"Matt Barrow" posted the exciting message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Our "poor" live like (or even better than) the middle to upper class
in most
other nations.

I believe America is the only society in human history to have a
documented obesity problem amongst the "poor".

I believe that's more a factor of junkfood/couch potatoes.

I do believe that America is the only society in human history to have
a "Leisure Class" at the bottom of the economic scale.



There's something to be said about this.

I've always thought that inner cities wouldn't have a graffitti problem
or a drug problem if they were hungry.

Providing the food safety net is admirable, but it means people who don't
have a lot to do are now at least fed well enough. So they find things to
do with their idle time.

Tim