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Do you think the definition of poverty, has changed over time?
How many " living in poverty " own a car, flat screen TV, have a cell phone, rcable TV, reasonably stylish clothing, enough money for smokes, tats and enough left over for alcohol , pot and lottery tix? How many are overweight yet are deemed to be food insecure?
Your right in what you say. I know of a person middle age, who owns a car, a flat screen TV a Samsung S 5 gallery phone, has cable, smokes, drinks, and does pot since the age of around 15.
Yet cannot buy a thing or food, because they are always broke, don't get it. And very overweight, and soon having a surgery done, to make the stomach smaller.
I think people who cannot afford certain things, do not prioritize. I can, and not saying this to be funny or mean, but I do not unless I need something for a special occasion or something has just stopped working
What ticks me off is when I see a so called homeless person, on the street, begging for money, and we watch this so call homeless person walk right into a lexus kid you not, the hat came off, torn vest, pissed my hubby and me off.. Kinds of ruin it for those who truly are homeless.
Do you think the definition of poverty, has changed over time?
How many " living in poverty " own a car, flat screen TV, have a cell phone, rcable TV, reasonably stylish clothing, enough money for smokes, tats and enough left over for alcohol , pot and lottery tix? How many are overweight yet are deemed to be food insecure?
The government definition of poverty is a joke and shouldn't be taken seriously as a metric of poverty.
It was formalized in the 1960s as "three times the USDA 'economy food budget' " because at that time, food costs represented approx one-third of the average American's total spending.
It doesn't consider assets (like an owned home or car or flat screen TV), or in-kind (non-cash) government welfare transfers like food stamps, EITC, Section 8, or Medicaid.
So it should hardly be a surprise that many government-defined poor people own a car, flat screen TV, reasonably stylish clothing,, etc. Note also that the government definition of poverty doesn't consider unreported or off-the-books income, or money from relatives and girl/boyfriends.
Not a a word about homeless for the past 6 years from the controlled media. Now that the elephants will control Congress after January..standby for the onslaught.
Not a a word about homeless for the past 6 years from the controlled media. Now that the elephants will control Congress after January..standby for the onslaught.
Of course. Ignore all he social ills of society when the Dems are running the show.
Now the Repubs must "solve" them.
Obama and his minions are the ones that let hundreds of thousands of poor illegals into the country over the summer and paid for their travel all over America.
You're pretty out of touch with reality I see.
Or maybe you just don't know people who get denied food stamps;
there are many who qualify & still get denied because there's such an excess of "poor"
con artists scamming the system.....
Those are the ones with the Iphones, the luxury cars, the expensive stuff.....
Basically the low lifes that don't want to work because it's more lucrative & fun to be paid to stay home.
But what about the working poor who are working but can't afford to make a decent living....
Those people don't have public aid.....yet they work but can't make ends meet.....
Somehow it seems that the people who do get any form of public assistance
really know how to play the game-
either that or they have connections.
It's disgusting.
Btw walk a mile in their shoes.
I'd love for that to happen to ya.
I was poor once, I didn't like it, so I decided to work hard to not be poor. It's working out pretty well for me.
The government definition of poverty is a joke and shouldn't be taken seriously as a metric of poverty.
It was formalized in the 1960s as "three times the USDA 'economy food budget' " because at that time, food costs represented approx one-third of the average American's total spending.
It doesn't consider assets (like an owned home or car or flat screen TV), or in-kind (non-cash) government welfare transfers like food stamps, EITC, Section 8, or Medicaid.
So it should hardly be a surprise that many government-defined poor people own a car, flat screen TV, reasonably stylish clothing,, etc. Note also that the government definition of poverty doesn't consider unreported or off-the-books income, or money from relatives and girl/boyfriends.
Good Post, you touched on some real good issues here. People have a different definition of what poor is.
I was poor once, I didn't like it, so I decided to work hard to not be poor. It's working out pretty well for me.
Same here.
It's something you never forget & never want to repeat.
I worked my a$$ off to acquire skills & knowledge to attain an income I'm comfortable with....
I work 6 days a week- sometimes 7....
So I'll never have to experience poverty again.
I have experienced what it is to be well off financially & also how it feels to be poor
(without any handouts) at different times in my life.......
How about the number of American vets and elderly that can't find affordable housing? I also see more and more seniors who can no longer remain in their homes because of their health and there is little to no help for them. They have to be flat-a**ed broke to get any help. If they are a couple and both seniors it's even harder because of their combined incomes puts them over the "poverty" limit much of which is only SS. I'd like to see our government start focusing on them as a priority for a change rather than importing the world's poor children and adults into our country.
There are rumors that Obama may declare fugitive status to people in Central American nations with poverty and crime. If he does that, than millions will pour into the US, and become instant wards of the state, dependent upon our already historically high social welfare safety net.
That sfety net was designed to protect our citizens, not to bailout the rest of the world's corrupt and/or dysfunctional governments.
There are rumors that Obama may declare fugitive status to people in Central American nations with poverty and crime. If he does that, than millions will pour into the US, and become instant wards of the state, dependent upon our already historically high social welfare safety net.
That sfety net was designed to protect our citizens, not to bailout the rest of the world's corrupt and/or dysfunctional governments.
You're right. The more dependent, needy and poor foreigners we allow in here the less tax dollars there will be for our own citizens in need. There has to be a limit at some point.
You're right. The more dependent, needy and poor foreigners we allow in here the less tax dollars there will be for our own citizens in need. There has to be a limit at some point.
Lol American citizens are the last thing on the current administrations mind....
It's not gonna get better
George Carlin was a prophet, lol
This country is finished.
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