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siouxsiecreamcheese

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21. The thing that gets me the most about the poor having a tv thing

Sun Feb 24, 2013, 09:32 PM

Feb 2013

is that non-poor people don't think that a poor person should have one. What I mean by that is, god forbid a poor person actually has a tv, a computer, an x box, etc. Poor people don't have the funds to go on vacations and mini trips to unwind and relax. Poor people work their asses off and when they get home, this is how they unwind and relax. What the rich want to see are "real" poor people living in a shack with no electricity, no fun, and working working working. Because, their poor, why should they have any luxury?

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4 Bogus Right-Wing Theories About Poverty, and the Real Reason Americans Can’t Make Ends Meet [View all] xchrom Feb 2013 OP

"Poor people have TVs, cell phones, etc" Freddie Feb 2013 #1

This isn't really related to your post, but the cell phone thing always gets me Victor_c3 Feb 2013 #4

If you don't have a computer, you use your cellphone for Internet connectivity. shcrane71 Feb 2013 #10

This right-wing theory is a half-truth at best meow2u3 Feb 2013 #6

The thing that gets me the most about the poor having a tv thing siouxsiecreamcheese Feb 2013 #21

people living in slums and favelas have tvs. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #28

That's what I was going to reply to a post above bhikkhu Feb 2013 #22

+1 HiPointDem Feb 2013 #29

Well said. n/t Laelth Feb 2013 #34

The should just say.. sendero Feb 2013 #31

Yes. treestar Feb 2013 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author datasuspect Feb 2013 #2

Agreed, it's an insult to your worth as a human being Freddie Feb 2013 #3

R#9 & K for, this is on the way to the local radio wingnut talkshow host. UTUSN Feb 2013 #5

The cash back claim is widespread unc70 Feb 2013 #23

Thanks for this info, I'll lay it on the local yokel wingnuts. n/t UTUSN Feb 2013 #24

The biggest lie is that poor people are lazy and refuse to work meow2u3 Feb 2013 #7

+1. n/t Laelth Feb 2013 #36

. Lurker Deluxe Feb 2013 #8

Message auto-removed Man on the Right Feb 2013 #12

Well some would argue that living wages, affordable access to competent health care, bluesbassman Feb 2013 #13

Message auto-removed Man on the Right Feb 2013 #19

My tracfone was $12 on sale and costs $79 a year and is my only phone. SmileyRose Feb 2013 #9

My local Goodwill is FILLED with .99 cent enormous working teevees riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #15

I bet those are old rear-projection TVs Occulus Feb 2013 #27

Everybody with even half-a-brain knows that real wages have declined for a few decades. BlueJazz Feb 2013 #11

K & R !!! - Thank You For That !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #14

The other one goes something like this: "95% of the poor in America have refrigerators and 80% have Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #16

Wish I could rec your post, too! n/t kdmorris Feb 2013 #35

Just a bunch of "lucky duckies" Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #37

Amazing the lengths they will go to treestar Feb 2013 #17

America - The Only Place Where the Well-To-Do and Wealthy are Jealous of the Poor. HughBeaumont Feb 2013 #20

but they never wanna change places...they just bitch. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #26

$168 a day = $61K a year. I'd be interested in the rationale on that. (I'm sure there is one, HiPointDem Feb 2013 #25

Ask and ye shall receive... JHB Feb 2013 #32

thanks. americorps = welfare, now i know. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #33

Republicans don't think rationally Notafraidtoo Feb 2013 #30

Not so much bad at math as obsessing ver the wrong things... JHB Feb 2013 #38

I've read all of those arguments made by DUers at various times Orrex Feb 2013 #39

+1 xchrom Feb 2013 #40