100%, poverty is an economic class, poor is a political class... those in poverty still have dignity, the poor, not so much
Posted on 06/29/2014 10:00:13 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Illustrating the deep divide between GOP versus Democratic support for policies most benefiting the poor, a new Pew survey finds that a whopping 86 percent of steadfast conservatives think the poor "have it easy." Similarly, business-minded Republicans (77 percent) and young Republican-leaning adults (81 percent) feel the same way.
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we don’t have “poor”, we have parasites.
our “poor” are wealthier than 95% of the world.
Actually, there’s some evidence that the water company has been screwing some of these people and they can’t get their bills straightened out.
“strident”
Does that equate to “bitter” or “clinger”.
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE 14% OF SO-CALLED CONSERVATIVES??
I posted that
Actually, that’s from Atlanta a year or so ago when they were complaining about heating bills.
I should have noted that, but it’s basically the same thing
Great idea.
100%, poverty is an economic class, poor is a political class... those in poverty still have dignity, the poor, not so much
And 99 percent of liberals believe “the poor” are victims of everything but their own bad decisions, that their poverty obligates someone else to provide for them, and that poverty can be eliminated if they just steal enough money from the productive sectors.
the poor have it easy...I think most of them like it the way it is...
the REAL poor that I wish could get a break?...the young working families....they deserve a break...
I live in a rural area-we see outhouses and sometimes even no running water here, too. Most people out here don’t have some stuff listed-like dishwashers, central air/heat-and plenty of us call a place home that city folks call basic shelter. Any extra money gets spent on necessities, then on accommodations/food for the income-producing livestock. Locally produced veggies, meat, chicken, eggs-and hunting is common. Not too many fat people out here, either-people work, and don’t whine like the city “poor”...
I actually think it is a miserable way of life. Imagine only having your immediate needs met.
My husband was offered a job once when he was 18, it was only Room and Board and a vehicle and fuel. He laughed in their face.
On long-term government assistance it is just getting by, never getting ahead. Never owning assets. Yeah, you don’t have the headaches of house payments or meeting a payroll but you live the same always...just getting by.
I hesitate to say that we have made it but we are getting there and there have been many times that we’ve been more broke than anyone on welfare but we never gave up. If something failed we learned from our mistakes and went on and it was always an adventure.
Those welfare queens are still right where they were 40 years ago, treading water, going nowhere, getting just enough. But no, I think they have a miserable life, they just don’t know how miserable it is because they get just enough to keep them from fending for themselves.
I've also traveled in the least affluent sections of Boston,NYC,Detroit,Chicago and LA.
I know from personal experience that a huge percentage of Africans and South Americans and a substantial percentage of Asians would sell their souls to live like our "poor".
and being a bum is went you don't work and bitch about being poor and broke and demand other give you stuff while sitting all day watching your giant tv playing videogames
I think two of the most iconic poor persons in America today have it pretty easy.
Those being the self confessed poor people, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.
Free rent via Section 8. Free Obama phones. Free groceries. Free healthcare. Free schools. Free breakfast and lunch for their kids. Free pre-school.
Yep. Sounds pretty easy to me... “
PLUS! NO TIME LIMIT ON ANYTHING!
“If all the money spent on Federal, State, and Local poverty programs was pooled and divided it up evenly among the people below the poverty level, they’s all be 1 percenters.”
....For about a week in many cases.
she can sit on her big fat @ss and watch that huge TV but lordy no she cant pay the water bill??
It is obviously easy enough as their ranks grow and grow and we have seen mutligenerational welfare.
And it’s a mentality that’s handed down to each generation. I was at an inner city pool and heard kids talking about their dad’s BMW. I asked if he as a mechanic. One laughed and said, “He ain’t no fool. He don’t have a job. He got diabetes.” Then his younger brother chimed in. “I’ll prolly get it too.” Not to be left out, another kid replies “I got ADD.” There’s always some illness that prevents them from working.
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