Poor / Rich

[okiebryan]

For a time after a job layoff, I was poor. I sold everything I had that had payments, sold all of my guns, moved in to the only house I could afford to rent, and lived off $1104 a month in unemployment and $112 in food stamps while supporting a teenage son. I drove my motorcycle everywhere I had to go because I couldn't afford gas ($4.20/gal) for my truck. No matter the weather. I'm talking Ramen soup poor.

I was still wealthier than the average resident in 75% of the countries in the world. And my situation was temporary.

 

[WTJ]

Been poor. Make more money now than I ever have, and thanks to supporting multiple government subjects, corporate bailouts, supplementing other people's dependent healthcare, and paying for schools I don't use and that produce a grossly inferior product that I must deal with daily to the tune of 50% of my income after working 60 hours a week because of a lack of compentent people.....

Still poor. Thanks liberals.

 

[plissken]

I'm not sure we have poor people in America. Most of us have had to work to get where we are at, and for many of us there have been some lean times. But, compared with most of the world....we are truly a blessed people. Our poorest in this country are obese. I don't know of any other country that can say that.

 

[KenL]

At a point in my life I lived alone, paid child support, worked 2 low paying jobs and ate nothing but PBJ sandwiches. All of my money went to living expenses and paying off debts. At that time, I did not consider myself poor.

 

[bmxr4life87]

Im going to quote someones sig but i dont remember who it belongs to. It goes as follows " In the land of the blind the man with one eye is king"
Its really something to think about. Consider how you view yourself. Now consider how others view you. Now are you rich or poor?

 

[Honeybee]

when I grew up we had no money but lots of love, I never thought we were poor but
now that I have more money than I can ever spend, I feel poor and want more because I don't have as much as the rich have.
"Donald Trump"

 

[rhodesbe]

Really good topic. Being poor is nothing I've ever experienced, thanks to a coddled upbringing in middle-class America.

 

[flatwins]

I've never known poverty but I've never known wealth either.

 

[AKguy1985]

I live from paycheck to paycheck. I wouldnt say i'm poor but i'm broke alot.

 

[tntrex]

I been poorer than anyone I know.



But I am now well to do.