America's poor actually live pretty durn well

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28. The biggest flaw out of the gate

is that it doesn't distinguish between the multigenerational poor and the new poor who have been hit hardest by the 2008 financial meltdown and Republican refusal to pass any sort of jobs bill.

Add to that the AC unit belongs to the landlord and poor folks can't afford to use it. It sits there, year after year, never being run, something to look forward to if their lives improve but their lives won't improve with the GOP in power.

Have you ever been to a garage sale in a fancy neighborhood? I have and the shock on the faces of women selling designer handbags that cost over a grand new as the sellers realize no one will pay over ten bucks for a used purse are well worth seeing. You can tell they were counting on a hundred bucks or so for each bag to put them over what they needed to pay on the mortgage to keep the roof over their heads.

Oh, and nobody can sell a microwave for $45. That's less than they cost new. Ten bucks, maybe.