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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-19-06 01:54 PM
Response to Reply #94
95. who is arguing?
that impoverished people in Brazil or Somalia are worse off than poor in the US? what is there to argue?
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  -On Poverty: I Have A Somalian Friend ... mntleo2  Sep-18-06 10:07 AM   #0 
  - Years ago, here in America, anyone testing positive for  Cleita   Sep-18-06 10:14 AM   #1 
  - I find this hard to believe...  skooooo   Sep-18-06 10:16 AM   #2 
  - Actually, they don't  Warpy   Sep-18-06 10:24 AM   #4 
  - Thanks to the budget cuts, NO NEW MEDICAID PATIENTS BEING  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 07:42 PM   #38 
  - I Am Not Making This Up ...  mntleo2   Sep-18-06 11:07 AM   #9 
  - Thanks, Cat! HOmeless people get TB at a rate 11 times that of  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 07:46 PM   #40 
  - baloney. You don't get a TB test free. You have to have symptoms  elehhhhna   Sep-18-06 12:46 PM   #12 
  - If you really believe this, you are simply not paying attention.  greyhound1966   Sep-18-06 04:04 PM   #15 
  - Well having worked EMS on a border town  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-18-06 05:13 PM   #23 
  - Excellent point. Very sad, indeed.  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 08:19 PM   #48 
  - Always someone who feels a need to post something to cast doubt  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 07:39 PM   #37 
  - Guess you are so well off you never need to worry about homelessness?  lonestarnot   Sep-18-06 10:45 PM   #69 
  - Thank you!  Warpy   Sep-18-06 10:20 AM   #3 
  - The op has a good point  lumberjack_jeff   Sep-18-06 10:27 AM   #7 
  - Yeah Poverty Is A Bitch  mntleo2   Sep-18-06 12:17 PM   #10 
  - I am a poor person myself...  BlueStorm   Sep-18-06 09:02 PM   #62 
  - The problem with us living off the land is that the wildlife is  Cleita   Sep-18-06 05:34 PM   #25 
  - Excellent ideas, Cleita! I'll gladly vote for you when you run for office  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 08:21 PM   #49 
  - THanks, Warpy! I love NM, but the poverty is heartwrenching.  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 08:06 PM   #46 
  - Warpy the poorest among us give and share more than any other  lonestarnot   Sep-18-06 10:51 PM   #70 
     - You are so right! Almost without exception, those who reach out  bobbolink   Sep-19-06 01:58 PM   #98 
  - Well I HAD to recommend this.  Kali   Sep-18-06 10:26 AM   #5 
  - I'm glad you posted this, Cat.  Quakerfriend   Sep-18-06 10:26 AM   #6 
  - I don't find it hard to believe at all.  acmejack   Sep-18-06 10:34 AM   #8 
  - K&R!  yellerpup   Sep-18-06 12:44 PM   #11 
  - Recommended!  cat_girl25   Sep-18-06 03:07 PM   #13 
  - another difference between US poor vs. Somalia poor is  Bacchus39   Sep-18-06 03:25 PM   #14 
  - I see you put "poor" in quotes, which shows that you don't  Lydia Leftcoast   Sep-18-06 04:19 PM   #16 
  - they certainly are not starving for sure  Bacchus39   Sep-18-06 04:33 PM   #20 
  - Your ignorance and hate, yes hate, is ever so charming.  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 08:04 PM   #44 
     - sorry, poverty in the US is not like poverty  Bacchus39   Sep-19-06 01:50 PM   #91 
        - Your assumptions are legion, and so is your hate.  bobbolink   Sep-19-06 01:53 PM   #94 
        - who is arguing?  Bacchus39   Sep-19-06 01:54 PM   #95 
        - take a trip to louisiana or rural east texas  datasuspect   Sep-19-06 03:41 PM   #108 
           - yeah us poor poor americans  Bacchus39   Sep-19-06 03:46 PM   #110 
