Americans who
live in households whose income is below the federal “poverty” level typically
have cell phones (as well as landline phones), computers, televisions, video
recorders, air conditioning, refrigerators, gas or electric stoves, and washers
and dryers and microwaves, according to a newly released report from the Census
Bureau. In fact, 80.9 percent of households below the poverty level have cell
phones, and a healthy majority—58.2 percent—have computers. Fully 96.1 percent
of American households in “poverty” have a television to watch, and 83.2
percent of them have a video-recording device in case they cannot get home in
time to watch the football game or their favorite television show and they want
to record it for watching later. Refrigerators (97.8 percent), gas or electric
stoves (96.6 percent) and microwaves (93.2 percent) are standard equipment in
the homes of Americans in "poverty." - See more at:
My Take - Do I begrudge these people these modern
conveniences? Absolutely not! I posted this because I think it’s important
understand what "poverty" translates to in American versus the rest
of the world. Poverty in very large
numbers around the world may well mean a life of misery, suffering, disease,
starvation and early death.
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