| Zappykins said: Well put! The US Economy has been on a 30+ year slope where the poor are getting poorer and the rich getting richer. And yes, it become a problem. Sometimes it makes a problem that people don't realize, like the obvious crime, but others like health problems aren't so obvious. Tuberculosis was almost wipe out in the States, but came back largely to AIDS and the homeless - now their are new resistant strains. You wouldn't think that closing down a homeless shelter would cause the resurgence of a disease, but it did. To put it in gamer terms, if people don’t have the money to buy high end consoles, then this neg generation will not be much of a step up from this one. |
Could you provide me with evidence that the poor are getting poorer? Because the "poor" nowadays drive around brand new cars while making payments on them, the "poor" nowadays spend $150 a month for their family cell phone plans, the "poor" nowadays go out to eat 2 nights a week, the "poor" nowadays can afford consoles, games, and an Xbox Live subscription, the "poor" can afford fancy televisions in their house.
I don't care what the hell the rich are able to do, people need to get over this whole "poor" and "rich" thing, because "poor" people now have a hell of a lot more shit than they had 30 years ago, and they sure waste enough money on shit they don't need considering they are "poor".
Being poor used to actually mean something, but it doesn't now. Poor people live pretty extravegent lifestyles in the United States.
Money can't buy happiness. Just video games, which make me happy.
