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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Ace....when you and Isaiah make insensitive,if not absurd, comments that our "poor" are better off than those in Darfur
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This statement is intelectually dishonest. It shows how someone can take statements out of context to infer a new meaning. I understand the risks of posting and you have to take the good with the bad. Please understand that I percieve this tatic as a weak attempt to score points, with who I don't know.
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or are looking increasingly richer than most of the world, why is it negative to point out the facts about poverty in America.
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Because you make things seem far worse than they are. How about an objective view. I know there are poor people. There will always be poor. But the term is relative, isn't it. Do you define poor today on the same standard used 70 years ago, no. Do you use the same standard in the US as you do in third world nations, no. So what is your point about the poor??? Please be clear.
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The number of people in poverty in the US went down in most of the 90s to 32 million in 2001, then increased in each of the last four years to 37 million in 2005?
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Why do you think that happend? (This is a loaded question or a set up, so be prepared if you dare answer)
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Maybe you can also provide economic indicators that the middle class is better off in this "booming" economy then it was 5 years ago. (no anectdote please).
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By what standard do we use to measure "better off"? If you want to define that, I will give a direct and clear answer.
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I agree....most American have food on the table every day. So lets not attribute the fact that "hunger in American households has risen by 43 percent over the last five years" to this "booming" economy.
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How do you explain the weight gain by Americans if hunger is up 43%?