Reply #70: Oprah does to a lot of good and yes, she WAS dirt poor, but...

[Javaman]

As with a lot of people, but not all, who are self made, once they are made, they still use the old tactic of being "one of the people" who struggled and so on, but the reality is this: at a point, the wealth does take over.

She can empathize all she wants but she is wealthy at the end of the day and yes, she gives to many charities, but has she looked into the eyes of todays poor, lately? Perhaps that could help her began to remember what it is truly like to be poor in this country?

But remember, her poverty was in an age when our gov't had some semblance of caring. The gov't of today is a far, very far cry from those days.

I'm not in the least belittling her achievements, but she lived during a time when there were programs in place to help the poor, however TODAY, right at this moment, it is a very different playing field for people trying to survive let alone live.

moron* and his room full of dopes continue to cut programs and benefits to the poor. If it was tough before, it's become impossible now live on a job that pays 5 bucks an hour.

So disregard that she was poor for a moment and think of WHEN she was poor and compare it to today.