primitives discuss poverty

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1118614

Oh my.

unhappycamper (57,788 posts)    Thu Sep 18, 2014, 05:57 AM

Fox News: Real ‘poor’ people don’t have air conditioners and computers

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/fox-news-real-poor-people-dont-have-air-conditioners-and-computers/
 
Fox News suggested this week that Americans who had access to computers and air conditioning could not really be considered poor.
 
Tuesday’s edition of The Five asserted that a new Census Bureau report showed that the so-called “war on poverty” had failed because 45 million Americans were still living below the poverty line.
 
“The war, this war against poverty was plotted to continue indefinitely,” Fox News host Greg Gutfeld opined. “The census counts a family as poor, but excludes the government spending that they get, the programs they get from that actual income. So what happens is it guarantees that programs will grow while poverty is unchanged because you’re not counting the money their getting!”
 
As the segment continued, an on-screen chyron below the panel listed some of the types of items that people who were allegedly poor might have, including air conditioning, cable TV, computers, Internet access and high definition televisions. The word poor was in quotes, suggesting that people owning those items might not be living in poverty.
 
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unhappycamper to Eric Bolling: after which image of a middle finger

Cooley Hurd (23,890 posts)    Thu Sep 18, 2014, 06:52 AM

1. Well, if they have a roof over their head and foor in the fridge...

...they certainly cannot be considered poor.

drray23 (188 posts)    Thu Sep 18, 2014, 08:18 AM

2. they probably

Would want people to live in slums like in some parts of india or brazil.

Well, there is this:

Are you among the world's wealthiest?

If you have $3,650, you’re among the wealthiest half of people in the world, according to Credit Suisse's new report on global wealth......

.....If you have $3,650, including the value of your home, you’re among the wealthiest half of people in the world. (This is net wealth - so, once debts have been subtracted.) The other half own less than 1pc of global wealth, while 77pc of adults - that’s 3.3bn people - have less than $10,000.....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11161150/Are-you-among-the-worlds-wealthiest.html

[Bad Dog]

We need a new metric to reflect those who are "poor in spirit" (like most DUmmies).  They need govt. support more than the millions of happy folks sucking at O'bummers teat.

[Carl]

No matter what they have,no matter what they are given,there is always something else they want and feel entitled to so a DUmbass will forever claim to be poor.