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Where I come from, televisions are still the size of a small computer monitor, people either walk or use public transport, 3-5 people live in a house or an apartment much less than 1000 sq ft, red meat on the table is a small side dish, and kids get 1 holiday present from the family.
Poor people, like I was, could get hospitalized without being bankrupt, but that's about the only luxury us poor people had and that was taken out of our small incomes by taxes.
Therefore, when I hear about complaining about high taxes in New York, or that the middle class is being destroyed, I have the urge to tell people to shut the **** up.
A poster from California claimed that his and his wife's income was a mere 80k each, and he thought he was low-middle class due to all the taxation.
No you *insert expletive here*, your wealth is what people from Siberia, a place where winter is 8 months long, only dream of.
Where I come from, televisions are still the size of a small computer monitor, people either walk or use public transport, 3-5 people live in a house or an apartment much less than 1000 sq ft, red meat on the table is a small side dish, and kids get 1 holiday present from the family.
Poor people, like I was, could get hospitalized without being bankrupt, but that's about the only luxury us poor people had and that was taken out of our small incomes by taxes.
Therefore, when I hear about complaining about high taxes in New York, or that the middle class is being destroyed, I have the urge to tell people to shut the **** up.
A poster from California claimed that his and his wife's income was a mere 80k each, and he thought he was low-middle class due to all the taxation.
No you *insert expletive here*, your wealth is what people from Siberia, a place where winter is 8 months long, only dream of.
I am not sure where you are from....Where I live even low income households have more then what you describe.
You may have a distorted view. 48% of the US makes less then 25K, so middle class is around 28K or so technically. a income of 160K that you describe place them in the top 20% I think, but....thats a far far cry from the rich. That would probably be technically upper middle class. But then...it depends on where you live.
He's right. The "poor" in this country have shelter, running water, electricity, a refrigerator, color television (and you'd be hard pressed to find a home with kids that doesn't have a game console connected to it), a sewer or septic system, free food from the government, free health care from the government, a cell phone (also free from the government in many cases), and often they have a car or other vehicle.
The "poor" in this country are much, much better off than the majority of the world's population. I shake my head, ashamed by the results of the educational system in this country, when some bozo tries to claim that the U.S. is, or is becoming, a third world country. Those people have NO CONCEPT of what it actually means to be "poor".
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