[Terabitten]

Thats a very ignorant thing to say. 25% of minorities live under poverty, what do you think that number was before 1965, was it their fault then? Why don't you try something; go to an inner city school and try to blame that on minorities.

I believe we have very different definitions of poverty, and that was the point of my previous post.

I've spent plenty of time in the 3rd world. I've been places where "middle class" meant you had a dirt floor, one room "house" and maybe electricity sometimes. I've seen entire families living in appliance boxes, with some plastic sheeting on top to keep the rain out.

Go to that same inner city school, and try to find a single student who lives in a household without an automobile, electricity, running water, and a color TV.

We are so wealthy as a society that we have a skewed view of what poverty is. The truly poor people I've met all around the world would *love* to live in American "poverty."

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

"I believe we have very different definitions of poverty, and that was the point of my previous post.

I've spent plenty of time in the 3rd world. I've been places where "middle class" meant you had a dirt floor, one room "house" and maybe electricity sometimes. I've seen entire families living in appliance boxes, with some plastic sheeting on top to keep the rain out.

Go to that same inner city school, and try to find a single student who lives in a household without an automobile, electricity, running water, and a color TV.

We are so wealthy as a society that we have a skewed view of what poverty is. The truly poor people I've met all around the world would *love* to live in American "poverty.""

I have traveled to a large amount of Countries and I agree with you!