Michael Madigan <> wrote: > A person in poverty today has cable tv, telephone, cellphone, car, > clothes, etc. > > A person in American poverty is not the same as a person in North > Korean poverty, or a person living in poverty in Beverly Hills. > > Most poverty is self-inflicted. Drug, alcohol or gambling > addictions, having children they can't afford, buying items they > don't need. > > That's not to say real poverty doesn't exist, but it isn't as much as > we'd like to believe.
Going to the Dr. without insurance because you have two part time jobs and neither has a benefit plan. Your getting squeezed at the pump over the past 400 days when gas prices almost doubled. Just buying food at the store whose prices rose in inflation due to fuel costs alone. Schools that now require uniforms instead of street clothes. This includes body armor to keep your kids safe. Poverty is not self inflicted at all. If you have no education and your not part of the tech environment, life is difficult. Real Estate prices have gone nuts so your renting at worst or to much of your income is going towards your shelter. Michael I think that your so biased towards humanity that you have no clue to what poverty is all about. Why not volunteer at a soup kitchen for a couple of weekends just to see what mankind in dire straights is all about. Silly me. That would burst your bubble and see that our country is in worse shape than Fox News would ever present. Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/470 - Release Date: 10/10/2006 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
