Open Thread

quote:
Forty-six percent of all poor households actually own their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage, and a porch or patio.
Seventy-six percent of poor households have air conditioning. By contrast, 30 years ago, only 36 percent of the entire U.S. population enjoyed air conditioning.
Only 6 percent of poor households are overcrowded. More than two-thirds have more than two rooms per person.
The average poor American has more living space than the average individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens, and other cities throughout Europe. (These comparisons are to the average citizens in foreign countries, not to those classified as poor.)
Nearly three-quarters of poor households own a car; 30 percent own two or more cars.
Ninety-seven percent of poor households have a color television; over half own two or more color televisions.
Seventy-eight percent have a VCR or DVD player; 62 percent have cable or satellite TV reception.
Seventy-three percent own microwave ovens, more than half have a stereo, and a third have an automatic dishwasher.

thank you welfare

*rob*

babs – I’ve been accused of being rich, upper middle, and low class.

“Or should I give up in ever trying to understand PLUSA logic?”

Oxymoronic, no?

“im taking a break from OT for a few days. nothing is ever discussed except financial markets (zzzz), lewd jokes (double zzzz), and a bunch of sock puppets talking to each other (triple zzzz!)”
Posted by: Butterfly at December 8, 2009 10:30 AM

Then Rob posted again at December 8, 2009 10:54 AM.

I love Rob and am glad he’s here, but what is the point in announcing a break or blogicide and then posting so soon again afterwards? Or should I give up in ever trying to understand PLUSA logic?