Tell me again how I'm a heartless rich person because I don't think I should have to pay for these people's houses, education (through college, now!), and health care.
Friday, March 6, 2009
There are no poor people in America
This is probably my most controversial opinion. Now, I don't mean it quite literally -- there are people in this country who truly live in destitution. However, that's a very small minority, and if they were bright enough to avail themselves of existing government and charitable services, they'd be fine (that's a topic for another day). What I mean is that what passes for "poor" in the USA would be unimaginably rich for a good chunk of the world. Most of the "poor" in the US have air conditioning, a car, and cable television. It seems that at least a few of them have camera phones too, judging from this wonderful Michelle-Obama-working-a-soup-kitchen photo-op:
Tell me again how I'm a heartless rich person because I don't think I should have to pay for these people's houses, education (through college, now!), and health care.
Tell me again how I'm a heartless rich person because I don't think I should have to pay for these people's houses, education (through college, now!), and health care.
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I won't hold my breath waiting for some holier than thou columnist to opine that if Michelle would just sell that expensive sweater she's wearing, she could feed lots of poor children. No - only conservatives come in for that criticism....
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