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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

They all have cell phones, cars, cable TV, and are 150 pounds overweight...


15 posted on 02/24/2007 12:46:55 PM PST by D-Chivas
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To: D-Chivas
They all have cell phones, cars, cable TV, and are 150 pounds overweight

The stats they cite most likely only count reported cash income. Welfare benefits, "under-the-table" income, child support to mothers, Earned Income Tax Credit, etc are most likely not counted

45 posted on 02/24/2007 1:13:55 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Never try to teach a pig to sing -- it wastes your time and it annoys the pig)
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They all have cell phones, cars, cable TV, and are 150 pounds overweight...

You left out food stamps, free health care, subsidized housing, and financial aid for college.

51 posted on 02/24/2007 1:22:33 PM PST by alicewonders (I like Duncan Hunter for President in 2008!)
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beat me to it!

The US is home to the richest and fatest "poor people" in the world.


64 posted on 02/24/2007 1:44:16 PM PST by flashbunny (<----- Click here if you hate RINOs! 2008 GOP RINO cards!)
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They all have cell phones, cars, cable TV, and are 150 pounds overweight...

They talk on their cell phones while riding electric carts @ Walmart, pulling another cart full of junk foods.

77 posted on 02/24/2007 2:41:45 PM PST by lonestar (Me, too--Weinie)
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