Poor is relative. The US poverty level income is five times the global median income. It seems poor people in the US today have more/better stuff (food, clothes, cars, TVs, shelter, etc.) than my upper middle class family had in the 50s.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Jim > Cathey via Mercedes > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2020 3:45 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Jim Cathey <jim.cathey...@gmail.com>; fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Are Hurricanes fun? > > > The poor will always be with us, > > And that, literally, _is_ the gospel truth! > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com