Poverty isn't what it used to be.

I grew up in RURAL AMERICA. Saw REAL poverty. What I see today that we call poverty is a joke. American poverty just ain’t what it used to be. A new report from the Census Bureau found that 80.9% of households considered poverty stricken have cell phones along with their landline phones, and 58.2% have computers. 96.1% of those in “poverty” have televisions, and 83% have some sort of DVR.

The percentage owning refrigerators? 97.8%

Gas or electric stoves? 96.6%.

Microwaves? 93.2%

Air conditioning? Over 83%.

Washer? 68.7%

Dryer? 65.3%

People still don’t mind washing dishes, apparently; only 44.9% surveyed had a dishwasher.

AND to top it all off these "POOR FOLKS" are getting $140 per person food stamp stipend (IL). Poverty isn't what it used to be. People living in poverty today would have been considered RICH in the small town I grew up in 60 years ago.