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>US on the whole is also fairly poor. Relative to whom exactly? Us engineers posting on HN? I'm not making light of anyone's circumstances here, but living pay
by EpicEng 7y ago
>US on the whole is also fairly poor.
Relative to whom exactly? Us engineers posting on HN? I'm not making light of anyone's circumstances here, but living paycheck to paycheck doesn't make you poor, and billions of people around the world would love to be that "poor" (and many of them live in China.) Very different definitions of "poor".
- yogthos 7y agoDude, people in your country die regularly because they can't afford basic medicine like insulin or have an easily treatable medical condition.
- EpicEng 7y ago"Dude", you obviously just don't want your incomplete world view challenged. Details matter here. Yes, Flint MI has a drinking water problem and it's deplorable. That doesn't generalize to the rest of the nation. Health Care is an issue as well. Our low income citizens have coverage problems and it's an issue being debated at the highest levels currently. If you care to dig further, you'd also find that we have better health outcomes for those who are covered than does most of the world. It's a complex issue, but just like your Flint comment, it doesn't generalize to "most people in the US are poor". I'm fine with have a reasoned discussion, but you don't seem to want that, so you're not worth talking to.
- yogthos 7y agoI mean US income inequality is highest level ever recorded, but sure I'm the one who's unreasonable here. https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/income-inequality-reached-highest-level-ever-recorded-in-2018-2019-9-1028559996 https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/income-inequ...