It always amazes me that bleeding heart libs perpetually assume that the best way to get some "poverty stricken" unfortunate out of poverty is to take money from someone else who has avoided poverty or worked their way out of poverty. My advice to all the "poverty stricken" unfortunates is to work hard until you are not poverty stricken anymore. Got it?
I got an earful from a friend this evening, when I said I have a hard time feeling pity for the poor, and for poor Mexicans who come here illegally.
Rich people only get there by crushing others....tax cuts for the rich....I don't have a problem with paying for social programs for (illegal) Mexicans given how bad it is there...
I tried to explain that 'income' is by no means at all a measure of 'wealth', and that right now I would fit into the 'poor/unemployed masses' part of income statistics.
For the record, I am a degreed materials/metallurgical engineer, currently interviewing and receiving offers. No less, I am at this moment part of society's 'bottom rung' of the social ladder. Pity me.
I define poverty as lack of opportunity, which hardly exists in America. Even if you define poverty as lack of material possessions, that hardly exists in America as so many of them have nice televisions and satellite dishes bought with someone else's money.