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What do "income gaps" produce? If my neighbor makes $10 million a year and I make $100,000, how does that affect my life? Many of the "poor" in our country ar

What do "income gaps" produce? If my neighbor makes $10 million a year and I make $100,000, how does that affect my life? Many of the "poor" in our country are obese. That should tell you something. They aren't that poor. They have houses, cars, food, and clothing. Poor people can go to college for free (Pell Grant), eat for free (EBT), have housing for free (HUD), and get a check to pay for other living expenses (welfare). We have proven that providing all of these things to people with no strings attached does not lift them to a higher plane. How will it help to take another billion dollars from a family who knows how to manage money and give it to a bunch of families who don't?

swalkergibson 13y ago
> What do "income gaps" produce? If my neighbor makes $10 million a year and I make $100,000, how does that affect my life? Well, for one thing, you are probably not neighbors if the income disparity is that wide. Secondly, you are really not comparing apples to apples. Someone making $100K/year is by no means poor. They make relatively less than someone making $10M, and they might be just as over-extended, but they can easily meet their basic needs, whereas somebody making $15K/year may have enormous difficulties doing so and as a result, might break into your car and steal your briefcase. That is how income disparities can affect your life. The rest of your post is patently absurd. Food stamps in AZ amount to $160/month, and the maximum federal Pell Grant for this year is $5,645 [0]. For comparison, tuition for an in-state student at ASU at the college of engineering is $10k/year [1]. Not to mention that you cannot get sick or hurt, otherwise you are basically fucked. Are you suggesting that it is somehow easy to be poor? 0: http://blog.collegeup.org/maximum-federal-pell-grant-increasing-to-5645 http://blog.collegeup.org/maximum-federal-pell-grant-increas... 1: https://students.asu.edu/tuition/results?acad_year=2014&residency=RES&acad_career=UGRD&admit_term=2137&admit_level=10&campus=TEMPE&acad_prog=UGES&honors=0&program_fee= https://students.asu.edu/tuition/results?acad_year=2014&resi...

swalkergibson 13y ago

> What do "income gaps" produce? If my neighbor makes $10 million a year and I make $100,000, how does that affect my life? Well, for one thing, you are probably not neighbors if the income disparity is that wide. Secondly, you are really not comparing apples to apples. Someone making $100K/year is by no means poor. They make relatively less than someone making $10M, and they might be just as over-extended, but they can easily meet their basic needs, whereas somebody making $15K/year may have enormous difficulties doing so and as a result, might break into your car and steal your briefcase. That is how income disparities can affect your life. The rest of your post is patently absurd. Food stamps in AZ amount to $160/month, and the maximum federal Pell Grant for this year is $5,645 [0]. For comparison, tuition for an in-state student at ASU at the college of engineering is $10k/year [1]. Not to mention that you cannot get sick or hurt, otherwise you are basically fucked. Are you suggesting that it is somehow easy to be poor? 0: http://blog.collegeup.org/maximum-federal-pell-grant-increasing-to-5645 http://blog.collegeup.org/maximum-federal-pell-grant-increas... 1: https://students.asu.edu/tuition/results?acad_year=2014&residency=RES&acad_career=UGRD&admit_term=2137&admit_level=10&campus=TEMPE&acad_prog=UGES&honors=0&program_fee= https://students.asu.edu/tuition/results?acad_year=2014&resi...