[Hattie]

Some of those with “bare essentials” include 50 inch HDTV, cable/fast internet; unlimited smart phones, two vehilcles in the double garage of their two story house.

[fwdude]

Most welfare piglets get hair weaves costing upwards of $800. Add to that the $2,000 custom wheels on their cars and thousands in tattooing, and we see who isn't really "poor."

[ilovesarah2012]

9 Facts About How the Poor in America Live

Many in America, while struggling, also have more assets than you might assume based on media reports.

According to research by Robert Rector, a leading authority on poverty and welfare programs at The Heritage Foundation, the official U.S. Census Bureau poverty report (to be released this morning) undercounts welfare income, therefore failing to provide meaningful information about the actual living conditions of poor Americans.

For most Americans, the word “poverty” means significant material deprivation, an inability to provide a family with adequate nutritious food, reasonable shelter and clothing. But only a small portion of the more than 40 million people labeled as poor by Census fit that description.

http://dailysignal.com/2014/09/15/9-facts-poor-america-live/