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Seriously, you are comparing the standard of living of our poor to that of King George V or Queen Victoria and their related nobility? These government-subsidized poor certainly are not starving, but the kind of things available to royalty of “less than a century ago” are still way out of reach of such people.

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but the kind of things available to royalty of “less than a century ago” are still way out of reach of such people.

The converse is also true. The kinds of things available to the poor in America were completely out of reach of even the wealthiest of kings a century ago.