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Average income worldwide is $7,000 - The Boston Globe
How "Poor" are America's Poor? | The Heritage Foundation
Liberals, this is your chance to respectfully thank the rich and thank capitalism for all they both have provided this great nation. The lifestyle of comfort and safety the rich people and capitalist system has provide for Americans and all who can sneak in here is incredible. For example:
- The avg global income is $7,500
- The median global income is $1,500
Now, the average poor American gets over $10,000 just in welfare, food stamps, free education, free healthcare and free housing. Then add in what they can make at a small, part time job on top of that, and they are easily among the "rich" of the world. They are "above average" just from gov't handouts alone. Further....
38 percent of the persons whom the Census Bureau identifies as "poor" own their own homes with a median value of $39,200.
* 62 percent of "poor" households own a car; 14 percent own two or more cars.
* Nearly half of all "poor" households have air-conditioning; 31 percent have microwave ovens.
* Nationwide, some 22,000 "poor" households have heated swimming pools or Jacuzzis.
*The missing welfare spending that is excluded from the Census Bureau poverty reports comes to $158 billion, or over $11,120 for every "poor" U.S. household. The total comes to $5,790 for every poor person in the U.S., or $23,160 for a family of four.
Example: In Massachusetts in 1988 a welfare mother with three children could receive welfare benefits in the form of AFDC, food stamps, public housing, Medicaid, and school lunch and breakfast programs costing the taxpayers $18,765 per year. The poverty income threshold for such a family that year was $12,092. But the family would still be counted as poor by the Census Bureau.
^^$18,765 a year in handouts alone. Not counting any earned income she makes. Yes, captialism is such an EVIL thing and American rich people who fund these handouts are so greedy and evil.
So, with an average income globally of $7500, in 1988 a welfare mother would be handed 2.5X the avg global income in free gov't handouts alone, funded by the rich, made possible by capitalism.
With an median global income of $1500, in 1988 a welfare mother would be handed over TEN TIMES the median global income in handouts alone. Add to that $18,765 she got in handouts a possible $10,000-$12,000 she could earn with a part time job, and her total income would be pushing upwards of $30,000 with only a part time job.
Now, I'm awaiting a few explanations on:
- Why should we tax the rich even more?
- Why is capitalism such an evil system?
- Why do any Americans really have a gripe with the hand they've been dealt in America?
(And to head off the obvious, I'll pre-answer. YES, just because we are so well off, we should still try to improve. I'm just sick of the heated and vulgar attacks on capitalism and the rich when both have been so good to us. Lets change the tone to one of thanks, and improvement when possible.)
How "Poor" are America's Poor? | The Heritage Foundation
Liberals, this is your chance to respectfully thank the rich and thank capitalism for all they both have provided this great nation. The lifestyle of comfort and safety the rich people and capitalist system has provide for Americans and all who can sneak in here is incredible. For example:
- The avg global income is $7,500
- The median global income is $1,500
Now, the average poor American gets over $10,000 just in welfare, food stamps, free education, free healthcare and free housing. Then add in what they can make at a small, part time job on top of that, and they are easily among the "rich" of the world. They are "above average" just from gov't handouts alone. Further....
38 percent of the persons whom the Census Bureau identifies as "poor" own their own homes with a median value of $39,200.
* 62 percent of "poor" households own a car; 14 percent own two or more cars.
* Nearly half of all "poor" households have air-conditioning; 31 percent have microwave ovens.
* Nationwide, some 22,000 "poor" households have heated swimming pools or Jacuzzis.
*The missing welfare spending that is excluded from the Census Bureau poverty reports comes to $158 billion, or over $11,120 for every "poor" U.S. household. The total comes to $5,790 for every poor person in the U.S., or $23,160 for a family of four.
Example: In Massachusetts in 1988 a welfare mother with three children could receive welfare benefits in the form of AFDC, food stamps, public housing, Medicaid, and school lunch and breakfast programs costing the taxpayers $18,765 per year. The poverty income threshold for such a family that year was $12,092. But the family would still be counted as poor by the Census Bureau.
^^$18,765 a year in handouts alone. Not counting any earned income she makes. Yes, captialism is such an EVIL thing and American rich people who fund these handouts are so greedy and evil.
So, with an average income globally of $7500, in 1988 a welfare mother would be handed 2.5X the avg global income in free gov't handouts alone, funded by the rich, made possible by capitalism.
With an median global income of $1500, in 1988 a welfare mother would be handed over TEN TIMES the median global income in handouts alone. Add to that $18,765 she got in handouts a possible $10,000-$12,000 she could earn with a part time job, and her total income would be pushing upwards of $30,000 with only a part time job.
Now, I'm awaiting a few explanations on:
- Why should we tax the rich even more?
- Why is capitalism such an evil system?
- Why do any Americans really have a gripe with the hand they've been dealt in America?
(And to head off the obvious, I'll pre-answer. YES, just because we are so well off, we should still try to improve. I'm just sick of the heated and vulgar attacks on capitalism and the rich when both have been so good to us. Lets change the tone to one of thanks, and improvement when possible.)