Is socialism endan^gered in The United States?

[DonFerrari]

Baalzamon said:

Goatseye said:

$1185 is just a 1 bedroom rent money for a metropolitan area in MD. Plus the people that get assistance have kids. Put that into account.

2 things. First, it isn't just the people that have kids (lets not even get into the fact that many of them should have thought about whether they could afford a kid first), I know single people who are getting assistance. Second, it would be greatly appreciated if you don't put obscenely false statements such as the 1 bedroom rent comment in your argument. I just went to craigslist (just like I did to get my current place I rent), and found 3 bedroom houses for...as low as $750 in the baltimore area.

So I'm not quite sure what kind of luxurious living you think is a necessity in this world, but it is nothing close to what you are trying to tell me (if you really want to get technical...even my semi crappy house I live in is by no means necessary).

Mind yourself that in brazil the minimum wage is US$ 300,00 and recently a public statement from the governement put that anyone that earn more than US$ 700,00 per head on a household is "rich"... some dependent people in this thread would be asking for the plethoras of social assists the government give...

Never heard of a car being a necessity (and here gas costs up to US$ 1,20 per liter... the cheapest new car is US$ 10.000,00 and insurance is around US$ 50,00 on this kind of car and health is around the same)... he is delusional of what is beying poor... Apparently people here think that not living on the downton area (here a small appartment 43m² could cost you around US$ 300.000,00 for buying or US$ 500,00+ on rent), so what poor do? They live farther from the center or in slums... It amazes me that he think that poor rent US$ 1.000,00 housing... now I can disregard his comments about consoles with much more easy (even more when he thinks a 500,00 console is cheap, affordable and no problem being 100,00 more than the competitor... but complain about food being expensive)... and cable now is essential necessity?