Are You Poor In America? - Well Don"t Complain to Me
Okay so, not long ago I was doing a little genealogy work and I noted some royal lines in there somewhere, pretty cool.
Back in those days, being a King or Queen must have been great, don't you think? Well, I am not so sure about that really.
They didn't have refrigerators, telephones, cars, airliners, trains, air-conditioning, sewer treatment plants, electricity, televisions, cell phones, fax machines, Internet, and for all you younger folks no Facebook either, ah shucks! Now then the other day I was reading a piece in the "Notable and Quotable" column in the Wall Street Journal written by Richard Rector of the heritage foundation.
The article appeared in the Wall Street Journal on June 27, 2011 and copied a section out of the national review which was posted on July 26.
The article noted that in the last census report there were over 43 million Americans who were considered poor and, the article also noted that that is one of seven people.
You see, being poor in America is still better than living as a king back in the day - they didn't have anywhere near our modern amenities.
In fact, that same census report noted that three quarters of all the poor families had air-conditioning, and two thirds of them had cable or satellite TV, and 92% had microwaves.
It also stated; "the typical poor family in America has at least two color TVs, a VCR, and a DVD player.
One-third have a wide screen, plasma, or LCD TV.
And the typical poor family in the US with children has an Xbox or PlayStation videogame system.
" What I'm saying is that it's time for the poor people in America to stop demanding that the government give them more social services, free food stamps, free healthcare, or anything else.
It's time for the poor people to stop demanding that the rich people pay more money in taxes, so they can get more free stuff from the government.
In other words what I'm saying to you is this; if you are poor in America, well don't complain to me.
I just don't want to hear it anymore, go get a job.
Now then, I realize this is not a politically correct statement, and yes there are people who are poverty-stricken and it's really serious.
But if you have all those things mentioned above, then you aren't really poor, not by global standards.
Try living in Honduras, Bolivia, Indonesia, Africa, or Southeast Asia.
Americans should be very thankful for living in a great country with so much abundance, and they need to be quiet, and stop complaining.
Please consider all this and think on it.
Back in those days, being a King or Queen must have been great, don't you think? Well, I am not so sure about that really.
They didn't have refrigerators, telephones, cars, airliners, trains, air-conditioning, sewer treatment plants, electricity, televisions, cell phones, fax machines, Internet, and for all you younger folks no Facebook either, ah shucks! Now then the other day I was reading a piece in the "Notable and Quotable" column in the Wall Street Journal written by Richard Rector of the heritage foundation.
The article appeared in the Wall Street Journal on June 27, 2011 and copied a section out of the national review which was posted on July 26.
The article noted that in the last census report there were over 43 million Americans who were considered poor and, the article also noted that that is one of seven people.
You see, being poor in America is still better than living as a king back in the day - they didn't have anywhere near our modern amenities.
In fact, that same census report noted that three quarters of all the poor families had air-conditioning, and two thirds of them had cable or satellite TV, and 92% had microwaves.
It also stated; "the typical poor family in America has at least two color TVs, a VCR, and a DVD player.
One-third have a wide screen, plasma, or LCD TV.
And the typical poor family in the US with children has an Xbox or PlayStation videogame system.
" What I'm saying is that it's time for the poor people in America to stop demanding that the government give them more social services, free food stamps, free healthcare, or anything else.
It's time for the poor people to stop demanding that the rich people pay more money in taxes, so they can get more free stuff from the government.
In other words what I'm saying to you is this; if you are poor in America, well don't complain to me.
I just don't want to hear it anymore, go get a job.
Now then, I realize this is not a politically correct statement, and yes there are people who are poverty-stricken and it's really serious.
But if you have all those things mentioned above, then you aren't really poor, not by global standards.
Try living in Honduras, Bolivia, Indonesia, Africa, or Southeast Asia.
Americans should be very thankful for living in a great country with so much abundance, and they need to be quiet, and stop complaining.
Please consider all this and think on it.
