A puzzle: Is it a puzzle?

Look at these facts and tell me what you think:
“ In Iranian Parliament, the minimum salary for those at work, and retired had been set at 200.000 tomans [ about $219]”
“ The head of Economic commission in the parliament, set the minimum wage for the workers in the coming year at 163000 tomans [ $178]”. But, the head of Islamic Trade Unions of Iran confirmed that the official poverty line in the country is defined at a monthly income of 300.000 tomans [$328] or below.
Hence, only god knows how many millions of Iranians live below the official poverty line?
And, yet, let us go on and spend and spend and spend to get a bomb!