Reply #27: They may have the same concerns

[prolesunited]

"Millionaires have the same concerns and worries as any other middle class workers - health care, education for their children, and being able to raise their family in a safe environment."

HOWEVER, the certainly don't share the same struggles. I work in a community overwhelmed by people living in poverty, so this blanket statement doesn't cut it with me.

Health care? For them, it means self-diagnosis and seeing what they can get over the counter. It's not until they end up in the ER that they receive care. If they receive state aid, they have faced dramatic cuts and still have great difficulty buying prescription meds.

Because of family environments and continuing cycles of poverty and low education levels, coupled with language barriers, these kids are entering school VERY ill-equipped to learn and the public schools certainly are NOT meeting the challenges. Private schools and tutors are not even an option.

I have co-workers who live here that are no strangers to nightly gunfire in their communities. Imagine strategically placing furniture so that no one gets inadvertently hit if bullets come through your window.

People living in true poverty have multiple and extended family members living under the same roof. Food pantries ensure that they don't starve. Water, electricity and telephone service is routinely cut off and many can't scrape us the large deposits to get services restored.

If families are lucky enough to have a car, it is shared, with an emphasis on getting whoever has a job to and from work. And they don't drive their car, usually 7 to 10 years old, to work and park it. They are dropped off so it is available for others.

So, tell me again why I should feel sorry for millionaires? When we have THESE people's needs met, then I'll start thinking about their concerns.

BTW, why did you chose to further the class warfare meme by describing millionaires as the enemy? We shouldn't be playing into the RW's distortion of language.