HOW POOR IS POOR? HOW RICH IS RICH?post 103

Hi,
Although Google Blog is making my blogger life difficult, I will attempt to publish this week. The problem is I don't like to be coerced into accepting a new browser by them. Changing my browser which is filled with mucho stuff would be like moving my house-not easy.

I received an email that had Neal Boortz' now famous commencement address that had a quote that caught my eye which dealt with this POOR/RICH RATIO we hear so much about. Boortz said this: ......."Speaking of the poor, during your adult life you are going to hear an endless string of politicians bemoaning the plight of the poor. So, you need to know that under our government's definition of "poor" you can have a $5 million net worth, a $300,000. home and a new $90,000 Mercedes, all completely paid for. You can also have a maid, cook, and valet, and a million in your checking account, and you can still be officially defined by our government as 'living in poverty'....." .....

"The Government's own statistics show people who are said to be 'living in poverty' spend more than $l.50 for each dollar of income they claim".......... AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY PUT IT ON THEIR VISA CARD!!!!!!!!!!!PLUS WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT--THEY HAVE NO JOB AND LITTLE KNOWN INCOME.

As Boortz points out how are the politicians going to get more money for social welfare and the power that goes with that increase without convincing the public of the need. And if counting the income of Social Security recipients and wealthy cash bearing citizens increases the statistics, WELL, WHAT THE HEY, THEY GO FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!

Boortz coins a phrase that I wish I'd thought of: "OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE COMPASSION DISORDER" to describe the compassion rush of guilt that Americans suffer from and rush to cure by allowing new social welfare programs, that though harmful to the recipient, bring immense relief to the compassionate giver!!!!!!! Don't you love it?????????

He also had a number of suggestions for the students but several really caught my eye:... "Liars cannot be trusted, even when the liar is the President of the country......" YES, YES, YES TO THAT ADVICE!!!!!!!!! and "speaking of earning, the revered 40-hour work week is for losers.......you don't see highly successful people clocking out of the office every afternoon at five.........." YES INDEEDY NO!!!!!!!!!! And finally...."Free speech is meant to protect UNPOPULAR speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.".......AND THAT ONE IS SOMETHING MOST OF US COULD STAND TO REMEMBER!!!!!!!!

The most interesting part of this idea is the statistics on the poor. Realizing that statistics is a big part of economics, it is alarming to see the negatives of television's favorite type of reporting. The twist and turns and faulty information now used to form many statistics make it difficult to believe any of them.

The above instance of calculating income levels in a community was recently reported in a Florida paper for Martin County AND produced by a HIRED GUN to prove increased housing of some 10,000 HOMES was needed to produce jobs and a rise in the economy. He proved that one of the RICHEST areas in the nation was actually the POOREST!!!!!!!

Why Poor? It's those POOR OLD RETIRED RICH PEOPLE AGAIN PAYING CASH INSTEAD OF INCREASING THE DEBT AND USING THEIR MILLION DOLLAR BANK ACCOUNTS WITH NO job or "KNOWN INCOME"!!!!!!!!! POOR DOOBIES.

Statistics was a great invention for math and economics. You could boil everything down to an acceptable swallow for most folks and give them lots of knowledge with a few figures and maybe a graph or two. Economists probably should have realized that anything so simple just BEGGED FOR NEGATIVE TAMPERING AND BY GOLLY NO DECENT POLITICIAN WITH SPURIOUS INTENT COULD IGNORE THAT CHALLENGE!!!!!!!!!

If political candidates don't sway the polls, obviously they are now thought to be doing a bad job of running for office.

This blogger used to tell the kids that lying was a terrible thing because when the TRUTH BECOMES SO BECLOUDED, ONE CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES. ONE CAN'T BE BE SURE THE SUPPOSED TABLE YOU'RE ABOUT TO LEAN UPON IS ACTUALLY REAL. THE LIES PUT you in a MESS of trouble. GUESS WHAT !!!!!!!!! OUR NATION IS IN A MESS OF TROUBLE CAUSED BY LYING POLITICIANS. TRUTH IS OUT THERE BUT IT'S NO LONGER EASY TO FIND. It is TOUGH to hunt down. DON'T LEAN ON THAT TABLE BECAUSE IT'S AN ILLUSION--YOU'LL FALL!!!!!!!IT'S A FICTION, A MIRAGE, A FANTASY.

This blogger advises you to ignore most statisticS, damn statistics, and seemingly harmless statistics. Too often THE STATISTICIAN IS A HIRED GUN LOOKING FOR YOUR VITALS OR TO SELL YOU A PIECE OF REAL ESTATE OUT IN THE OCEAN!!!!!!!! FICTION, MY FRIENDS, PURE FICTION.

Sorry, but until we stop believing in the fantasy, it will continue to grow. And a big hand of applause to Neal Boortz, a Texan who tells it like it is. He further advised the college graduates:... "You need to register to vote,unless you are on welfare. If you are living off the efforts of others please do us the favor of sitting down and shutting up until you are on your own again....."When you do vote, your votes for the House and the Senate are more important than your vote for President. The House controls the purse strings, so concentrate your awareness there.".......

And remember it's a vote AGAINST SOCIALISM AND LOSS OF YOUR FREEDOM that counts.

Cheers, Connie