Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > No, Karina, it is not equally correct to say that as many Americans live in > poverty as live well...If by "well" you mean those at the top of the > economic heap, then in fact far more live in poverty than live well....But > if by living well you mean own their own home or renting a nice place, going > on a vacation every year, eating the foods they want to eat, wearing the > clothes they want to wear, owning many of the things they want to own, etc. > etc....then no, those in poverty do not equal those living well... B.D., While I agree with you that there are more well off people than poor ones in the US, I believe that you are not taking into consideration that in the richest country in the world there are thousands of run-down tenements and slums. Millions of people live in trailers, and countless others in literal shacks. You do not see that in other industrialized countries, you see it only in third and fourth world countries. Visitors from Europe marvel at the size of roads, skyscrapers, cars, etc. but cannot understand the forces that compel some people to live in such squalid conditions. Don't forget too that many families are on the brink of bankruptcy or homelessness, if nothing else for their lack of sound economic judgment. Joe Codispoti - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html