[lit-ideas] Re: [lit-id] The Poverty of Heritage
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 01:27:32 +0100
LH>I don't understand the reaction. These results are innocuous.
LH> The U.S. is the richest nation in the world by several orders
LH>of magnitude. Why should anyone be surprised that we are,
LH>well, rich? Why should anyone be surprised that our poor,
LH>defined as such by our own standards, are better off than the
LH> poor of other nations?
we are trying to tell you that your poor are poor. Certainly
poorer
than our poor.
Do you have any idea what an eye-opener Katrina was? *Third
World*.
Ye gods, Lawrence.
LH>Only those with a drum to beat, who want to demonize the U.S.
LH>would be disappointed and doubtful.
It isn't a matter of disappointment, it's a matter of concern for
your
poor.
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