musings - way waay OT

"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.

Matt Barrow wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
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 think your sentence makes Jay's point perfectly:

How many truly poor people in other countries have junk food and/or a
couch upon which they can "spud out?"

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

Only because the system has made many of them decide to abdicate to the
federal trough and give up any desire to make their lives better.

Jay B

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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
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