              - don't quite get the gist of what you are saying  datasuspect   Sep-19-06 03:49 PM   #111 
  - THANK you, and  Bluerthanblue   Sep-18-06 05:05 PM   #21 
     - I'm lucky, in that I'm single, with a reasonable income, and living near  Lydia Leftcoast   Sep-18-06 05:58 PM   #30 
  - Sometimes Obesity = Poverty  mntleo2   Sep-18-06 06:36 PM   #31 
     - You're excellent with the facts!  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 08:25 PM   #50 
     - peas, rice and beans are very cheap  Bacchus39   Sep-19-06 01:51 PM   #92 
        - most of the developing world subsists mainly on rice  datasuspect   Sep-19-06 03:44 PM   #109 
  - I'm pretty amazed how how large Somalian families are here...  AtLiberty   Sep-18-06 04:21 PM   #17 
  - It's common among first-generation immigrants  Lydia Leftcoast   Sep-18-06 04:31 PM   #19 
  - from my experience, it is also  Bluerthanblue   Sep-18-06 05:11 PM   #22 
  - All Of The Above  mntleo2   Sep-18-06 07:37 PM   #36 
  - k&r and, I know  Bluerthanblue   Sep-18-06 04:30 PM   #18 
  - thanks for your post. There is poor...  QuestionAll...   Sep-18-06 05:19 PM   #24 
  - There is something about this post that doesn't quite ring right...  Iowa   Sep-18-06 05:35 PM   #26 
  - This strikes a a chord with me . . .  DollyM   Sep-18-06 05:49 PM   #29 
  - Hi DollyM. Yes, many simply cannot afford to save.  Iowa   Sep-18-06 11:17 PM   #76 
  - Have you thought about substitute teaching?  suziedemocrat   Sep-19-06 05:07 PM   #112 
  - Average Of 2 Years To Get SSD ~ IF At All  mntleo2   Sep-18-06 07:01 PM   #33 
  - There is no safety net for people waiting for benefits...  Iowa   Sep-19-06 02:49 AM   #85 
     - How many people die in that process?  bobbolink   Sep-19-06 01:55 PM   #96 
  - um....  Bluerthanblue   Sep-18-06 07:35 PM   #34 
  - Thank you for your "rant" -- which it's not, just the honest truth  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 08:31 PM   #52 
  - I see no response from Question All  lonestarnot   Sep-18-06 11:07 PM   #71 
  - Hi Bluerthanblue...  Iowa   Sep-19-06 02:12 AM   #83 
     - I think the point of the OP post is that there are more "must haves" here.  suziedemocrat   Sep-19-06 07:11 AM   #88 
  - Another one who chooses to dis poor folk! Two, yes two, in one thread!  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 08:27 PM   #51 
  - Our Social Safety Net is Extensive. Why, it was positively excessive  Leopolds Ghost   Sep-18-06 10:33 PM   #67 
     - Yeah. Like Paying Rent Does *Not* Include Taxes, LOL  mntleo2   Sep-19-06 12:21 AM   #81 
     - Great point! Would you be willing to go through those "hidden"  bobbolink   Sep-19-06 01:57 PM   #97 
        - Sure  mntleo2   Sep-20-06 09:47 AM   #115 
     - I'm sure glad you put up that "sarcasm" smilie, cuz what you said is said  bobbolink   Sep-19-06 01:51 PM   #93 
  - Actually, the hunter-gatherer lifestyle  KnaveRupe   Sep-19-06 06:42 AM   #87 
  - i have never seen a homeless somali woman in seattle  maxsolomon   Sep-18-06 05:45 PM   #27 
  - Check Out LIHI ~ You Will Find  mntleo2   Sep-18-06 06:42 PM   #32 
  - i live about 5 blocks from that housing  maxsolomon   Sep-18-06 07:48 PM   #41 
     - Yeah The Somali Homeless Do Not Go Downtown  mntleo2   Sep-18-06 08:59 PM   #60 
  - The "stereotypical transient male" "Muslim-styled... in a POS vehicle"  Leopolds Ghost   Sep-18-06 10:20 PM   #66 
  - blah blah blah. You expect us to believe that you know every  lonestarnot   Sep-18-06 11:10 PM   #72 
  - mntleo2, thank you so much for posting this, and thanks to Margaret, too!  Sapphire Blue   Sep-18-06 05:49 PM   #28 
  - Thank you so very much for this! I appreciate the support, and  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 07:36 PM   #35 
