https://freerepublic.com/tag/poorfolks/ en-us Sun, 9 Jul 2017 14:49:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3567873/posts New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he is so fed up with the city’s panhandlers begging for money on the street that he wants to ban the practice. “I’m saying that not as a matter of policy. I’m saying that as a human being, bluntly,” Mayor de Blasio told WNYC radio Friday. breitbart.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3567873/posts#comment Sun, 9 Jul 2017 14:49:10 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1224087/posts The following are facts about persons defined as "poor" by the Census Bureau, taken from various government reports: Forty-six percent of all poor households own their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage, and porch or patio. Seventy-six percent of poor households have air conditioning. By contrast, 30 years ago, only 36 percent of the entire U.S. population enjoyed air conditioning. Only 6 percent of poor households are overcrowded. More than two-thirds have more than two rooms per person. The average poor American... Fox News.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1224087/posts#comment Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:28:17 GMT