My spouse grew up in Appalachia with no running water and coal for heating. Food was optional.
Sanders needs to get out of his lefty cabal and take a look at what poverty exists in areas where the government couldn’t care less about the people.
Southern Kentucy is in desperate shape along with West Virginia and points south.
But who gives a rats about some poor, trashy, white crackers anyway /s.
My late husband grew up in a country village in Iowa. His father was a railroad station agent and they lived above the station. The outhouse and water pump were outside. Winters went as low as minus 25f. There was a big pot stove in the center. The bedrooms were off to the side, and sometimes he woke with a streamer of snow on his blanket. He had to carry water upstairs every day for his mother. He really grew some muscles. Once a week on Saturday they heated water for a big tub by the pot stove. Mom bathed first, husband and brother next, and dad last. All the same water. Sunday they went to church. They did have a big garden and fresh vegetables. Having traveled in Vermont, I suspect Sanders has seen some white poverty there too.