Media Spin and the Hidden Poverty in America

#4 mian

Do you realize that ALL those example individuals own houses bigger than yours? Do you? No wonder you did not see any ``poor`` people - you did not look in the mirror!

Re: # 1

hp ......

....... the guy who mows my lawn lives in a house bigger than mine and has two kids in college .......... fifteen years ago he lived in a trailer park .........

....... the guy who does my sprinklers is a paki with no education who also lived in a trailer park for many years before he too moved into a house bigger than mine ................. his son graduated from college last year with an engineering degree and works for a japanese auto maker ...... his daughter is aspiring to get into med school ............

....... on a cold blustry day this january my bulgarian roofer showed up with his crew of 12 mexicans and worked late into the night with floodlights - the temperature was in the low thirties ........... he lives in a more upscale neighborhood than mine and drives a better car - fifteen years ago he shared a one bedroom apartment with four other bulgarians ..........

........ when i first got my house painted about ten years ago the bulgarian painter (the roofer`s cousin) worked for fred, a cranky old white man who paid him minimum age .and was always yelling at him ........ fred retired to florida and the bulgarian took over the business .......... last year he netted over 300K and sent me a nice basket for christmas .........

.................. so i drove around down to detroit to see if i could find some ``poor`` people ......... i saw a lot of drunkards, crack addicts, single mothers, dope peddlars and street people who looked as if they might be down and out ...... but i didn`t see any poor people ............. sorry

p.s urstruly - if you want i can introduce to all three .........

oh boy...another rant from the AIDS(America is doomed syndrome) afflicted usual suspect...

I saw on Oprah couple of weeks ago, that the poverty in Mid West is no different than the Katrina struck areas, even though no natural clamity has struck this region.

is this another AIDS type rant?.... AIDS = America Is Doomed Syndrome..

“even in the official figures of 12.7%, a failure of a social system that spends $2.2 trillion dollars a year,”

What is wrong with 12.7% or even 15% poor? Imo, 10% population in every country is crazy (higher in India) anyway.

Who is gonna mow my lawn if there are no poor left?
You are against my liberties and good life. I want more poor in the US so that the Landscapers charges less.

Ps. don’t expect serious comments on Saturdays!