Today our poor have cable TV. Even a percentage of them have flat screen LCD TV's too, I'd wager. Compare that to the truly poor in a third world country. I've been to Indonesia and I've seen poor, we've got nothing on them.
But yeah - the rich get richer and the poor stay poor, but for the few really motivated and talented. That's cause the rich make the rules and they make them in their favour. I don't think that's anything new though.
It's interesting to me, as I've been looking at houses round these parts. There are a ton of old bungalows built right after WWII that are about 1,000 to 1,200 sq foot with single car garages (Only the rich had TWO cars back then!). That seems to have been the norm in those days, at least around here. Compare that to your average new construction house around here which is upwards of twice that size. Sure the middle class today needs two incomes to "survive" but we're living much much better today too.
Warmest regards, --Your best pal Bob
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