  - She Saw This And Says,  mntleo2   Sep-18-06 08:05 PM   #45 
  - Yes america has criminalized poverty...  sweetheart   Sep-18-06 07:42 PM   #39 
  - Lessons from Katrina  Jcrowley   Sep-18-06 07:59 PM   #43 
  - But, who is *listening* to those lessons? Sure ain't Dems and "liberals"  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 08:14 PM   #47 
  - Land reform  sweetheart   Sep-18-06 08:45 PM   #56 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-18-06 08:51 PM   #57 
     - I'm no longer a "willing participant" in blaming myself...  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 09:01 PM   #61 
  - I read something very similar  sweetheart   Sep-18-06 08:53 PM   #58 
  - Damn straight America has criminalized poverty!  lonestarnot   Sep-18-06 11:13 PM   #73 
  - Excellent Post  Jcrowley   Sep-18-06 07:54 PM   #42 
  - And if you're homeless, you can't help but be hungry and ill, both.  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 08:33 PM   #54 
     - bobbolink, have you contacted habitat for humanity?  lonestarnot   Sep-18-06 11:14 PM   #74 
        - For what??? They don't serve homeless people, they don't serve  bobbolink   Sep-19-06 01:59 PM   #100 
  - That is an interesting thought about living off the land  treestar   Sep-18-06 08:32 PM   #53 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-18-06 08:58 PM   #59 
  - never mind bootstraps  kineneb   Sep-18-06 09:44 PM   #64 
  - :)  Solly Mack   Sep-19-06 03:08 AM   #86 
  - More criminalization of homelessness and poverty.  lonestarnot   Sep-18-06 11:15 PM   #75 
  - Question for Margaret:  bobbolink   Sep-18-06 08:39 PM   #55 
  - I'm not Margaret, but I'll throw down.  lonestarnot   Sep-18-06 11:25 PM   #77 
  - education is a personal solution, not a social one  hfojvt   Sep-19-06 02:38 PM   #106 
  - Answer: "Stop The War For One ..."  mntleo2   Sep-18-06 11:45 PM   #78 
  - You got my hot-button issue. What do we do in the meantime, just  bobbolink   Sep-19-06 02:09 PM   #101 
  - In my mind, urban planning is the magic bullet.  bezdomny   Sep-19-06 02:49 AM   #84 
     - I certainly agree with you about subsidized housing -- why isn't  bobbolink   Sep-19-06 02:13 PM   #102 
  - the poverty of the disabled in the US  kineneb   Sep-18-06 09:42 PM   #63 
  - kick n/t  Leopolds Ghost   Sep-18-06 10:09 PM   #65 
  - Damn... what a post! Fanfreakingtastic look at poverty!  lonestarnot   Sep-18-06 10:36 PM   #68 
  - Great Post! About this thread, TB, poverty, etc. --  NurseLefty   Sep-18-06 11:58 PM   #79 
  - Thank you so much! I"m saving your post, to try to educate those  bobbolink   Sep-19-06 02:24 PM   #103 
  - All the more reason why we need HEALTH CARE FOR ALL!!!  calimary   Sep-19-06 12:17 AM   #80 
  - And Perhaps It Would Curb The Spread of Diseases Like TB  mntleo2   Sep-19-06 12:38 AM   #82 
  - Of course! But, I contend, you still can't be healthy if you have NO HOME  bobbolink   Sep-19-06 02:26 PM   #104 
  - We are in very dire financial straits.  BleedingHeartPatriot   Sep-19-06 07:22 AM   #89 
  - 'most married women in the US are 1 paycheck away from poverty'  bobbieinok   Sep-19-06 01:48 PM   #90 
  - Thanks for shining the light on the very real situation of the poor here!  countryjake   Sep-19-06 01:59 PM   #99 
  - THanks!! YES!! I'm trying to get action taken right now on homelessness  bobbolink   Sep-19-06 02:33 PM   #105 
     - Up here, undocumented workers are teaching many how to get by...  countryjake   Sep-19-06 03:36 PM   #107 
        - Fascinating! Is anyone writing about this? Sounds like the iceberg tip  bobbolink   Sep-19-06 06:45 PM   #113 
  - Thanks  Jcrowley   Sep-19-06 10:33 PM   #114 
 

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