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First of all, why do you assume poor people in Western Europe don’t have big screen TVs? Second of all, a TV is a one time expense. God forbid poor people entertain themselves!There will always be poverty, but our poverty rate is much higher than other developed nations. The income disparity is the widest in the world.There is always going to be poverty and poor people that is the reality of the world we live in and it's not something politicans and government can fix. LBJ declared war on poverty in 1964 and despite the huge amount of money spent on anti-poverty programs over the years the impact has been minimal. I don't have a solution to the problem and after 50 plus years no politican Democrat or Republican has come up with one either.
That may be true depending on what you consider poverty. For instance, our poor live in larger homes with more amenities than your average working European. Our poor have big screen televisions, free healthcare that many working can't get, homes in the suburbs, free food, and even a free cell phone with 250 anytime/ anywhere minutes.
And it’s funny you say free healthcare because most developed nations have free healthcare for ALL of their citizens and pay way less for it per capita than we do.
Also, not everyone in poverty qualifies for food stamps. If you have a household with a single person living in it, those people rarely qualify. Most food stamps participants are children, the elderly, and the disabled.