re: #253 jaunte

It appears to be from the Heritage Foundation:
[Link: www.heritage.org…]

“As scholar James Q. Wilson has stated, “The poorest Americans today live a better life than all but the richest persons a hundred years ago.”[3] In 2005, the typical household defined as poor by the government had a car and air conditioning. For entertainment, the household had two color televisions, cable or satellite TV, a DVD player, and a VCR. If there were children, especially boys, in the home, the family had a game system, such as an Xbox or a PlayStation.[4] In the kitchen, the household had a refrigerator, an oven and stove, and a microwave. Other household conveniences included a clothes washer, clothes dryer, ceiling fans, a cordless phone, and a coffee maker.”

So instead of comparing the poor’s standard of living to everyone else in the country they compare it to some ‘idealized’ version of poor or to conditions of 100 years ago.

And they do it by referring to some questionable authority.

What a pile of crap.