America's poor actually live pretty durn well

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14. My microwave cost me $15.00

I can go to the local Goodwill or charity second hand shop and buy any small appliance I need.

In fact, that's exactly where my used microwave oven came from - for $15.00

I can buy an older model PC for $12.00 at Goodwill, and an XBox or Playstation.

In fact, I have a large bird that chews the key caps off my computer keyboard and I buy replacement keyboards at Goodwill for $2.13.

I bought my 42 inch TV at Goodwill for $17.00. No, it's not flat screen or LCD, but I don't watch enough TV to warrant a television like that. My daughter, on the other hand, bought one from Walmart for $99.00 - I just don't remember the size, tho it's pretty big.

NONE of this makes me NOT POOR.

My refrigerator? I bought it in 2002. The stove? Came with my house. The central AC? Came with the house, but it's broken and I can't afford the $5,000.00 to fix it so I have a $109.00 unit in the window of the most used room.