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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: i-node who wrote (608526)4/21/2011 2:10:22 PM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (6) of 1577828
 
Why do you care?Why do you care?

Why don't you?

The poor in this country have higher standards of living than the poor in any country. And higher standards of living than the poor have EVER had in any country.


I think the idea of the slide set was to address a widening wealth gap in the US...in any case your assertion is asstalk and completely off base. The US ranks among the highest industrialized nations in the % of people living below the poverty line.

It is as if you're sitting at a slot machine, hit the jackpot, and get pissed because the guy next to you hit a bigger jackpot than yours.


You think a family of four with 22K in income feels like they "hit the jackpot"?

Al
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