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Originally Posted by Binky Bainbridge  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? |
My idea is that some of the people we label "poor" or "working poor" in our country are poor by definition but not in such a situation as what we are lead to believe. When we hear poor we think of some guy laying out on the street covered in paper. If you tell me someone is poor and they have more dvd players than I do, better cable or more cars then I have a hard time thinking that I need to reach out and help them.
I'm not poor (close to it) but there are times when I have done without things like cable or eating out as much in order to save more money for things I want or need.