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[Vanity] FReepers: define "poor"
ctdonath2
Posted on 10/08/2015 8:25:57 AM PDT by ctdonath2
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:25:57 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
To: ctdonath2
Lacking in something essential?
Our president is a man of poor character.
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:27:19 AM PDT
by
rey
To: ctdonath2
if you can afford a cell phone, you are not “poor”.
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:27:27 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
To: ctdonath2
No means to better your condition.
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:29:19 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(I got nothin'.)
To: ctdonath2
Poor is when you do not have what you need to survive.
Rich is when you have what you need and want.
There are no poor in America due to welfare/zer0Care/Obamaphones/SNAP/etc.
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:30:15 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ctdonath2
“Poor” - When you are already living frugally (e.g., no new car, no expensive cell phone plans, no eating out regularly, etc) and can barely afford the basic necessities (e.g., paying the rent, keeping the lights on, etc).
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:32:46 AM PDT
by
rbg81
(is pr)
To: ctdonath2
“poor” means many things to different people depending on their conditioning. Poor for most Congressmen would be stepping down amd livinv in a half million dollar home and having to drive a two year old Lexus instead of a brand new one. For African children it would be eating 3 times a week instead of 5 days a week. It varies according to what one is accustomed to. I think its more defined by the amount of financial stress and its effects on the individual.
To: ctdonath2
Not having a pot under the bed to piss in?
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:34:03 AM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: ctdonath2
Poverty is relative. I’d say if you have difficulty making ends meet to pay for essentials (AFTER you’ve cut out extras like cable TV, vacations, $110 monthly cell-phone bill), then you’re poor.
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:34:37 AM PDT
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Exsurge, Domine, et judica causam tuam)
To: ctdonath2
Poor is looking your children in the face and telling them they won’t eat today or snuggle each other to stay warm while the heat is being “fixed”.
Not poor is you are telling them to cut back on their data usage.
To: ctdonath2
“broke” is a temporary cash flow issue that can be rectified with a some effort.
“poor” is a chronic state of mind.
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:35:43 AM PDT
by
toast
To: rbg81
I do not consider people who are “poor” who are struggling due to things like credit card debt from buying unnecessary stuff. Just stupid.
That being said, it’s another story if you are using your credit card to pay your necessary expenses (e.g., car repair, food, etc). Many poor people are forced to do this.
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:35:49 AM PDT
by
rbg81
(is pr)
To: ctdonath2
usually (but NOT always) bad habits
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:35:52 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(hey..Wussie Americans....ISIS is coming. Are you ready?)
To: ctdonath2
Good article here...
Americans are living right on the edge — at least when it comes to financial planning. Approximately 62% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts and 21% don’t even have a savings account, according to a new survey of more than 5,000 adults conducted this month by Google Consumer Survey for personal finance website GOBankingRates.com. “It’s worrisome that such a large percentage of Americans have so little set aside in a savings account,” says Cameron Huddleston, a personal finance analyst for the site. “They likely don’t have cash reserves to cover an emergency and will have to...
If this is true, I'd say that 62% of Americans are poor.
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:38:07 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
To: ctdonath2
It seems that in current usage it is, “You have something that I do not.”
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:38:26 AM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
To: ctdonath2
One angle I want addressed: what is the objective minimums a human needs for sensible sustenance? To wit: minimum caloric intake, nutrients, living space, heat (BTUs), information/communication, medical maintenance, etc.
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:39:02 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(Everyone entering NRA offices come out alive. Not so Planned Parenthood.)
To: ctdonath2
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:39:40 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: jsanders2001
That’s why I’m asking the question. Everybody is arguing about different things. I want an objective bright line, followed by quantitative variations of geography/society/etc.
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:41:19 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(Everyone entering NRA offices come out alive. Not so Planned Parenthood.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Another good article that defines "Poor".
Nearly half of Americans say that they definitely or probably couldn’t come up with $2,000 in 30 days, according to new research, raising concerns about the financial fragility of many households. In a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Annamaria Lusardi of the George Washington School of Business, Daniel J. Schneider of Princeton University and Peter Tufano of Harvard Business School used data from the 2009 TNS Global Economic Crisis survey to document widespread financial weakness in the U.S. and other countries. The survey asked a simple question, “If you were to face a $2,000 unexpected expense...
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:41:39 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
To: Kirkwood
Why? because I’m being bombarded with rhetoric about “poverty”, who’s responsible for it, and what should be done - but NOBODY is discussing what it _is_. I’d like to find an objective quantified definition, simplify it to a compelling soundbite, and use it to stop the madness of “living wage” and “income inequality” and “minimum wage” et al.
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posted on
10/08/2015 8:43:41 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(Everyone entering NRA offices come out alive. Not so Planned Parenthood.)
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