. While people’s income levels have generally risen, the income gap between workers and their families has also been gradually widening. The issue of urban poverty has now come before us. Recently, Nantong Municipal CPPCC conducted an in-depth investigation into the living conditions of the urban poor in the city along with civil affairs, labor unions, statistics and other departments. They thought that the basic living security for urban poor groups needs to be greatly strengthened. Party committees and governments at all levels should, from the perspective of practicing the important thinking of the ’Three Represents,’ keep the warmth and cold of the urban poor at the very heart and earnestly take the work as righteousness