Poverty in US Cities - Eye Opening Facts

[Ron61]

Ray,

I thought that I would be considered poor but your table discounts that.

I have no flat screen TV. No stereo in my old 1965 car, no sneakers, never have had a cellphone, no music library, am overweight some, don't get food stamps, and am retired. Oh and I have never drank coffee so I don't go to Starbucks. My house I paid cash for when I had it built.

Now I have to start all over on how to get my cut of the stimulus bail out pork package.

Ron

[cobra de capell]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Ray,

I thought that I would be considered poor but your table discounts that.

I have no flat screen TV. No stereo in my old 1965 car, no sneakers, never have had a cellphone, no music library, am overweight some, don't get food stamps, and am retired. Oh and I have never drank coffee so I don't go to Starbucks. My house I paid cash for when I had it built.

Now I have to start all over on how to get my cut of the stimulus bail out pork package.

Ron

You’re not poor, because you are a responsible person - living within your means. As for me, I can afford all kinds of stuff but, for example, I'm on dial-up (#$^^%##Damn) simply because I don't want to pay for satellite high-speed with no DSL or cable in this area - it's a rip off. A lot of poor people also are on all kinds of government assistance programs - their actual income doesn't tell the whole story. They end up buying crap all day long.

Of course, it's really all about the number of children in the family (families with one parent) - just think if you had 1-4 kids to feed at this time in your life. Poor people need to stop having kids that they cannot afford.