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Originally posted by 12clicks
want to cure poverty?
sterilize the poor. They're too fucking stupid to keep their legs closed.
oh, and I'd remind you dopes that here in america..................
1. 41 percent of all "poor" households owned their own homes. The average size of that home was three bedrooms, one-and-a-half bathrooms, a garage and a porch or patio. Three-quarters of a million "poor" owned homes worth over $150,000; some of those homes sported Jacuzzis and pools.
2. Seventy percent of "poor" households own a car; 27 percent own two or more cars. Ninety-seven percent have a color television; nearly half own two or more televisions. Two-thirds of "poor" households have air conditioning
perhaps these "poor" should swap places with the poor of the Sudan. 
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I do agree with 12clicks to an extent. This does put things in perspective. When we talk about the poor in the US we're talking about people that are well fed and live a relatively comfortable life compared to most of the world. I'm not sure if his stats are correct regarding 41% having a house with 3 bedrooms, but I do know that poor or rich, just about everybody has a surplus of food, cable tv, computer, and so on. Sometimes we exaggerate the conditions in America when all in all, it's the best whether you're poor or rich.
I suppose we just have to keep an eye out to ensure that the disparity doesn't get so great that it actually does begin to fall back into pre 1920 conditions.
Anyway, good discussion.