Posted by Brian G. NY on October 05, 2012 at 17:56:05 from (72.10.223.216):
In Reply to: Re: O.T.Poverty level? posted by pete black on October 05, 2012 at 14:53:12:
I agree Pete, people on welfare have twice the stuff I had as a kid growing up back in the 40s and 50s. We were a little poorer than most (but not all) of our neighbors. I did not have an indoor bathroom 'til I got married and was out on my own. We never had even one phone. My Dad put in running water when I was about ten but only cold. We always had a garden, raised two porkers and a calf to butcher every year and we kept the best cow for our milk and butter when my Dad gave up farming and went to work for Generous Electric in Schenectady. I'm not saying we should go back to that and it's a damned shame our current standard of living is on a backslide but compared to those days, I don't see too many people really suffering, though they may think they are.
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