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10 months ago
in The Non-Poor Below the “Poverty Line” on OpenMarket.org
Cable TV an envy of middle class? I have never met a middle class citizen that couldn't afford cable TV in my life, and I've lived in 5 states. Poor people with nice homes? I'd give anything to own a home, and feel that it's impossible, no matter how hard I work. I agree that many people abuse the welfare system, but that info is just plain wrong.
Poor people have a higher standard of living than most Europeans? Duh. That's because America has a higher standard of living in general.
Higher than past generations? Of course it is! Americans used to not have indoor plumbing.
97% of households have a color tv? You can't even find a black and white TV in a pawn shop, except maybe by chance.
Those are all moot points. Pretty much everyone has tv, a/c, a STOVE, a FRIDGE, etc. The fact is that people with a certain income are still less comfortable than those of middle class and above. Three-bedroom house, my ass. If they have it, it was inherited. You, sir, are a complete moron.
I recognize that the middle class get shafted under the tax bracket at times, but you're still better off then the vast majority of poor. Only the highest level of people who still fit under the poverty line might be of slightly more benefit than those middle class that are barely above. That's a very small and unfortunate percentage. And it only pays off once a year, when tax refunds come. Because of this injustice to a small amount of the population, you come here and talk about how unfair it is that poor people have a fridge and a stove? Have you ever tried to live without a fridge and/or stove? Most poor people don't have a)land to grow food on, b)a place to hunt legally, and/or c)a gun to hunt with. What year do you live in?
And welfare is not as easy to get as all the whiny middle class citizens seem to think. My mother swallowed her pride and applied for food stamps, when she waitressed at Shoney's. She was raising my brother and I on her own. Guess what? She didn't qualify! We didn't have electricity for weeks at this time (in the winter) and were eating ramen, vanilla wafers with peanut butter, or lunch meat with white bread and mayo every night for dinner. There was no breakfast or lunch.
I had a severe case of strep throat that kept me hurting bad for two months. It was so bad that I woke up with a sore throat every single day for about three years afterward. And still have frequent sore throats, more than 15 years later. When I was in the military, I had strep throat 6 times in one winter. It doesn't even make me sick anymore. I just know to get checked for it when I have a sore throat for a week or two. Where was the health care that poor people are supposedly handed? Right now, I have a visible lump in my throat about 2/3 the size of my tonsil that could likely be cancer. Who knows? I don't have insurance and don't qualify for Medicaid, so unless I find out, I might just have to suffer to death. Oh well, at least I'll get that small amount of money that I had to pay for taxes back. Think it'll cover chemo charges?
Poor people have a higher standard of living than most Europeans? Duh. That's because America has a higher standard of living in general.
Higher than past generations? Of course it is! Americans used to not have indoor plumbing.
97% of households have a color tv? You can't even find a black and white TV in a pawn shop, except maybe by chance.
Those are all moot points. Pretty much everyone has tv, a/c, a STOVE, a FRIDGE, etc. The fact is that people with a certain income are still less comfortable than those of middle class and above. Three-bedroom house, my ass. If they have it, it was inherited. You, sir, are a complete moron.
I recognize that the middle class get shafted under the tax bracket at times, but you're still better off then the vast majority of poor. Only the highest level of people who still fit under the poverty line might be of slightly more benefit than those middle class that are barely above. That's a very small and unfortunate percentage. And it only pays off once a year, when tax refunds come. Because of this injustice to a small amount of the population, you come here and talk about how unfair it is that poor people have a fridge and a stove? Have you ever tried to live without a fridge and/or stove? Most poor people don't have a)land to grow food on, b)a place to hunt legally, and/or c)a gun to hunt with. What year do you live in?
And welfare is not as easy to get as all the whiny middle class citizens seem to think. My mother swallowed her pride and applied for food stamps, when she waitressed at Shoney's. She was raising my brother and I on her own. Guess what? She didn't qualify! We didn't have electricity for weeks at this time (in the winter) and were eating ramen, vanilla wafers with peanut butter, or lunch meat with white bread and mayo every night for dinner. There was no breakfast or lunch.
I had a severe case of strep throat that kept me hurting bad for two months. It was so bad that I woke up with a sore throat every single day for about three years afterward. And still have frequent sore throats, more than 15 years later. When I was in the military, I had strep throat 6 times in one winter. It doesn't even make me sick anymore. I just know to get checked for it when I have a sore throat for a week or two. Where was the health care that poor people are supposedly handed? Right now, I have a visible lump in my throat about 2/3 the size of my tonsil that could likely be cancer. Who knows? I don't have insurance and don't qualify for Medicaid, so unless I find out, I might just have to suffer to death. Oh well, at least I'll get that small amount of money that I had to pay for taxes back. Think it'll cover chemo charges?
