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JayMcGee · 11-28-2006, 07:09 PM

I guess that poverty is relative Here in the UK, there are few true paupers as we have several layers of safety nets to catch the majority (and yes, I know we have low-income families..... but how many are truly paupers?).

In the US, without the welfare and socialist infrastructure that we have here, it must be truly horrendous to be poor. Not only do you have the problem of finding food and shelter for yourself and thine, but you have to ward off the slingshots of the self-rightous. I am so glad I am not american.

11-28-2006, 07:09 PM	#7
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	I guess that poverty is relative Here in the UK, there are few true paupers as we have several layers of safety nets to catch the majority (and yes, I know we have low-income families..... but how many are truly paupers?). In the US, without the welfare and socialist infrastructure that we have here, it must be truly horrendous to be poor. Not only do you have the problem of finding food and shelter for yourself and thine, but you have to ward off the slingshots of the self-rightous. I am so glad I am not american. __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.