[lit-ideas] Re: The American Poor

  • From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 18:56:11 -0400

At 06:45 PM 5/25/2006, you wrote:

In a message dated 5/25/2006 2:38:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time, bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
A nagging question: do 'own' and 'have' here mean 'fully paid for' - or
do these things really (fully or partly) belong to the banks, credit
card companies, loan agencies and other corporations that extended the
credit for their purchase?

Hi,
That is a great question.

That's a great question for everyone. Who owns EVERYTHING outright that they 'own'? We all have debts except the fabulously wealthy, who actually probably have fabulous debts. We buy toys that expand to suit what we make. The trouble is... what used to be existence -- you know, the way good ole mum and dad lived -- is now classified as "poverty" in most civilized nations. The GUBment is now setting the Jones's agenda to which we are to keep up or feel bad about ourselves.

p

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