Therein lies the rub.
All Liberals have to do when they want to increase social spending (which is constantly) is change the definition.
Voila - numbers increase!
Want to use the number of "poor" to bolster your argument?
Change the definition of "poor".
There are no poor in this country, only those who have less than others.
You want poor? Go to Haiti.
“Poverty” in the U.S. means qualifying for food stamp, rent subsidy, free health care, free lunches at school, free job training, etc. while you have a flat screen TV with cable, beer in the frog, and can afford cigarettes and trips to the nail salon.
This week in Austin, TX they will be celebrating LBJ’s “War on Poverty, “ which was obviously lost because there are more “Poor” than ever, thanks to LBJ and Obama.
Poverty in the USA = lack of manners, lack of a work ethic, lack of class
Thanks for posting. I think I will save this.
I probably have been in the “hardship” category for most of the past 18 years. I certainly have not been in the”destitute” category and not in the “want” category enough to say so.
For legal purposes, such as bankruptcy hearings, though, the word destitute may be used, so I think there will be widely different definitions. My term for the bottom two is “grinding poverty”, that is, third world type poverty.
I don’t presently have a vehicle, cable or satellite TV or radio or a digital TV. Most of the electronics I have are hand-me-downs. I have a cheap DVD player I got when I was working briefly at a well paying job.
This morning on the John Carlson show they were talking about unionization of college athletes. This one kid was saying he went to bed hungry some nights. There has to be something wrong with that picture. I had to leave to catch a bus so didnt best the end of it.
the media (they are not main stream just well established in NYC’s media hub) is pushing these stories.
Today and yesterday NPR had nothing but glowing praise anecdote stories about the incredible wonderfulness of obamacare. 100% pure boldfaced lies in the face of reality but that did not matter.
(BTW time for NPR’s tax exempt status to end)