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Offline Blueblood

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Re: Incomes Collapsing in the US
« Reply #30 on: February 14, 2017, 04:37:28 pm »
Agreed.  It's a very short-sighted view of poverty.  If they can afford a TV, then they aren't poor has to be one of the dumbest arguments for cutting services to poor people that I've ever heard.

This I disagree with.
My friend gets $1000 per month (same $$ as welfare).

She is supposed to provide her own housing
Provide her own food
Fight tooth and nail with the government to provide her the necessary medical treatments, which often go uncovered, or take months to get. 
And then use all the leftover money for her heating bill, electricity, TV, phone, etc.

She has friends who buy her groceries, and other things, otherwise she would be scrounging the expired crap from the food bank.  The government doesn't provide her with a level of income even close to what she actually needs.  And they rely on voters not to notice, or not caring enough, to make it an issue.  (or those like Blueblood who think the situation with my friend is just fine...  in fact, she should get less because she has a TV!)

She gets a $1000 a month which is considerably more than others in other countries.  At the same time how much taxes should people be subsidizing her, 40%, 50%, 60%.  What sacrifices should families saving for their kids to go to university make?

Life sometimes isn't fair and she is fortunate enough to have a tv when truly poor people in other countries don't.  Unfortunately there isn't enough resources to have everyone living like upper middle class people off the backs of upper middle class people.  Unfortunately there is a limit.

The USA is in perpetual debt with the largest cost being social security.  The sad reality is, subsidizing poverty is unsustainable.