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To: Elroy who wrote (266438)	12/29/2005 4:03:36 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1575036

"Unfortunately, the poor in this country usually do not compare themselves to the poor in other nations" The better off who don't want to share do it constantly! We can proudly say that an American dumpster diving indigent eating discarded fast food that lives under a bridge is immensely better off than your Darfur indigent.

To: Elroy who wrote (266438)	12/29/2005 4:23:20 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575036

Unfortunately, the poor in this country usually do not compare themselves to the poor in other nations Sure they do, if they thought there was a better country for them economically they would leave the US and go to that other country. No one is saying that the poor in this country think they are worse off than other countries. All I am saying is that most of them don't compare themselves to the poor in other countries but rather to the middle and upper classes in the US for many reasons including the fact they don't get to see the poor in other nations like you do. The poor in other nations try to get to the US for this reason. The poor in the US stay in the US. There's a reason for those two facts. The poor from other nations migrate to the US because they believe they can have a better life. That vision is not unlike the girl in the Midwest who believes that she can become an actress if she moves to Hollywood, or a model if she moves to NYC. Most don't find success whether they are that Midwest girl or a poor immigrant from Brazil but the dream continues to exist because there's no real alternative. One of the many myths about the US that has been punctured in the last few years is the one where the poor man or woman through hard work and perserverance can become a millionaire in his or her lifetime. In reality, you have to be born rich in this country if you want to be rich as an adult.