[quote=pri_dk][quote]I can truly say, even the poorest of the poor here don’t even come close to the poor in the 3rd world country I’ve lived in.[/quote]
Mr Banks, for his part, expresses an intense dislike of President George Bush. “If someone shoots that sonofabitch, I’ll celebrate,” he says.
I’m curious what Mr Banks thinks about Obama today (actually I’m not.)[/quote]
That’s hillarious. So now, poor Americans aren’t “poor” if they are better off than people in war-torn African nations?
Wealth is relative, and most “poor” people don’t compare themselves to others halfway around the world; they compare themselves to those who are visible around them — in their own countries.