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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Because that means millions of Americans have accepted a far lower standard of living than they used to enjoy. .
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Paul you are totally ignorant of the people you THINK you are talking about.
The people I am talking about have NEVER had a higher standard of living. I'm talking about rednecks in the town I lived in in South Carolina. They were in their 20's, most of them sold meth on the side and collected welfare from the govt. because they had no proof of income.
Were they "poor". I guess. But they certainly had plenty of money (from slinging meth for instance) to party their ass off, put new rims on their car, buy dances at the titty bar.
You are so out of touch with what I've seen with my own two eyes that it's stupid of you to even be in this thread commenting on a country that you do not know anything about.
I am nots saying that ALL people are like that. But there are MILLIONS of them here.
People who were raised that way. Their parents were white trailer trash..and now they are white trailer trash. And their kids will be white trailer trash. They haven't lowered their standard of living. Hell they are living it up (in their minds) at a much higher standard. They are "poor"...and yet all have cellphones, a car, cable t.v., a big flat screen, etc.
Now...if you want to talk about the bums on the street begging...a percentage of them are mentally unstable.
But the majority of them are scamming.
I watched a documentary a few weeks ago with John Stossel where they followed "homeless" people...back to their HOMES! And then sat outside and waited until the "homeless" person came back outside dressed in their real clothes and then they confronted them.
Stossel himself put on a fake beard and some shabby clothes and held up a sign. He made over $200 in cash in just a couple of hours.
Again, I'm not saying ALL people are like that.
But to have these discussions and just pretend that millions of Americans don't scam the system is total bullshit.