What percentage of Americans are poor?

[Pax]

Many americans are a paycheck away from poverty.
Many americans are a step away from poverty.
That's what it means that what I meant.
It's also not the american way.
The American way would be life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

[Kuciwalker]

And you know what it means, to be a paycheck away from poverty? It means you have to work to support yourself. Whoop-de-do. So now you're complaining that not enough Americans are capitalists?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Pax, you are really wacked out aren't you? Just about everyone is a paycheck away from poverty. Like Kucinich says... it means you have to work. If you take away a paycheck, obviously you won't have any more money.

It's also the 'American Way' - work for your success.

[Jon Miller]

it also means that something bad happening

like a car accident

can completely **** up your life

Jon Miller

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yep... but that will happen in any country you go to. You will never do as well if you can't work in the job you were highly skilled to do.

[:) Smiley]

Capitalists don't work, they invest money.

Someone's got to do the work, that's why we have this thing called the "working class".

Until we have an overabundance of robotic labor, Capitalism is still ahead of its times.

[Jon Miller]

or is rooted in the majority of the populace being poor

JM

[Kuciwalker]

Yup, most of the populace is poor...

[Jon Miller]

relatively what I said is true

if you compare us to some artificial standard (like the 3rd world) what I said is not true

JM

[Kuciwalker]

So you're saying that at least 50% of the population is below the median income?

[Al B. Sure!]

I did make it out of the ghetto.

finally another guy here who wasnt born with a silver spoon in his mouth. where you used to run? and where you at now and what do you do?

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
relatively what I said is true

if you compare us to some artificial standard (like the 3rd world) what I said is not true

JM

75% (or whatever it is) of the world's population is an artificial standard?

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Kucinich
So you're saying that at least 50% of the population is below the median income?

below average?

yah

your statement about median is crap (by deffinitition 50% are below the median income)

JM

[Kuciwalker]

Dammit, you didn't bite

[Dis]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Shows what you know.

Have you ever been outside the United States?