Tuesday, January 06, 2004
WHAT IS "POVERTY?"
You know how it is...you watch a local television report about some poor soul who needs help during the difficult holiday season. You know the story, right? they always dig these stories out of the drawer this time of year. Anyway...you're watching the news story and in the background during the interview of the mother in the story you see the kids playing with an Xbox system that costs 200-bucks and a game that costs more than 40-bucks a pop. I see these kinds of stories all the time and no one seems to notice they're watching cable TV or there's a box of 5-dollar cereal on the kitchen table...we have the wealthiest poor in the world here in America.
I found this information very interesting. It shocked me, it should shock YOU. The next time you hear someone talking about helping "the poor," you can look at this information...
From The Heritage Foundation...so of course, liberals will dismiss the data...but if they "connect with the poor" as much as they say they do, they should already know this:
The following are facts about persons defined as "poor" by the Census Bureau, taken from various government reports:
• Forty-six percent of all poor households actually own their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage, and a porch or patio.
• Seventy-six percent of poor households have air conditioning. By contrast, 30 years ago, only 36 percent of the entire U.S. population enjoyed air conditioning.
• Only 6 percent of poor households are overcrowded. More than two-thirds have more than two rooms per person.
• The average poor American has more living space than the average individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens, and other cities throughout Europe. (These comparisons are to the average citizens in foreign countries, not to those classified as poor.)
• Nearly three-quarters of poor households own a car; 30 percent own two or more cars.
• Ninety-seven percent of poor households have a color television; over half own two or more color televisions.
• Seventy-eight percent have a VCR or DVD player; 62 percent have cable or satellite TV reception.
• Seventy-three percent own microwave ovens, more than half have a stereo, and a third have an automatic dishwasher.
Amazing, isn't it? Read the rest of the report HERE.
You know how it is...you watch a local television report about some poor soul who needs help during the difficult holiday season. You know the story, right? they always dig these stories out of the drawer this time of year. Anyway...you're watching the news story and in the background during the interview of the mother in the story you see the kids playing with an Xbox system that costs 200-bucks and a game that costs more than 40-bucks a pop. I see these kinds of stories all the time and no one seems to notice they're watching cable TV or there's a box of 5-dollar cereal on the kitchen table...we have the wealthiest poor in the world here in America.
I found this information very interesting. It shocked me, it should shock YOU. The next time you hear someone talking about helping "the poor," you can look at this information...
From The Heritage Foundation...so of course, liberals will dismiss the data...but if they "connect with the poor" as much as they say they do, they should already know this:
The following are facts about persons defined as "poor" by the Census Bureau, taken from various government reports:
• Forty-six percent of all poor households actually own their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage, and a porch or patio.
• Seventy-six percent of poor households have air conditioning. By contrast, 30 years ago, only 36 percent of the entire U.S. population enjoyed air conditioning.
• Only 6 percent of poor households are overcrowded. More than two-thirds have more than two rooms per person.
• The average poor American has more living space than the average individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens, and other cities throughout Europe. (These comparisons are to the average citizens in foreign countries, not to those classified as poor.)
• Nearly three-quarters of poor households own a car; 30 percent own two or more cars.
• Ninety-seven percent of poor households have a color television; over half own two or more color televisions.
• Seventy-eight percent have a VCR or DVD player; 62 percent have cable or satellite TV reception.
• Seventy-three percent own microwave ovens, more than half have a stereo, and a third have an automatic dishwasher.
Amazing, isn't it? Read the rest of the report HERE.
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