What a stupid statement. We've had AC and phones since the 1950s, flat screen TV's can be had for 280 bucks. But now all those products are made in Communist China. You think think not dying of starvation, having a foreign made TV and and phone make America great?
How bad is it? We've gone from we're the only super power to, "Hey, at least your not starving".
Where a product is made is irrelevant to the discussion. The facts are “poverty stricken” in America is not the same as poverty stricken in most countries. If you’re telling me the poorest third of the country is the fattest (which they are), that sure doesn’t sound like poverty stricken to me.
What’s bad is that most people wouldn’t know what to do with sustenance staples & tools if handed to them in excessive quantity.
That smartphone? Instant access to endless information on cheap living. Instant access to [outgoing] advertising whatever goods & services they want to produce.
That TV? They’d rather stare at it than be productive. I, frankly, don’t see how anyone can survive while watching 40 hrs of TV a week, when I can barely squeeze in 4 hours a month.
Sure they’re not starving, but they’re not motivated to produce either.
I sometimes take meals to the impoverished. More often than not it’s obvious why the condition, and it’s a matter of choice.