Not presuming to speak for him; but I think what he is trying to say is that those defined as poor in this country would be considered well off by the poor in other countries. And there is some truth to that.
Not presuming to speak for him; but I think what he is trying to say is that those defined as poor in this country would be considered well off by the poor in other countries. And there is some truth to that.
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
And in most nations the gap between the poor and the rich is much smaller.
No, they're not. People considered poor in this country are considered seriously destitute in other first world countries.Originally Posted by flyer85
Yeah, I guess they're better off than people in third world countries, but I wasn't aware that we were competing with them. Good God man.
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The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
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