I Wonder What All The Poor People Are Doing Today?
<p>Many years ago, a friend won the free use of a boat for a day. She invited my family and her sister, a very poor single mom, to cruise the Illinois River with her. None of us was remotely used to such luxury. It was awesome.</p>
<p>The sister, who took a day off from her grueling work as a nursing home CNA, settled back on a cushy seat and said the words that still crack me up today:</p>
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<p><em>“I wonder what all the poor people are doing today?”</em></p>
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<h2><strong>All Americans are rich, some people claim.</strong></h2>
<p>Around the world, about <a href="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsorship-news-stories/global-poverty-facts#:~:text=Mostly%20through%20household%20surveys%2C%20they,population%2C%20lived%20in%20extreme%20poverty." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">719 million people live on less than $2.15 per day, </a>according to World Vision.</p>
<p>You’ve heard it said that Americans (and other Westerners) are all wealthy. Why would a single mom raising two kids on less than $20,000 per year complain? She’s a bazillionaire compared to her sisters in the developing world!</p>
<h2><strong>That’s bullshit and I can prove it.</strong></h2>
<p>No, the American poor are not rich. That’s a GOP talking point.</p>
<p>Traditionally, we considered food, clothing and shelter to be basic needs, but Americans today need what I will call “soft necessities,” without which they can’t pay for the “hard necessities” of food, clothing and shelter.</p>
<p>You need a job to pay rent, and you need decent grooming to get a job. So yeah, being able to pay for a basic haircut is necessary to avoid homelessness.</p>
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