If it wasn’t for the extra money the Family pays me to be chicken’s consigliere, I couldn’t afford to leave where I do and might have to live some place like . . . like . . . like . . . Bay Ridge! Ugh!
I hate to be a cut and paster but before we go off into the “rich vs. poor” debate again, please read through the following. It is a point which I have been making again and again here. That we are blessed in the USA in terms of having what people in the third world could only dream of.
The following are facts about persons defined as “poor” by the Census Bureau, taken from various government reports:
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.
We can always do better, but let’s not make this into a “feel good” moment where those with money in America are somehow to be looked down upon and derided for doing well in our society. Americans give more to the poor than anyone on the planet and to other nations.
stevie, stevie, stevie…..you shouldn’t be shopping at 7-11, the prices are a ripoff. get yourself to a Walmart as fast as you can and start saving money or you’ll never get ahead in life.
leave = live
If it wasn’t for the extra money the Family pays me to be chicken’s consigliere, I couldn’t afford to leave where I do and might have to live some place like . . . like . . . like . . . Bay Ridge! Ugh!
stevie, do you play in the stock market?????
I hate to be a cut and paster but before we go off into the “rich vs. poor” debate again, please read through the following. It is a point which I have been making again and again here. That we are blessed in the USA in terms of having what people in the third world could only dream of.
The following are facts about persons defined as “poor” by the Census Bureau, taken from various government reports:
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.
We can always do better, but let’s not make this into a “feel good” moment where those with money in America are somehow to be looked down upon and derided for doing well in our society. Americans give more to the poor than anyone on the planet and to other nations.
Snaps – Yeah, it was really neat. Total surprise! (A nice one, as differentiated from finding fallen Apples.)
the dog biscuits are for my lunch and the boots are for my wife
stevie, stevie, stevie…..you shouldn’t be shopping at 7-11, the prices are a ripoff. get yourself to a Walmart as fast as you can and start saving money or you’ll never get ahead in life.
“Also, the Ferrari/Maserati dealership is right next to my office!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 8, 2009 10:40 AM”
DIBS, have they got a California in there? I’m feeling like an impulse purchase…
When I was in college in Vermont you’d regularly see Bernie Sanders walking around downtown Burlington.