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To: digger48

The definition of poor has changed.

As someone who became fatherless in the depression I know what poor means. It was a struggle for food,clothing,and shelter and we went without a telephone until 1953.

Poor today means no cable,no computer,no summer camp,neo cell phone,and no "in" wardrobe or jewelry.

It boggles the mind.


44 posted on 12/01/2004 6:52:06 PM PST by Mears
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To: Mears

Exactly. And they determine who is "poor" in this country by tax returns. So, if I made a million dollars one year & took off the next 3 years...I would have zero income....but be counted as one of the "poor".


52 posted on 12/01/2004 7:01:44 PM PST by Feiny (Scream if you love silence.)
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To: Mears

You were rich compared to us. I never had a phone till I got married. 1970 was the first time I had a phone. We didn't have television until 1958.


124 posted on 12/02/2004 12:32:33 PM PST by beckysueb (We sent the Liberal back to Massachusetts!)
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