--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > snip > > > > There are 6 billion people in the world. about 5 billion of them > > are below the U.S. defined poverty line. > > ROFL - a lot of those are in the US. US has a lot of poverty. It is > rampant.
Being below the U.S. poverty line does NOT equal poverty...it is a relative measurement. There is zero poverty in the U.S. > > > > > I would bet you that if given the chance virtually 90% of those 5 > > billion and about 50% of the other 1 billion would, indeed, come to > > the U.S. if given the chance.>> > > > You have never travelled much have you. Most people are not interested. I've travelled enough to have seen real poverty and to know that no such poverty exists in the U.S. And it is an extreme insult to the real poor of the world to claim that our fat, bloated "poor" with their TVs, MacDonald's 5,000 calories-a-day diets, and designer sneakers are poor. > > OffWorld > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
