[sparklite2]

Anymore, “poor” means the bottom fifth of society.
It sure doesn’t mean lower living standards than
most of the rest of the world. And inasmuch as
there will always be a bottom fifth, the poor will
always be with us. Brother Dave Gardner put it this way...

“Don’t take poverty away from poor folks.
Good lord man, it’s all they have!”

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Anymore, “poor” means the bottom fifth of society.

. . . and the bottom quintile is loaded with young people just starting out, who aren’t going to stay in that quintile. So even they are not necessarily to be pitied.

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