{"id":11374,"date":"2013-09-13T17:47:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T17:47:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-09-13T17:47:29","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T17:47:29","slug":"poverty_in_america_isn_t_poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/09\/13\/poverty_in_america_isn_t_poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Poverty in America Isn\u2019t Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, I have recounted for you the statistics on poverty in this country as prepared by Robert Rector,<\/a> who has devoted much of his scholarly life to the purest of examining Census data and analyzing it, codifying it, and putting it in form people can understand. It has always been a shock when I have shared with people what poverty in this country is. It surprises people because of what it isn\u2019t. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always gotten into trouble every time I have quoted Rector. Every time I\u2019ve mentioned it, elements of the Drive-By Media react and talk about how heartless and mean-spirited I am toward the poor because I simply report what Rector says, and that is that poverty in this country is not poverty as measured around the world. Well, now, here\u2019s another source, and it comes right from the Census Bureau. <\/p>\n

This hasn\u2019t been analyzed by anybody at Heritage. It\u2019s very brief. <\/p>\n

<\/a>“A new report from the Census Bureau found that 80.9% of households considered poverty stricken have cell phones,” I don\u2019t know how many of \u2019em are Obama phones, but it doesn\u2019t matter. They have them. Eight-one percent of people in poverty “have cell phones along with their landline phones, and 58.2% have computers, 96.1% of those in ‘poverty\u2019 have televisions, and 83% have some sort of DVR. The percentage owning refrigerators? 97.8%. Gas or electric stoves? 96.6%. Microwaves? 93.2%. Air conditioning? Over 83%.”<\/p>\n

Over 83% of people who live in poverty have air-conditioning. I wonder what the number is for people who not in poverty. Well, the reason I say that is there are a lot of people in certain parts of the country who don\u2019t have air-conditioning but they can afford it because of the climate, and there are people who are not in poverty who can\u2019t afford it and don\u2019t have it. But 83% of Americans in poverty have air-conditioning. The percentage of Americans living in poverty who have a clothes washer, is 68.7%.<\/p>\n

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The percentage of Americans living in poverty who have a dryer, 65.3%. The percentage of Americans who live in poverty who use their washer, I don\u2019t know. (I just thought I would throw that in.) Only 44.9% had a dishwasher. So they\u2019re sacrificing there. People in poverty are washing their own dishes, or almost half of \u2019em are. So poverty in this country isn\u2019t poverty. Everything\u2019s relative, but that\u2019s not bad. As we say here, you get 99 weeks of unemployment. Ninety million Americans are not working, but they\u2019re eating. Ninety million Americans are not working, but they\u2019ve got their flat screens and they\u2019ve got their cell phones. (interruption)<\/p>\n

Well, that\u2019s a good point. That is an excellent point. <\/p>\n

The reason why only 45% have a dishwasher is because things like Chicken McNuggets don\u2019t come with dishes. How many people do you think take their McNuggets home and put \u2019em on a plate and grab a knife and a fork, maybe a bottle of wine and a napkin, and sit down? It\u2019s not happening. So if you\u2019re eating McNuggets or what have you, you don\u2019t need plates — and let\u2019s not leave it at McNuggets. Let\u2019s include Big Macs in there just to avoid any of the leftist trolls out there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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