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In reply to the discussion: Have you heard? The "poor" in America aren't really poor. [View all]dkf
(37,305 posts)4. This guy is either poor or mentally ill.
If this is the condition of everyone you called "poor" the you have a point that they really are poor by any standard.
But if you call a person poor and they have a roof over their head, car, electricity, food, cell phone, air conditioning, tv, etc, then they aren't poor compared with the poor of the world.
It's all in the degree.
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Yeah, I'm still waiting too. At least the "ignore button" in my head still works.
Scuba
Apr 2012
#38
Thanks for putting this together. I hope it helps paint the picture. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2012
#44
The point isn't whether you and I donate to the food bank, because of course we both do.
TBF
Apr 2012
#52
This man seems like an obvious candidate for food stamps. I also doubt he has a cell phone or ac
dkf
Apr 2012
#35
Of course we are not poor compared to the poor of the world but is that really what you want for
jwirr
Apr 2012
#37
Correct. The "middle" class is the biggest lie consistently perpetuated worldwide -
TBF
Apr 2012
#20
There was not fixing what was happening in those institutions. My great aunt died in one and her
jwirr
Apr 2012
#41
Here they were given a script for their meds, no money and a one-way bus ticket to Chicago
NNN0LHI
Apr 2012
#19
You are correct about what happened to them after the hospitals were closed down but that did
jwirr
Apr 2012
#42
I was there when it happened and saw it happen as if in slow-motion with
coalition_unwilling
Apr 2012
#28
They are the same a-holes who say "You don't need health insurance, just go to emergency."
NNN0LHI
Apr 2012
#22
Generally, the same sort of people who would say, 'Well, you know those folks
coalition_unwilling
Apr 2012
#29
goes along with the claim that the rich aren't rich. cause they have such high living expenses,
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#56