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Originally Posted by Army_of_One 
Some highlights of "America's Poor"..
Eighty percent of poor households have air conditioning. By contrast, in 1970, only 36 percent of the entire U.S. population enjoyed air conditioning.
Only 6 percent of poor households are over*crowded. More than two-thirds have more than two rooms per person.
Nearly three-quarters of poor households own a car; 31 percent own two or more cars.
Ninety-seven percent of poor households have a color television; over half own two or more color televisions.
Seventy-eight percent have a VCR or DVD player; 62 percent have cable or satellite TV reception.
Eighty-nine percent own microwave ovens, more than half have a stereo, and more than a third have an automatic dishwasher.
How many "poor" people on food stamps do you know that have Cable Tv, a dvd player and more than one tv...or even a computer with the internet. I know of several. |
It's interesting that you measure everything in terms of materialism, e.g., cars, colour TV's etc., what about food for the soul, the moral imperative?