You're not poor if you can do all those things and keep a roof above your head. You're one of the most privileged people in the world. Consequently, you probably don't live in a nightmare world. https://twitter.com/theseantcollins/status/1003699922695327744 …
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It’s all relative, realistically. I’m well below the poverty line but live comfortably currently. However, I understand the anger at being judged. You obviously aren’t judging your adopted daughter but how would she feel if you just kept saying, well maybe if you didn’t
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I wouldn't because she doesn't. She knows that if she spends £200 a month on nights out, that's money she won't have for a deposit.
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I don’t think anyone is talking about that kind of spending... it’s judgement from going to the cinema once a month, having the odd coffee or buying a game in steam sales. That’d be less than 30€ a month. A 7€ bottle of wine once every two weeks?
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I think this is exactly the kind of spending that is being criticised. Almost no-one criticises thrift.
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I didn’t get that from the list. None of that would come to 200€. and trust me, they do. In another comment I mention bill pay that gets you a ‘free’ or cheap iPhone, yet our politicians complain that people on welfare have iPhones.
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We're clearly reading different things from that. If you think he's criticising people doing things which cost very little, I agree there's no need to criticise that.
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I presume so, text can always be read differently
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I agree with Sally. This is far too common in American political discourse. I don't expect you guys see the same kind of bullshit in the UK, although I know you have the Tories. But yes, the word "poor" refers to a very relative situation. he vast majority of the American poor
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