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False.
The poor in this country would practically qualify as middle class in some european countries (in terms of material possesions, living space, and other amenities).
compared to other developed countries, the US certainly has unusually low wages for unskilled workers. i wouldn't even want to live on US$10/hour in a cheap country like cambodia, hard to believe so many do it in an expensive country like the US. social mobility seems to be getting more difficult in the US as well.
i don't know, based on personal experience the US isn't all bad. i have very poor money management skills and go broke and homeless all the time, and have never had much difficulty getting myself back on my feet in the US.
What a moronic thing to say. Get educated. $10/hr US is rich in Cambodia...Geez, you Communists are unbelievable. Our education systems are the cause of your ignorance.
Oh this is sad... America has one of the lowest rated safety nets of developed countries. We're behind most of Western Europe, some of Eastern Europe, some Middle East countries, and Japan.
People that are disputing this, please back up your claims b/c I've NEVER seen any report on the American social safety net that has higher than middle of the pack.
Why would you assume that more government run social programs automatically means the poor will be better off?
This was a post within a thread and I think it deserves its own thread for discussion.
Being poor in america is having a 42 inch flast screen instead of a 50 .free phones food stamps welfare and medical care. Being Poor in africa means no food or clean water and little nmedical care
Being poor in america is having a 42 inch flast screen instead of a 50 .free phones food stamps welfare and medical care. Being Poor in africa means no food or clean water and little nmedical care
And the German poor have access to better education, job training, safer neighborhoods, higher mobility and healthcare than the US poor.
It came from a page clearly identifying it as Paris.
You didn't link to where you found it, so I can't comment on your claim.
But the fact is that it's not paris, it's Rabat.
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Since I have neither been to Paris nor Rabat simply informing me if the fact would be sufficient.
In english please?
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Why is this forum filled with trolls with no argument other than insults? Seriously, are that many people really insecure???
Insecure? No, I'm just tired of seeing stupid comments.
Even if that was Paris, which it isn't, the existence of a single slum somewhere doesn't have anything to do with the thread topic.
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We are only comparing first world countries.
