Census: Poor and "Near Poor" 1/3 of US

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Census: Poor and "Near Poor" 1/3 of US

Post by Schneibster » Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:49 pm

So much for the "land of opportunity." And all in the service of the sociopathic greed of half of the top 1%.

Oh, and so much for Seth's "it's all fine" bullshit, too.
When the Census Bureau this month released a new measure of poverty, meant to better count disposable income, it began altering the portrait of national need. Perhaps the most startling differences between the old measure and the new involves data the government has not yet published, showing 51 million people with incomes less than 50 percent above the poverty line. That number of Americans is 76 percent higher than the official account, published in September. All told, that places 100 million people — one in three Americans — either in poverty or in the fretful zone just above it.
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Post by Audley Strange » Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:09 pm

Give me a fucking break, "near poor". Thats a real insult to those who exist in actual poverty rather than a bunch of spoiled fucking princelings who had everything handed to them on a plate and are now complaining the plate is made of silver rather than gold.
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Audley Strange wrote:Give me a fucking break, "near poor". Thats a real insult to those who exist in actual poverty rather than a bunch of spoiled fucking princelings who had everything handed to them on a plate and are now complaining the plate is made of silver rather than gold.
Maybe you should read the article.

You're making yourself look like an ass.
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Post by Audley Strange » Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:22 pm

Schneibster wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:Give me a fucking break, "near poor". Thats a real insult to those who exist in actual poverty rather than a bunch of spoiled fucking princelings who had everything handed to them on a plate and are now complaining the plate is made of silver rather than gold.
Maybe you should read the article.

You're making yourself look like an ass.
I did. Your opinion of how I look is irrelevant. 30% above the poverty line is not fucking "near poor". Having disposable income, no matter how small, a Blackberry, insurances and your own home is not near fucking poor. Begging strangers for enough money for your next meal is poor. Earning NOTHING and being homeless is poor.

Get some fucking perspective.
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Audley Strange wrote:
Schneibster wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:Give me a fucking break, "near poor". Thats a real insult to those who exist in actual poverty rather than a bunch of spoiled fucking princelings who had everything handed to them on a plate and are now complaining the plate is made of silver rather than gold.
Maybe you should read the article.

You're making yourself look like an ass.
I did.
Then you don't know what you're talking about and you're not worth talking to.

If you own a computer you have nothing to say about these people. Nothing.

Nothing.
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Post by Audley Strange » Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:33 pm

Schneibster wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:
Schneibster wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:Give me a fucking break, "near poor". Thats a real insult to those who exist in actual poverty rather than a bunch of spoiled fucking princelings who had everything handed to them on a plate and are now complaining the plate is made of silver rather than gold.
Maybe you should read the article.

You're making yourself look like an ass.
I did.
Then you don't know what you're talking about and you're not worth talking to.

If you own a computer you have nothing to say about these people. Nothing.

Nothing.
A shit response, but I expected nothing less from you.
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Post by Schneibster » Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:35 pm

Audley Strange wrote:
Schneibster wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:
Schneibster wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:Give me a fucking break, "near poor". Thats a real insult to those who exist in actual poverty rather than a bunch of spoiled fucking princelings who had everything handed to them on a plate and are now complaining the plate is made of silver rather than gold.
Maybe you should read the article.

You're making yourself look like an ass.
I did.
Then you don't know what you're talking about and you're not worth talking to.

If you own a computer you have nothing to say about these people. Nothing.

Nothing.
A shit response, but I expected nothing less from you.
And no evidence from you.

Another butthurt Libertardian, apparently.
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Post by Audley Strange » Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:48 pm

Schneibster wrote: Another butthurt Libertardian, apparently.
I don't even know what the fuck that means.

How about this, since you missed it in the excitement to get your petty ad-hominem in. HAVING DISPOSABLE INCOME does not qualify you for being poor.

Care to refute that?

You're the one defending the concept of "nearly poor", the onus is on you to prove to others its not just hand wringing bullshit.

Or is it just easier for you to malign those who disagree with the things you read as a negative stereotype?
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Post by Schneibster » Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:51 pm

Audley Strange wrote:
Schneibster wrote: Another butthurt Libertardian, apparently.
I don't even know what the fuck that means.
Considering you think people who don't own computers are "well off," I don't suppose I care much.
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Post by Audley Strange » Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:05 pm

Schneibster wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:
Schneibster wrote: Another butthurt Libertardian, apparently.
I don't even know what the fuck that means.
Considering you think people who don't own computers are "well off," I don't suppose I care much.
You really have serious issues that need addressed. I never said people who don't own computers are "well off". However you are right not to care much, though I'd suggest before you start flinging accusations of people being indoctrinated with propaganda, take a look at just how much of it you read and post.

You are blinkered.
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Post by Schneibster » Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:08 pm

Audley Strange wrote:You really have serious issues that need addressed.
Yes, I'm impolite to people who think poor people are funny. How evil of me.

As long as you keep attacking, I will only ever read to the first lie or insult. It's my anti-troll policy. That's going to inform you what I think you're doing. If you're not all you have to do is explain yourself without insults or lies.

You can't, of course. And you'll call me a bigot again because of it, in 4... 3...
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Post by Audley Strange » Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:23 pm

Schneibster wrote: As long as you keep attacking, I will only ever read to the first lie or insult. It's my anti-troll policy. That's going to inform you what I think you're doing. If you're not all you have to do is explain yourself without insults or lies.

You can't, of course. And you'll call me a bigot again because of it, in 4... 3...
I did explain myself. you however came back in assuming that I had not read the article and claimed I was making ass out of myself. I am not trolling you. I disagree, you get upset and start calling me a Libertardian?

Then you claim that I said people without computers are "well off", which I did not.

Then you claim that I said people without computers are "rich", which I did not.

In other words, you dont want to discuss do you? You posted an article, got upset and went into a tantrum and started accusing me of saying things, thinking things and believing things I never said, nor made explicit nor implicit. Is it a defense mechanism you have, do you get personally emotional when someone disagrees with something someone else wrote, but you posted?
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Post by Schneibster » Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:24 pm

Audley Strange wrote:I did explain myself.
No, you insulted me. First lie.
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Post by Audley Strange » Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:31 pm

Schneibster wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:I did explain myself.
No, you insulted me. First lie.
Did I? Where?
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Post by Schneibster » Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:33 pm

Audley Strange wrote:A shit response, but I expected nothing less from you.
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