Are you poor if you have a flat-screen TV?

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Avatar time*treat -
#1
Yes. Poor in judgement, if you bought it while living on EBT, and poor in morals, if you acquired it participating in a looting mob -- i.e. God "gave" it to you via the life, health, and strength enough to steal it.
Avatar scorpio -
#2
we like ours as we're senior citizens and watch a lot of tv,probably too much,but when you get older not much else to do,no more drinking at bars,etc..love it though,and would buy another as they've gone down now.
rdgrnr says he has one big enough for a town hall.
Avatar rdgrnr -
#3
What are considered "poor people" in America today, are actually pretty well off compared to the poor people of long ago or even poor people of other countries today.

Consider this excerpt:

"The average household defined as "poor" in 2005 had air conditioning, cable TV and a DVD player. If there were children in the home, the family likely had a game system, such as a Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) Xbox or Sony (SNE) PlayStation.
Poor Americans had more living space than average Europeans and were not hungry.
If you took the typical poor household and put them on TV, no one would think they are poor. They struggle to make ends meet, but they are not in any type of deprivation."

Today's "poor" in America are living far better than even royalty did in the middle ages.
It was cold in those drafty old castles!
Avatar scorpio -
#4
yes,and in south korea,your whole family lives in 2 rooms.bedroom is curtained off,you and wife,and kids on the other side.everyone shares a 10 in. hole in floor of outhouse for bathroom.for a bath you heated water in a basin,and used a wash cloth.
Avatar four4me -
#5
Where have you guys been living... last time i went in Best Buys they didn't even have any box TV's and if they did you'd need a special adapter just to watch it and or an antenna on the roof of the house.
Avatar scorpio -
#6
true,i was referring to other countries are much worse off then we are.
Avatar Tenaj -
#7
Yes TT, God gives us life, health and strength when we are
bad too. It's called Grace, "unmerited favor." You can't earn it.
Avatar time*treat -
#8
I recently saw a video of a large number of youths "gracing" themselves some jeans out of a store. I understand, now. ;-)
Avatar rdgrnr -
#9
Heh,heh,heh,heh,heh...
Avatar scorpio -
#10
that's better then shooting innocents with an automatic weapon i guess.
Avatar rdgrnr -
#11
They're all loony libs, dorkio.
The last guy was a big MTV fan.

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