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Act_of_Reparation

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11. Relativity doesn't negate the definition of the root.

Reply to LanternWaste (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 30, 2019, 03:48 PM

Oct 2019

The word "poor" doesn't mean having less money than the guy next to you, it means lacking sufficient income to maintain a normative standard of living. "Poorer" most accurately relates two or more subjects who, though they may differ in the worth of their overall assets, nevertheless belong to a decidedly deprived economic stratum.

You wouldn't say Bill Gates is "poorer" than Jeff Bezos. You would say he's "less wealthy".

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Biden: not in politics for the money. Never has been. [View all] beastie boy Oct 2019 OP

And I'm sure that once he's no longer running for president (win or lose) he won't be $2M richer. George II Oct 2019 #1

Which is why trying to hang corruption around Biden's neck is such a stretch peggysue2 Oct 2019 #2

The irony is, Biden is making his detractors very rich indeed. beastie boy Oct 2019 #3

Biden is far from "poor." Tipperary Oct 2019 #4

Thankfully, no one at all is arguing or implying otherwise. LanternWaste Oct 2019 #5

Yup. "Poor" as compared to some of his fat cat pals. Tipperary Oct 2019 #6

Relativity doesn't negate the definition of the root. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #11

This. cwydro Oct 2019 #14

Yup. This. Tipperary Oct 2019 #16

This is what Joe Biden said: George II Oct 2019 #7

According to the linked article, beastie boy Oct 2019 #8

He was far from dirt poor Polybius Oct 2019 #9

That Joe would say that says a lot. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2019 #10

We can continue to speculate, or we can look at the numbers. beastie boy Oct 2019 #15

Yeah, irritates me that he tries to use "poor" as a descriptor. cwydro Nov 2019 #17

Biden isn't poor. cwydro Oct 2019 #12

AND, not only was he not well to do on entering congress, Hortensis Oct 2019 #13