America's poor

[Adam in CO]

Guess we are poor. Cool. Time to go get on welfare and food stamps.

[h2co-pilot]

Well, first you'll have to get divorced since marriage is not favored in the welfare system and then you'll have to cut your hours and ambition to work. Also it would certainly help if you pushed out more kids once you get started.

[GLBLWARMR]

I do have a heart but I quite caring about the nations poor when I heard about a woman in Mass. that was collecting approximately 1 million dollars legally a year in welfare for her and her 14 kids she was raising. There are a few poor that I feel sorry for but for the most part the country provides enough support and services for them that they make more than I do in a year and I spend times in war zones. Oh well what can I say???

[DennisAJC]

Poor little fatties.

I guess lazy took on a new meaning.

[Agriv8r]

Originally Posted by DennisAJC

Poor little fatties.

I guess lazy took on a new meaning.

there is probably an article that would compare the lazy now, to the lazy of the seventies and even the lazy of the european countries....i wonder if the lazy americans are really lazy or if it is just some political lip service....

[BKLYNH2]

I would have to say that the statistic about AC is a bit eroneous. Home air conditioning as we know it was relatively new in the 60's and very expensive. It was not until the 70's that AC in the residential market really took off. It's like comparing how many people owned a 50" plasma the first year they were available and how many have them now.

[h2co-pilot]

Originally Posted by BKLYNH2

I would have to say that the statistic about AC is a bit eroneous. Home air conditioning as we know it was relatively new in the 60's and very expensive. It was not until the 70's that AC in the residential market really took off. It's like comparing how many people owned a 50" plasma the first year they were available and how many have them now.

I put that in red just because it was a weird fact. However, I wonder what the statistics are presently, world wide.

A/C is nice and in some areas vital, speaking of which- I bet the percentage is still low country wide. But it is a luxury, sometimes vital but a luxury. Someone in a povertous state should be considering the sacrifice.

The cable/satellite reception and cell phones slay me.

Poverty should be associated with bare need- food, shelter and water; along with providing education/trade cultivation.