When I see the homeless man by the freeway on-ramp or a mother paying for formula with WIC coupons, I think, "man, these Americans have it on easy street. How rich these poor are!"
Well homelessness is a whole other can of worms IMO. A lot of that has to do with drug abuse, mental health etc.
Now as for the mom, yeah she definitely isn't as well off as her German or Swedish counterpart, but when compared to the whole world's poor she's doing ok. Her kids won't starve, and they have a decent chance of becoming obese
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The line in the title is dumb and incorrect, but it contains a kernel of truth. After all, there are lots of people who want to become American poors.