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[Kagatob]

Originally Posted by vaylorie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I also think the definition of poverty needs some context here. So you have a home you share with family (unless you mean you live with your parents), you have a car, you apparently have a computer and internet access, you have enough money to pay your bills each month and maybe not too much more, presumably a TV and other niceties as well like air conditioning, cable TV or satellite, etc. This is not some kind of scorched-earth, third world country, going to bed hungry type of scenario that you are on and the related imagery that is conjured up when we say 'poverty'.

The "home" I share with my family is a cheap apartment I pay half of the rent on.
The rest in bold (Aside from my 15 year old 25" tube TV) are things I don't have because they are things I removed from my lifestyle when I had to change my budget to afford said car.

Originally Posted by vaylorie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Minimum wage is not a good baseline and double minimum is not a good bar. What do you expect, the government to give you money because it's 'unfair' that someone else has more money than you?

$8.50/hr is the minimum, I make just over $17/hr, and that is still not enough to elevate me to the fabled "middle class" that everyone covets so much.
My point isn't that I want a free pass anywhere, my point is that you need to shut the fuck up about things you obviously don't understand instead of crying 'class warfare' every chance you get.