http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7853537
"The poverty rate is over a percentage point lower than it was when Mr Clinton signed the infamous bill. Child poverty has fallen even more dramatically."
"Among those who worked for some or all of 2005 only 6% were officially poor; for those who did not work at all, the poverty rate was over 20%."
"points out that official poverty calculations exclude taxes paid and government benefits received as well as non-cash income such as fringe benefits or the rent saved through homeownership. This leads to a growing mismatch between the official poverty rate and spending by those at the bottom, which has risen though the poverty rate has held steady."
"Obesity is now the chief nutritional woe facing America?s poor."
So America's poor, dont work, spend more money than they used to, and eat way too much. That doesnt sound too poor to me. The average povered person has as much living space as the average american in the 1980's.
America is still the best country to make a livable wage.
Individuals control their own destiny, and I feel that most poor are either just lazy, or they blame everything on someone. Look at Dick Cheney, he most certainly did not come from a wealthy family. I also have a friend who was homeless now going to a top 10 law school. If you have the will, and dont expect handouts, and work hard, it will pay off for you. There's no excuse for nobody to go to college these days, loans are very easy to get.
That is, unless you drop out of school and have kids at 17. But then again, its their own fault their poor and it shouldnt be society's burden to support their mistakes.
"The poverty rate is over a percentage point lower than it was when Mr Clinton signed the infamous bill. Child poverty has fallen even more dramatically."
"Among those who worked for some or all of 2005 only 6% were officially poor; for those who did not work at all, the poverty rate was over 20%."
"points out that official poverty calculations exclude taxes paid and government benefits received as well as non-cash income such as fringe benefits or the rent saved through homeownership. This leads to a growing mismatch between the official poverty rate and spending by those at the bottom, which has risen though the poverty rate has held steady."
"Obesity is now the chief nutritional woe facing America?s poor."
So America's poor, dont work, spend more money than they used to, and eat way too much. That doesnt sound too poor to me. The average povered person has as much living space as the average american in the 1980's.
America is still the best country to make a livable wage.
Individuals control their own destiny, and I feel that most poor are either just lazy, or they blame everything on someone. Look at Dick Cheney, he most certainly did not come from a wealthy family. I also have a friend who was homeless now going to a top 10 law school. If you have the will, and dont expect handouts, and work hard, it will pay off for you. There's no excuse for nobody to go to college these days, loans are very easy to get.
That is, unless you drop out of school and have kids at 17. But then again, its their own fault their poor and it shouldnt be society's burden to support their mistakes.
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