Poverty is a criminal offense in America.

[Brian37]

People outside America are by comparison much more sane about this topic on average.

I wonder if you've actually been outside of America. There is more to the world than Europe and the United States. In past conversations about this you've always screamed and ranted that it's unfair to compare the poor in America to the poor in the third world and then said something crazy about Somalia or some country. This is despite the fact that the third world is the majority of the world, not some crazy place that is an unfair comparison.

Here is a hint: There are almost no poor people in America by world standards. Not even close. If you spent a year in even relatively well off countries in Latin America (Where I live almost half the year) then I think it would benefit your world perspective and you'd realize how pampered and spoiled you are.

And maybe you should take a step back and think if you've fallen victim to a propaganda industry rather than what is actually happening.

Again saying I have it better is a cop out. You are not going to get away with scapegoating our poor. You are pointing to their poor to justify making it even worse here. That doesn't make our standards better nor does it serve as an example to worse off countries

All you are fucking advocating is a slave labor society and a race to the bottom.

Spoiled? GO FUCK YOURSELF ASSHOLE! You are the fucking problem. I have one co worker who is 78 years old, been at where I work for 15 years, and is now because of the gutting of his hours having to dip into his savings and will have to work until he dies. I have another co worker who has to live in a tiny house with 6 or 7 other people with his 3 kids and has NOTHING left over after paying his car payment and car insurance. These people ARE NOT lazy or mooches.

Other people have it worse? That is your argument? Lame and pathetic.