On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:34:20 -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 07:52:21PM +0100, Michael Graham said: >> >> If you define poor worldwide then there would be no poor in the US >> (or the UK for that matter) but poor is a relative term, the US has just >> as many poor (i.e. below the average) as any other country. If you want a >> fair comparison you should really compare developed countries. > > No, if you want to make a biased case for Socialism you should compare > developed countries.
Then you admit, if you compare two developed countries in the more socialist country the poor would be better off? I'm happy to live with that. -- OoberMick
