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Thread: USA economic downturn leads to 50,000 homelesss veterans living in the streets in California

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[quote=YINDUFFY,298095]Leonardo,
        America's "working poor" still have better opportunities and lifestyles than most countries "poor". Our standards of "poor" are above middle class in most countries. 
    While it is true that housing costs ( rent, property taxes, mortgages, etc.) are high many are simply unwilling to sacrifice and make lifestyle changes necessary to improve their condition. A good example  can be found in the immigrants both legal and illegal and their sending money back home to relatives despite having minimum wage jobs. They are willing to live in a fashion most Americans simply would not tolerate and they are able to save money.
    Many "working poor" have cable TV,smoke cigarettes, go out drinking and spend money unnecesscarily. Cigarettes here can cost $7.00 a pack and a night of drinking can easily cost $40-$70.00. Many of these same people eat out instead of cooking at home. They will pay $ 7.00 for lunch instead of making a sandwich at home for less than  $1.00
    Many get into debt and cannot pay off the debt but bankruptcy laws help. If there was an easy solution, the world would be a happier place.
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