re: Interesting article on poverty in Appalachia

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Then you don't know what you are talking about and you need to stop raging.

There are no poor people in America - not compared to the poor that I have seen in the 3rd world countries I have been in.

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I wish you right but that's just not reality. For most poor Americans, your summation is correct but for those in Appalachia and other forgotten zones you're dead wrong. Consider yourself lucky that you've never seen the American poverty we're talking about. It will rip your heart out in ways African and South American poverty can't because we have no excuses, no famine, no nationwide impoverishment, just blindness and denial.