The Briefing Room
General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: mystery-ak on September 12, 2013, 01:35:27 pm
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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/11/Americans-in-Poverty-Have-TVs-VCRs-Cell-Phones-Air-Conditioning (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/11/Americans-in-Poverty-Have-TVs-VCRs-Cell-Phones-Air-Conditioning)
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by William Bigelow 12 Sep 2013, 3:18 AM PDT 53 post a comment
American poverty just ain’t what it used to be. A new report from the Census Bureau found that 80.9% of households considered poverty stricken have cell phones along with their landline phones, and 58.2% have computers. 96.1% of those in “poverty” have televisions, and 83% have some sort of DVR.
The percentage owning refrigerators? 97.8%
Gas or electric stoves? 96.6%.
Microwaves? 93.2%
Air conditioning? Over 83%.
Washer? 68.7%
Dryer? 65.3%
People still don’t mind washing dishes, apparently; only 44.9% surveyed had a dishwasher.
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Control the definitions of things and you control the world.
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Not just cell phones, the latest and greatest smart phone.
Not just a TV, a 60+ inch LCD TV.
A pimped out Cadillac with rims worth more than my 10 year old truck and 2-3 gold teeth.
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Americans in 'Poverty' Have TVs, VCRs, Cell Phones, Air Conditioning
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Hey, I still have one. Comes in handy now and then since it also has a DVD recorder and I can copy an old VHS tape if needed. Transferred all of my family's home moves that way. Pretty much it just gets used as a DVD player in the computer room.
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My father-in-law, and if you're not careful, I'll subject you to one of his lectures on the subject!