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To: Alighieri who wrote (608543)	4/21/2011 3:21:52 PM
From: i-node	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 1578112

Why don't you? You're the one living in the 5,000 square foot mansion, with a summer house in Florida or wherever. Not me. If I lived in a 5,000 square foot house, I would sell it and give half the proceeds to the needy. What do YOU do?? Tell everyone else THEY need to do something about it. 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. You totally missed the point and misunderstand the situation. Living below the poverty line in America is not as bad as it sounds. Here are some facts about United States residents who were defined by the Census Bureau as "poor": - 46 percent of all poor households actually own their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is 3BR, 1.5Bath - 76 percent have air conditioning - Only 6 percent of poor households are "overcrowded", and 2/3 have more than one room PER PERSON - The average poor American has more living space than the average (non-poor) citizens in most European countries. No shit. - 3/4 of poor households own a car, and 30% own two or more. - 97% of poor households own color TVs, more than half have more than one. - 78% have a VCR or DVD player; 62% have cable or satellite TV. - 73% own microwave ovens, more than half have a stereo and 1/3 have dishwashers. The REALLY poor have free health care, food stamps, earned income credits, SS benefits and Medicare well in excess of what they paid into the respective systems, and TONS of other free benefits. A very large proportion are wealthy enough to afford cigarettes & tattoos. Most of the "poor" just really aren't that poor anymore.

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