http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/its-expensive-to-be-poor/361533/
It comes from Annie Lowrey's look at U.S. poverty, which is appropriate, because you occasionally hear conservatives say that poor people aren't really poor because, you know, they have refrigerators and TVs,
don't they? Yes, they do. More than 80 percent of low-income households
have a fridge, TV, microwave, and stove. They can heat food and cool
food and watch American Idol, no problem.
But the power to alter the temperature of your food and watch FOX is
not quite the same as being rich. Tens of millions of families remain
uninsured, millions more can't afford to go to (or finish a degree at a
high-quality) college, and millions more struggle to pay for daycare for
their children. Meanwhile, used HD televisions are dirt cheap and it's
never been more affordable to buy simple electronics. Why does it seem
like the least important things in life—TVs, toys, and DVD players—are
getting cheap while the most important parts of the economy are getting
more expensive?
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